Arizona republican., 1910-03-22
PHOENIX ARIZONA, TUESDAY MORNING MARCH 1910

made. canvassed. and certified to by the secretary of said territory. in the same manner as in this act prescribed for the making of the returns. the canvassing and certification of the same of the election for the ratfica- ton or rejection of said constitution. as hereinbefore provided. and the qualifications of voters at said cleo ton for all state officers. members of the legislature. county officers, and representative in congress. and other officers prescribed by said constitu- ton shall he made the same as the qualifications of voters at the election for the ratification or rejection of said constitution, as hcreinbcfore pro vided. Formal Admission Into Union.
 When said election of state and county officers. members of the leg islature, and representative in con gross. and other officers above pro vided for shall be held and the re- turns thereof made. canVassed and certified as hereinbefore provided. the governor of the territory Of Arizona shall certify the result of said cleo ton as canvassed and certified. as herein provided, to the president Of the United States. who thereupon shall certify the result of said cleo tion announcing the result Of said election so ascertained. and upon the issuance of said proclamation by the president of the United States the proposed state of Arizona shall be deemed admitted by congress into the union by virtue of this act on an equal footing with the other states Until the issuance of said proclam tiun by the president of the United States. and until the said state is so admitted into the union and said off ccrs are elected and qualified under the provisions of the constitution, the county and territorial officers of said territory. including the delegate in congress thereof elected in the gen craI election in nineteen hundred and eight, shall continue to discharge the duties of their respective offices in and for said territory: Provided. that no session Of the territorial icgisla tive assembly shall be held in nine teen hundred and ten.
 Land Grants.
 Sec 24 That in addition to sec tions sixteen and thirtysiX. hereto fore reserved for tho territory of Arizona. sections two and thirtytw in every township in said proposed state not otherwise appropriated at the date of the passage of this act are hereby granted to the said state c., t. ..f n.a.aI- and where sections two. sixteen, thir- ty-two and thirty-six. or any parts thereof. are mineral or have been sold. reserved. or otherwise appro- priated or reserved by or under the authority of any act of congress. or are wanting or fractional in quantity. or where settlement thereon with a view to pre- emption or homestead. or improvement theerof with a view to desert land entry has been made heretofore ar hereafter. and before the survey thereof in the field. the pro- visions of section tWenty-two hundred and seventy-five and twenty-two hun dred and seventy-siX of the Revised Statutes. and acts amendatory there
 of or supplementary theerto. are here
 by made applicable thereto and to the selection of lands in lieu thereof to the same extent as if section two and thirty-two. as well as sections sixteen and thirty-siX. were mentioned therein: Provided. however. that the area of such indemnity selections on account of any fractional township area which. when added to the area of ..la. ,nl by survey as in place. will equsI four sections for fractional townships containing seventeen thou sand two hundred and eighty acres or more. three sections for such townships containing eleven thousand five hundred and twenty acres or more. two sections for such town ships containing five thousand seven hundred and sixty acres or more nor one section for such townships containing six hundred and forty acres or more: And provided further. that the grants of sections two. six
 teen. thirty-two and thirty-six to said state, within national forests now eX- istinG or proclaimed. shall not vest the title to said sections in said state until the part of said national forests embracing any of said sections is re- stored to the public domain; but said granted sections shall be administered as part of said forests, and at the close of each fiscal year there shall be paid by the secretary of the treas ury to the state. as income for it's common school fund. such proportion of the gross proceeds of all the ma tional forests within said state as the area of lands hereby granted to said state for school purposes which are situated within said forest reserves. whether surveyed or unsurveyed. and for which no indemnity has been se
 lccted. may bear to the total area of said sections when unsurveyed to be determined by the. secretary of the interior. by protraction or otherwise. the amount necessary for such pay ments being appropriated and made available annually from any money in
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