The border vidette., 1910-01-08
PROPOSED STATEHOOD BILL.
Constitutional Convention to Consist of Fifty-two Delegates Who Shall Meet in Phoenix After
 Election.

The following is 6 brief ansly ysis oi the Hamilton statehood bill which in view of th~ grea, interest that vii! bs taken In it during the session of Con gress is a valuable contribution for all ] Arizonaus.
 The bill recommends that a consti- tutional convention of fifty two dele gates be;elected by all who are now qualified voters within ninety days after the passage of this bill. The delegate, are to be apportioned among the counties in proportion to the num- ] ber of votes cast at the last con gres = sfonal election. Their election shall | be in accordance with the regular elec- tion laws of Arizona. The delegates shall meet in the hall of the house of representatives on the fourth Monday after they are elected and after adopt ing the constitution of the United States shall frame a constitution and submit it to the voters.
 The following restrictions are named:
 The constitution must guarantee 6 tolerance to religious worship, must prohibit polieAmy, and the sale of in toxicants in Indian territory. It must waive all rights to tsx Indians or gov ernment lands, and must agree to tax all property owners alike, whether they live in or out of the state. It must assume all of the debts of this terri tory, and provide for good public school system. No law must be allow cd that will abridge any persons right to vote because of his race, color or previous condition of servitude and no man may be elected to an office who cannot speak and read our language well enough to conduct the business of his office without an interpreter.
 The capital must remain at Phoenix until 1915.
 The privilege granted the United States by the act of June IT, 1902, touching the recla nation service, shall not be interf ed with.
 Four sections of land from every township must be reserved for school land, 100000 acres for the State Uni versity, 96.0OO acres for legislative. executive and judicial buildings. 1Oo,- 900 for insane asylums. 100000 for penitentiaries. 100000 for asylums for deaf, dumb and blind. 5o.OO0 acres for normal schools. 100, ,OOO acres for state charatable, penal and reformatory in stitutes, 15O,OOO acres for an agricul- tural and mechanical college, 100000 acres for school of mines, 100000 acres for a military institute, 6OO,OOO acres for public irrigation and improve ment of rivers, 5. 5000, QUO acres to go to pay the territorial debts, of which. if there remains any after the debt is paid. 1t is to go to the permanent school fund. The school supported by the state fund must always remain non- secsarian.
 None of the public school land must be sold for less than S3 per acre and none in irrigation districts tor less than S25 per acre. No case now on appeal from the supreme court of this territory and no homestead entry or desert claim will be affected by the change to statehood or the adoption of the constitution.
 The fifty two delegates may receive pay for sixty days and Sloo.oO0 is ap- propriated for this and other costs oi the electors. The people may vote for or against the constitution as 8
 whole or any separate provision of it
 If rejected the delegates must assem-
 ble and frame another.
 When adopted and approved by the president an election of all state officers shall follow and the legislature wher assembled, shall elect two state sena-
 tors and the present territorial gov ernment shall cease.