Arizona republican., 1910-02-07

rejection of said constitution. as here inbefOre provided When said election of state and county officers. members of the legislature, and representatives
 in congress, and other officers above
 provided 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 election as canvassed and certified. as herein { provided. to the president of the | United States, who thereupon shall 1 immediately issue his proclamation 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 ad-
 mitted by congress into the union by virtue of this act on an equal footing
 with the other states Until the is-
 suance of said proclamation by the president of the United States. the county and territorial officers of said
 territory. including the delegate in
 congress thereof. elected in the gen.
 eral election in 1910, shall continue to-
 discharge the duties off their respec-
 iiNt ollictS III anu TUT Sdiu ttfilloiN.
 Sec. % That in addition to sec
 tions sixteen and thirty-six. heretofore
 reserved for the territory of Arizona,
 sections two and thirty-two 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 for the sup port Of common schools: and where sections two. sixteen. thirty-twO. and thirty-six, or any parts thereof, are mineral, or have been sold, reserved. I or otherwise appropriated or reserved by or under the authorityiof any act of congress, or are wanting or .frdc- tional in quantity. or where settle
 nent thereon with view to preenlp- ton. or homestead. or improvement l thereof with view to deSert-land | entry has been made heretofore or | hereafter, and before the survey there l of in the field, the provisions of sec | ton 2275 and 2276 and seventy-siX of ! the Revised Statutes are hereby made | applicable thereto and to the selection | of lands in lieu, thereof to the same | extent as if sections two and thirty | two, as we'll as sections sixteen and |  Provided. however. that the area of such indemnity selections on account of any fractional township shall not in any event exceed tan area which, [ when added to the area of the above named sections returned by the sur- vey as in place, will equal four sec tions, for fractional townships con taining 1T,2s0 acres or more. three sections for such townships contain ing 1920 acres or more. two sections for such townships containing 5760 f acres or more. nor one section for ! such townships containing $40 acres | or more: And provided further. that the grants of sections two. sixteen. | thirty-two and N thirty-siX to said i 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 :. any of said sections is re- ', stored to the public domain: but said ! granted sections shall be administered as a 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 school fund such proportion
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