Arizona republican., 1910-12-10

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 the whole case it shall appear tha substantial justice has been done.
 Sec. 23. All laws relating to tn,
 authority, jurisdiction, practice, ant procedure of district and probat' courts under laws heretofore enacted by the Legislative Assembly of tho Territory of Arizona and in force al the time of the admission of the State into the Union, and not inconsistent with this Constitution, shall, so far as apply to and govern su perior courts, until altered or repealed
 Until otherwise provided, superior courts shall have the same appellate Jurisdiction in cases arising in court: of justices of the peace as district courts now have under said laws.
 Sec. 24. No change made by the Legislature in the number of judges Shall work the removal of any judge from office; and no judges salary shall be reduced during the term of office for which he was elected.
 ARTICLE xx.
 ORDINANCE.
 hC hOltONAnS ohdil bC IT revocable without the consent of the United States and the people of this State:
 First. Perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured to every in habitant of this State, and no inhabi- tant of this State shall ever be molest- ed in person or property on account of his or her mode of religious worship, or lack of the same.
 Second. Polygamous or plural mar riages, or polygamous co-habitation, are forever prohibited within this State.
 Third. The sale, barer, giving of intoxicating liquors to Indians and the introduction of liquors into Indian country are forever prohibited with in this State.
 Fourth. The people inhabiting this State do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriateda and ungranted pub lie lands lying within the boundaries thereof and to all lands lying within said boundaries owned or held by any Indian or Indian tribes, the right or title to which shall have been acquired or from the United States or any prior sovereignty, and that, until the title of such Indian or Indian tribes shall have been extinguished, the same shall be, and remain subject to the disposition and under the absolute jurisdiction and control of the Con- gress of the United States.
 Efffh The loD d. belonging to citizens of the United States residing without this State shall never be taxed at a higher rate than the lands and other property situated in this State belonging to residents thereof, and no taxes shall be imposed by this State upon lands or property situated in the State belonging to or which may hereafter be acquired by the United States or reserved for it's use; but nothing herein shall preclude the State from taxing as other lands and other property are taxed any lands and other property outside of an h. dian reservation owned or held by any Indian, save and except such lands as have been granted or acquired as aforesaid or as may be granted or con- firmed to any Indian or Indians under any Act of Congress, but all such lands shall be exempt from taxation so long and to such extent as Congress has or may hereafter prescribe.
 Sixth. The debts and liabilities of the Territory of Arizona, and the debts of the counties thereof, valid and sub sisting at the time of the passage of the Enabling Act, approved June 20, 1910, are hereby assumed and shall be paid by the State of Arizona, and the State of Arizona shall, as to all such 1ebts and liabilities, be subrogated to all the rights, including rights of in- iemnity and reimbursement, existing in favor of said Territory or of any of he several counties thereof. at the lime of the passage of the said Enab- ing Act: Provided, that nothing in his ordinance shall be construed as or in any manner legalizing my Territorial, county. municipal. or other bonds, obligations, or evidences 'f indebtedness of said Territory or the counties or municipalities thereof which now are or may be invalid or Illegal at the time the said State of Arizona is admitted as a State, and he Legislature or the people of the State of Arizona shall never pass any aw in any manner validating or legal. zing the same.
 Seventh. Provisions shall be made ,y law for the establishment and maintenance of a system of public schools which shall be open to all the children of the State and be free from 'ectarian control, and said schools 'hall always be conducted in English.
 The State shall never enact any law -estricting or abridging the right of suffrage on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
 Eighth. The ability to read, write. peak, and understand the English anguage sufficiently well to conduct he duties of the office without the aid # an interpreter. shall be necessary for all State officers and members of the State Legislature.
 Ninth. The capital of the Sure of Arizona, until changed by the electors 'oting at an election provided for by he Legislature for that purpose shall 'e at the City of Phoenix, but no such 'lection shall be called or provided for 'rior to the thirty-first day of Derem. 'er, nineteen hundred and twenty-five.
 Tenth. There are hereby reserved