Arizona republican., 1910-03-22


 days in all; after organization they shall declare on behalf of the people of said proposed state that they adopt the constitution of the United ! States. Whcreupon the said convention shall be and is hereby. authorized f" : form constitution and provide for a state government for said proposed state. all in the manner and under | the conditions contained in this act. 1 The constitution shall be republican i in form and make no distinction in civil or political rights en account of race or color. and shall not he repug- nant to the constitution of tho United | States and the principles of the De cIaration of Independence.
 And said convention shall provide. ! hy an ordinance irrevocabIe without 1 the consent of the United States and ; the people of said state:
 First That perfect federation of religious sentiment shall be secured. ! and that no inhabitant of said state shall ever be molested in person or property on account of his or her | mode Or religious worship: and that l polySamous or plural marriages. ar ! polygamous cohabitation. and the sale. ] barter, or giving of intoxicating It. 1 auors to Indians. and the introduction of liquors into Indian country are for ever prohibited.
 second. That the people inhabitinS said proposed state do agree and de- clare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropristed and ungranted public lands lying within the boundaries thereof and to all lands lying within said boerd- aries owned or held by any In- dian or Indian tribes. the right or title to which shall nave been acquired through or from the United States or any prior sovereign ! ty. and that until the title of such 1 Indian or Indian trihes shall have been extinguished the same shall he | md remain subject to the diSposi- tion and under the absolute jurisdic- tion and control of the congress of i, the United States: that the lands and other property belonging to citizens , Of the United States residing without l the said state shall never be taxed ] at q higher rate than the lands and other property belonging to citizens i thereof: that no taxes shall be i'm posed by the state upon lands or property therein belonging to or which may hereafter he acquired by :; the United States or reserved for it's use: but nothing herein. or in the ordinance herein provided for. shall preclude the said state from taxing as other lands and other property are taxed any lands and other property
 
 ! ed or held by any Indian. save and except such lands as have been grant ed or acquired as aforesaid or as may he granted or confirmed to any i Indian or Indians under any act of ! congress. but said ordinance shall pro- ' vide that all such lands shall be ex- empt from taxation by said state so long and to such extent as congress has prescribed or may hereafter pre- scribe.
 Public Indebtedness.
 ! Third That the debts and iiabili ties of said territory of Arizona. and the debts of the counties thereof. which shall he valid and subsistinS at ( the time of the passage of this act. shall he assumed and paid by said proposed state. and that said state shall as to all such debts and lia- biItics. bc subroGated to all the rights. including rights of indemnity and reimbursement. existing in favor ! of said territory. or of any of tho 2 several counties thereof at the time nG the passage of this act: Provided. that nothing in this act shall be con strucd as validating or in any man. ncr IegaliziuG any territorial, county. municipal or other bonds. obliga- tions. or evidences of indebtedness of said territory or the counties or mu- nicipalities thereof which now arc or may he invalid or illegal at the time said proposed state is admitted, nor shall the legislature of said proposed state pass any law in any manner validating pr legalizing the same. Fourth That provisions shall be made for the establishment and main tenance of system of public schools which shall bc open to all the chil- ,Iren of said state and free from sec tarian control: and that said schools , shall always be conducted in English. Fifth That said state shall never enact any law restricting or abridging the right of suffrage on account ot race. color. or previous condition of scryitude. and that ability to read. write. speak. and understand the Eng fish language sufficiently well to con duct the duties of the office without the aid of an interpreter shall he a