Arizona republican., 1910-06-27

of said proposed state that they adopt | the constitution of the United States, | whereupon the said convention shall
 be, and is hereby, authorized to form
 a constitution and provide for a state | government for said proposed state, all in the manner and under the con- | ditions contained in this act. The
 constitution shall be republican in form and make no distinction in civil
 or political rights on account of race ! or color, and shall not be repugnant i to the constitution of the United
 States and the principles of the De- claration of Independence.
 THINGS THAT MUST BE DONE. l And said convention shall provide, i by an ordinance irrevocable without the consent of the United States and the people of said state
 First That perfect toleration 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 of religious worship; and that
 polygamous or plural marriages, or
 polygamous cohabitation, and the sale.
 barter, or giving of intoxicating li- quors to Indians and the introduction of liquors into Indian country are forever prohibited.
 Second, That the people inhabiting said proposed state do agree and de-
 clare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated and ungranted public lands lying within said boundaries owned or held by any Indian or Indian tribes, the right or title to which shall have been acquired through or from the United States or any prior sovereign ty, and that until the title of such Indian or Indian tribes shall have been extinguiShed the same shall be and remain subject to the disposi- ton and under the absolute jurisdic- ton and control of the congress of the United States; that the lands and other property belonging to citizens of the United States residing without the said state shall never be taxed at a higher rate than the lands and other property belonging to residents there
 of; that no taxes shall be imposed by the state upon lands or property therein belonging to or which may hereafter be acquired by the United
 States or reserved for its 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 outside of an Indian 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 confirmed to any Indian or Indians under any act of congress, but said ordinance shall provide that all such lands shall be exempt from tax ation by said state so long and to such extent as congress has prescribed or may hereafter prescribe.
 Third. That the debts and liabili- ties of said territory of Arizona, and the debts of the counties thereof, which shall be valid and subsisting at the time of the passage of this act, shall be assumed and paid by said proposed state, and that said state shall, as to all such debts and liabili- ties. be subrogated to all the rights, | including rights of indemnity and re- imbursement, existing in favor of said territory or of any of the several counties thereof at the time of the passage of this act: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed as validating or in any manner legal 1 izing any territorial, county, munich l pal, or other bonds, obligations, or evidences of indebtedness of said ter 1 ritory or the counties or mupicipali- | ties thereof which now are or may be | invalid or illegal at the time said pro- posed state is admitted, nor shall the | legislature of said proposed State pass any law in any manner validating or | legalizing the same.
 Fourth. That provisions shall be | made for the establishment and main- | tenance of a system of public schools | which shall be open to all the chil- | dren 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 of | race, color, or previous condition of | servitude, 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 be | qualification for all state | officers and members of the state leg islature.
 Sixth. That the capital of said | state shall, until changed by the elee- | tors voting at an election provided for l