Graham guardian., 1911-02-03
THE CONSTITUTION
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cept such lands as have been granted
or acquired as aforesaid, or as may
be granted or confirmed TO any n
dian CT Indians under any Act c.
Congress, but all such lands shall bt
exempt from taxation so long ant
to such extent as Congress has pre-
scribed or may hereafter prescribe
Sixth. The debts and liabilitie.
of the Territory of Arizona, and the
debts of the counties thereof, valid
and subsisting at the time OF
the passage of the Enabling Act
approved June 20, 1910, are here.
by assumed and shall be paid
by the State of Arizona, and
the State of Arizona shall, as to all
such debts and liabilities, be subro-
gated to all the rights, including
rights of indemnity and reimburse.
ment, existing in favor of said Ter
ritory or of any of the several coun-
ties thereof, at the time of the pass
age of the said Enabling Act; Pro-
vided, that nothing in this ordinance
shall be construed as validating or
in any manner legalizing any Terri
torial, county, municipal OR other
bonds, obligations or evidences of
Indebtedness of said Territory O,
the counties or municipalities there
of which now are or may be invalid
or illegal at the time the said State
of Arizona is admitted as State,
and the Legislature or the people of
the State of Arizona shall never pass
any law in any manner validating
or legalizing the same.
Seventh. Provisions shall be
made by law for the establishment
and maintenance of system of pub
lie schools which shall be open to all
the children of the State and he free
from sectarian control, and said
schools shall always be conducted in
English. ..
The State shall never enact any
law restricting or abridging the
right of suffrage on account of race,
color or previous condition of SER
vitude.
Eighth. The ability to read,
write. speak and understand the
English language sufficiently we'll to
conduct the duties of the office
without the aid of an interpreter,
shall! be necessary qualification for
all State officers and members of
the State Legislature.
Ninth. The capital of the State
of Arizona, until changed by the
electors voting at an election pro-
vided for by the Legislature for
that purpose shall be at the City of
Phoenix, but no such election shall
be called or provided for prior to
the thirty-first day of December,
nineteen hundred and twenty five.
Tenth. There are hereby re-
served to the United States, with
full acquiescence of this State, all
rights and powers for the carrying
out of the provisions by the United
States of the Act of Congress en-
titled An Act appropriating the
receipts from the sale and disposal
of public lands in certain States and
Territories to the construction of
irrigation works for the reclamation
of arid lands" approved June II.
1902, and Acts amendatory thereof
or supplementary thereto. to the
same extent as if this State had re-
mained Territory.
Eleventh. Whenever hereafter
any of the lands contained within
Indian reservations or allotments in
this State shall re allotted. sold,
reserve. or otherwise disposed of,
they shall te subject, for period
of twenty five years after such al
lotment, sale, reservation. or oth2.'
disposal, to ali the laws Of the
United States prohibiting the in.
PRODUCTION of liquor into the Indian
country.
Twelfth. The State of Arizona
and its people hereby consent to all
and singular the provisions of the
Enabling Act approved June 20,
1910, concerning the lands thereby
granted or confirmed to the State,
the terms and conditions upon which
said grants and combinations are
made. and the means and manner
of enforcing such terms and con-
ditions, all in every respect and
particular as in the aforesaid En-
abing Act provided. .
Thirteenth. This ordinance is
hereby made part Of the Consti-
tution of the State Of Arizona, and
no future Constitutional amendment
shall be made which in any manner
changes or abrogates this ordinance
in whole or in part without the
consent of Congress-.
ARTICLE XXI
MODE OF AMENDING
Sec. l, Any amendment or
amendments to this Constitution