The daily progressive-miner., 1916-04-08

limits owned, or held by any In
 dian, tribe, or nation; and that un-
 til the title to any such public
 land shall have been extinguisheG
 by the United States. the same
 shall be and remain subject to the | jurisdiction, disposal, and control oi
 the United States. That land be.
 longing to citizens of the United
 States residing within the limits oi
 said State shall never be taxed
 at higher rate than the lands be-
 longing to residents thereof; that
 no taxes shall be imposed by tho
 State on lands or property belong
 ing to, or which may hereafter be
 purchased by, the United States ol
 reserved for it's use.
 Third That the debts and liabil-
 ities of said Territory of Alaska
 shall be assumed and paid by said State.
 Fourth. That provision shall be
 made for the establishment and maintenance of a system of public
 schools. which shall be open to all the children of said State and free
 from sectarian control; and said
 schools shall be conducted in Eng
 glish: Provided, That nothing here fin shall preclude the teaching of other languages in said public schools: And provided further, That this shall not be construed to pre- vent the establishment and main tenance of separate schools for white, colored, and Indian children
 Fifth. That said State shall never enact any law restricting or abridging the right of suffrage on account of sex. race, color, or pre- vious condition of servitude.
 Sixth. That said State shall never sell any part of the tide lands within it's borders. nor any part of the banks or beds of navi- gable streams or other waters, be- low high-water mark, nor the wa ters thereof; but title thereto shal! be held forever by the State for the benefit of the public; but the State may, by general law, provide for the use of the shore and tide lands and beds of streams for wharves, docks, trade, or transpor- tation, and other uses. and may lease the same or any part thereof for such use, but no lease shall be valid for a longer period than fifty years, at the end of which period the land shall revert to the State free and clear of incumbrance.
 Sec. 6. Election for Ratification or Rejection of Constitution.-Tha in case a constitution and State government shall be formed in com pliance with the provisions of this ket the convention forming the same shall provide by ordinance for submitting said constitution to the people of said proposed State for its ratification or rejection at an election to be held at a time fixed in said ordinance, at which election the qualified voters for said propos ed State shall vote directly for or against the proposed constitution and for or against any provisions submitted. The returns of said election shall be made to the Secretary of the Territory of who. with the governor and the collector of customs, shall can vass the same; and if a majority of the legal voters cast on that ques- tion shall be for the constitution the said canvassing board shall cer- tify the result to the President of the United States, together with the statement of the voters cast thereon, and upon separate articles or propositions, and copy of said articles, propositions, and ordinances. And if the consti- tuition and government of said pro- posed State are republican in form. and if the provisions is this Act have been complied with in the formation thereof, it shall be the duty of the President of the Unit ed States, within twenty days from the receipt of the certificate of the result of said election and the statement of votes cast thereon and a copy of said constitution, articles and ordinances, to is- sue his proclamation announcing the result of said election; and there upon the proposed State of Alaska shall be deemed admitted t. Con gress into the Union, under and by virtue of this Act, on an equal footing with the original States. The original of said constitution. articles, propositions, and ordin-