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rhnu mrx. ALBUQUERQUE EVENUTa CITIZEN. Monday, fKCKMnrn 9, it. i i 1 i HEW STATEHOOD Bill FOR NEW 1,10 (Continued From Vnsr One.) And sild convention shall provide, by ordinance. Irrevocable without the consent of the United States mid the people of said ftate: llclluloiw VrifOoin. Flr.oi. Tlmt perfect toleration of religious sentiment bIihII 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 ure forever prohibited. Capital at Santa lo. That the capital of .nid stnte shall temporarily be at the city of Santa Fe. in the present territory of New Mexico and shall not be changed therefrom previous to anno Domini nineteen hundred and twenty. but the location of said capital may. af ter said year, be f'xed by the elect ors of Slid state, voting at an elec tion to be provided for by the legis lature. . Hi-cond. That the people Inhabl tating said proposed Mate do agree and declare that fhey forever dis claim all right and title to the un approprlnted public lands lying wlth'n the boundaries thereof, and to nil lands lying within .-aid limit or held by any Indian or Indian tribes; and that until the title thete to shall have been extinguished by the United States the game shall be and remain subject to the disposi tion of the United States and said Indian lands shall remain under the absolute jurisdiction and control of the congress of the United States; that the lands belonging to citizens of the United States residing without the said state shall never be taxed at a higher rate than the lands be longing to residents thereof; that no taxes shall be imposed by the state on land or property therein belong ing to or which may hereafter bo purchased by the United States " reserved for Its use; but nothing therein, or In the ordinance herein provided for. shall preclude the said Btate from taxing as other lands are taxed owned or held by any Indian who has served his tribal relations, or has obtained from the United States or from any person a title thereto by patent or other grant, aave and except such land." as have been or may be granted to any In dian or Indians under any act of congress containing a provision ex empting the lands thus granted from taxation; but said ordinance ehall provide that all such lands shall be exempt from taxation by aid state so long and to such ex tent as such act of congress may prescribe. Third. That the debts and lia bilities of said territory of New Mexico shall be assumed and paid by said state. 'Fourth. That provision shall be made for the establishment and maintenance of a system of public wit: Sections numbered thirteen whools, whk-h shall be open to all rlxteen, thirty-three, and thirty-six the children of mild state and free from sectarian control, and that said schools shall always be conducted In Kngllsh: Provided, That this act shail not preclude the teaching of other' languages In said public schools. Vote Muill bo Direct. Hoc. 4. That In ca.-e a constitu tion and state government shall be formed in compllBce with the pro visions of this act the convention forming the tame shall provide by ord nance for submitting Siild con stitution to the people of said pro pored state for Its ratification at an election to be held at a time fixed in said ordinance, at which e'eciion the qualified voters for said propos ed state shall vot directly for or against the proposed constitution and for or against any provisions separately submitted. The returns of said election shall be made to the secretary of the territory, who. with the governor and chief justice there of, or any two of them, shall can vass the same; and if a majority of the legal votes cast on that question shall be for the constitution the gov ernor shall certify the result to ihe president of the United States, to gether with the statement of the vo;es cast thereon and upon separ ate articles or propositions, and a copy of said constitution, articles, propositions, and ordinances. And If the constitution and government of slid proposed state are republi can In form, and if the provisions In this a.ct have been complied with In the formation thereof. It shall be the duty of the president of the United States, within twenty days from the receipt of the certificate of the re sult of ald election and statement of the votes cast thereon and a copy of said constitution, articles, propo sitions and ordinances from s;ild commission, to ls.-ue his proclama tion annouclng the result of said election, and thereupon the pro posed state, tinder and by the name of New Mexico, shall be deemed ad mitted by congress Into the Union, under and by virtue of this act, on an equal footing with the original spates from and after the date of said proclamation. The original of said constitution, articles, propositions, nnd ordinances and the election returns, and a copy of the statement of the votes cast at said election shall be forwarded and turned over by the secretary of the territory to the state authorities. Two Itoprcwntntlvei. Sec. 6. That until the next gen eral csnfus. or until otherwise pro vided by law, said state shall be en titled to two representatives in the house of representatives of the United States, which representatives In the sixtieth congress, together with the governor and all other state, county, and precinct officers provided for in -ald constitution shall be elected oil the same day of the election for the adoption of the constitution; and until said state, county, and precinct officers are elected and qualified under the pro visions of the constitution and the state is admitted into the Union the territorial officers shall continue to discharge the duties of the respect ive officers in said territory. lroviHi(MW for ScImjoIs. 6ec. 6. That upon the admission of said state Into the Union there Is hereby granted unto it, Including the sections thereof heretofore granted, four sections of public land in each township in the proposed state for the support of free public non.'ectarian common schools, to and where such sections or any parts thereof have been sold or otherwise disposed of by or under the authority of any act of congress other lands equivalent thereto, in legal subdivision.' of not less than one quarter section and as con tlguous as may be to the section In lieu of which the same Is taken such Indemnity lands to be selected within said respective portions of sild .tate In the maner provided In this act: ' Provided. That the thlr teenth, sixteenth, thirty-third, and thirty-sixth sections embraced In permanent reservations for national purposes shall not at any time be subject to the grants nor to the In drmnity provisions of this act, but other land equivalent thereto may be selected for such school pur poses in lieu thereof: nor shall any lands embraced in Indian, military or other reservations of any rharnc ter be subject to the grants of this act, but such reservation lands shall be .uhject to the Indemnity provl slons of this act. To Provide Public ItiilbllnttH. Sec 7. That three hundred sec Hons, of the unappropriated non mineral puollc lands within said state, to be selected and located In legal subdivisions, as provided In this Act, are hereby granted to STld itate for the purpose of erecting legislative, executive. and Judicial public buildings In the same and for the payment of the bonds heretofore or hereafter issued therefor Sec. 8. That nothing4 In this act shall be so construed except where the same is so specifically stated, as to repeal any grant of land hereto fore made by any act of congret-s to said territory, but such grants are hereby ratified and confirmed In and to said state, and all of the land that may not. nt the time of ihe ad mission of said state into the Union, have been selected and segrc-uied from the public domain may be so selected and segregated in tlie man ner provided in this act. Permanent Selionl Fund. Sec. it. That ten per centum of the proceeds of the sales of public lands lying within said state which shall be sold by the United States subsequent to the admission of said state in the Union after deducting All the expenses Incident to the same .-hall be paid to the sild state to be used as a permanent fund, the Inter est of which only shall be expended for the support of the common school within said' state. And there is "hereby appropriated, out of any moneys In the treasury not other wise appropriated, the sum of five million dollars for the use and bene fit of the common schools of the said state. Said appropriation shall be paid by the treasurer of the United States at such time and to such person or persons as may be authorised by said jtate to receive the same under the laws to be en acted by said state, and until said state shall enact such lawn said ap propriation shall not be paid. Said appropriation of five million dollars shall be held inviolable and Invested by said ftute. in trust, for the use and benent of said schools. Lnml Sales to be lulillo. Sec. 10. Thut all lands herein granted ror educational purposes may be appraised and disposed of oniy at puouc sale, the proceeds to constitute a permanent school fund. the income from which only shall be expended In the support of said schools. 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Telephone 14S. t A periods of not more than ten years, and such common school land shall not be subject to preemption, home stead entry, or any other entry un der the land laws of the United States, whether surveyed or unsur veyed, but shall be preserved for school purposes only. StiMrt of Public Institutions. Sec. 11. That In lieu of the grant of land for purposes of Internal Im provement made to new states by the eighth section of the act of Sep tember fourth, eighteen hundred and forty-one, which section Is here by repealed as to the proposed state, and In lieu of any claim or demand by the jaid state under the act of September twenty-elgth, eigh teen hundred and fifty, and section twenty-four hundred and seventy nine of the revised statutes, making a grant of swamp and overflowed lands to certain states, which grant It i" hereby declared Is not extended to r n -ald sti ' and In lieu of any gt liit of S'l lands to said Mate, save in lu i t . if ire made, the foliow ii..: r.'.nts "f ' mil from public lands of the I nlted States within said state ore hereby made, to wit: For the establU hment. and main tenance and support of Insane asy lums in the sild state, two hundred thousand acres; for penitentiaries, two hundred thousand acres; for schools for the deaf, dumb and blind, two hundred tliou-nnd dcres; for miners' hospitals for dl.ahled min ers, one hundred thousand acres; for normal schools, two hundred thousand acres; far state charitable, penal, and reformatory Institutions, two hundred thousand acres; for ag ricultural and mechanical college, three hundred thou'and acres; Pro vided, That the national appropria tion heretofore annually paid to the agricultural and mechanical college of said territory, shall, until the fur ther order of congress, continue . to be paid to said state for the use of said Institution; for schools of mine., two hundred thou-and acres; for military lii.-titutes, two hundred thousand acres. liiiml for Paying: Indebtedness. in addition to the lands granted by this act and which have been granted heretofore by any prior law. two million acres of land are hereby granted to the said state, to be se lected and segregated as heretofore provided for other land.--' granted un der this act, the proceed from said two million acres of land when dis posed of by the state, to be applied in the discharge of the outstanding InceUtedness owing and due from the counties of Santa Fe and Grant, In said territory of New Mexico which said Indebtedness was created by subscription by said counties in aid of the construction of railroad in said counties, and which indebted ness congress validated notwith standing the fact that it had been ieclded by the supreme court of the United States that It was not valid; and the said state shall Issue bondi' to take up said indebtedness to fund and pay off and discharge said In debtedness, said bonds to run for a period of thirty years, and title shall De held by said .-tate In trust for the tlnal payment, and discharge of the said bonds when so issued. How To lie Selected. Sec. 12. That all lands granted in quantity or as Indemnity by this act shall be selected under the direction of the secretary of the Interior, from the unappropriated public lands of the United States within the limits of the said .state, by a commission composed of the governor, surveyor general, and attorney general of said state; and no fees shall be charged for passing the title to the same or for the preliminary pro ceedings thereof. Mineral lkiuls Kxeniirt. Sec. 13. That all mineral lands shall be exempted from the grants made by this act; but if any portion thereof shall be founu by the de partment of the Interior to be min eral landc. said Btate is hereby au thorized and empowered to select. In legal subdivisions, an equal quantity of other unappropriated lands in said state in lieu thereof. One Judicial District. Sec. 14. That the said state, when admitted as aforesaid, shall consti tute one Judicial district, the name thereof to be the same as the name of the state, and the circuit and dis trict courts therefor sha 1 be held at the capital of the state, or at such other place or places as the court It self may designate; and the said dis trict shall, for Judicial purposes, un lit otherwise provided, be attached to the eighth Judicial circuit. There shall be appointed for said district one district Judge, one United States attorney, and one United States mar shal. The Judge of said district shall receive a yearly salary the same as other similar judges of the United fetates, payable as provided for by law, and shall reside in the district to which he is appointed. There shall oe appointed clerks of said courts who shall keep their offices at the capital of said state. The regular terms of faid courts shall be held in said district at the place afore said, or at such other place or places as the court itself may designate on me nrst Monday In April and the first Monday Jn October of each year, and only one grand jury and one petit Jury shall be summoned for service in both of said circuit and district courts. The circuit and dUtrlct courts for said district, and the Judges thereof, shall possess the same powers and Jurisdiction and perform the same duties required to be performed by the other circuit and district courts and Judges of the United States, and shall be govern ed by the same laws and regulations. The marshal, district attorney and clerks of Ihe circuit and district courts of the said district, and all other officers and persons perform ing duties in the administration of Justice therein, shall severally pos sess the powers and perform the du ties lawfully possessed and required to be performed by similar officers In other districts of the United States, and shall, for the services they may perforin, receive the fees and compensation now allowed by law to officers performing similar .services for the United States in the territory of New Mexico. Court Provisions). Sec. 15. That all cases of appeal or writs of error heretofore prose cuted and now pending in the su preme court of the United States upon any record from the supreme court of nald territory, or that may hereafter lawfully be prosecuted Up on any record from said courts, may be heard and determined by said su preme court of the United States. And the man, late of execution or of further proceedings .shall be directed by the supienie court of the United States lo the circuit or district court hiieby established within the said state, or to the supreme court of suc h state, as ihe nature of the case may require. And the circuit, dis trict and state courts here:n named shall, re. pectively, bo the successor of the supreme court of the terri tory as to all such cases arising with in the limits embraced within the jurisdiction of suoh courts, respec tively, with full power to proceed Willi the same and award me ne or tinul process therein; and that from all Judgments and dee reus of ihe su preme court of the territory men tioned In this act, In any case arising witnin the limits of the proposed state prior to admission, th parties to such Judgment shall have the same right to prosecute appeals and writs of error to the supreme court of the United States or the circuit court of appeals as they shall have by law prior to the admission of said state Into the union, and as In other states of the union, Onscsj Pending, fee. 16. That in respect to nil cases, proceedings, snd matters now pending in the .upreme or district courts of the said territory at the time of the admission into the union of said state and arising within the limits of such state, whereof the. cir cuit or district courts by this ant es tablished might have had Jurlsidle tlon under ihe laws of the United States had such court.' existed at the time of the commencement of such cases, .the snld circuit and district courts, tespeclively, shall be the suc cessors of said supreme and district courts of said territory; and In re pect to all other case3, proceedings, and matters pending In the supreme or district ccurts of the said terri tory at the time of the admission of such territory into the union, arising within the limits of said state, the courts established by Buch state hall, res-pectvely. be the successors of said supreme and district territorial courts; and all the files, records. In dictments, and proceedings relating to any such cases shall be trans ferred to such circuit, district and siate court', respectively, and the same shall be proceeded with therein In due course of law; but no writ, action, indictment, cause, or pro ceeding now pending, or that prior to the admission of the state shall be pending, In any territorial court In said territory shall abate by the admission of such state into the union, but the same shall be trans ferred and proceeded with in the proper United States circuit, distrlot. or state court, as ihe case may be: t-roviueu, nowever. That in all civ 11 actions, causes, and proceedings in which the United States is not a par ty transfers shall not be made to the circuit and district courts of the United States except upon cause shown by written request of one of the parties to such action or pro ceeding filed in the proper court; and in the absence of such reuuesi such cases shall be proceeded with In the proper state courts. Klfctl':on of Ofliivrs. IS-ec. 17. That the constitutional convention shall by ordinance oro- vide for the election of officers for a full state government, also all county and precinct officers, includ ing members of the legislature nnd representatives In congress, at the time for the election for the ratifi cation or rejection of the constitu tion; but the state government shall remain In abeyance until the state shall he admitted Into the union as proposed by this act. In ca.-e the constitution of said state shall be ratified by the people, but not other wise, the legislature thereof may as semble, organize, and elect two sen ators of the United States in the manner now prescribed by the laws of the United States; and the gov ernor and secretary of state of the proposed tate shall certify the elec tion of the senators and representa tives in the manner required by law, an dwhen such state Is admitted into the union as provided in this act the senators and representatives shall be enltled to be admitted to seats In congress ana lo all rights and priv ileges of senators and representatives of other slates in the congress of the United States; and the officers of the state government formed in pursu ance of said constitution, as provided by the constitutional convention, shall proceed to exercise all the func tions of state officers; and all laws In . force made by said territory at the time of its admission into the union shall be in force in said state, except as modified or changed by this act or by the constitution of the state; and the laws of the United States hall have the earn? force and, effect within the said state as else where within the United States. ISec. 18. That the sum of one hun dred and fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for defraying the ex penses of ald election and conven tion provided for in this act and for the payment of the members there of, under the same rules and regula tions and at the same rates as are now provided by law for the pay ment of the territorial legislature and the expenses thereof. Sec. 19. That all acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of thLs act, whether passed by the legislature of said territory or by congress, are hereby repealed. WILL PAY SCHOOL TEACHERS' EXPENSE Directors of the public schools In Old Albuquerque, Barelas, San Jose, District No. 8, Los Gregos. Chillli and Dos Padtllos have voted to pay the expenses of their teachers to the meeting of the Territorial Education al association at Santa Fe Dec. 26 to ::s. The expense is so great and the salaries so low that in many cases It i- Impossible for teachers to at tend this meeting unless given aid and for thLs reason County Superin tendent Andrew B. Stroup recom mended to directors of school dis tricts that they pay their teachers ex penses. , A program is now being prepared for the meeting. Subjects of Inter est to school patrons and the teach ers of the territory will be discussed. $UCCE$$ T II ICY NonrrXG SUCCEEDS IJKR ICCCESS. I SITPOSE T1US 1$ TUCK. BUT IX ORDER TO HAVE SOME SUCCESS WITH WHICH TO SCO CI'KI) IT 1$ NECESSARY TO HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS. ONE OP THESE IS BRAINS, AND AN OTHER IS SOME MONEY. WE DO NOT FUR NISH BRAINS IN SETS, BUT A TERUSAJj OP OUR COLUMNS WIIJj SIHNE UP THE ONES YOU HAVE, AND AN ADVERTISEMENT IN THE EVENING CITIZEN WILL GO A LONG WAY TO WARDS SUPPLYING THE DLNERO, IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE x SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSli a BUILDERS' AND FINISHERS' SUPPLIES Native and Clilcapo Lumber. 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JOSEPH BARNETT, Prop'r. m m - - i i i i -ijuijij T-ru-iriruri 12 0 West Railroad Avenue SAMPLE A NO CLUB ROOMS cmcmatomcmomomosomcmoBtytQ ooooooooooooc) Uhe FHROT NATIONAL BANK OF Albuquerque, New Mexico United States Depository Depository A. T. & S. F. Railroad Company REPORT OF CONDITION DECEMBER 3, 1907 RESOURCES LIABILITIES Loans and Discounts 11,748,929.99 Capital and Surplus t 252 653 02 llonds. Securities and Heal Kdtute.. 91.293.72 rimiUtinn . jk U. U. llonds 1308,000.00 Deposits '..'.'.'.'.. 2 553'oS7'60 0 Kxchange 45. 134.10 .oaa.mi.PW Cash in Vault 394,332 51 Cash Resourses 1,117. 464.91 "ft Totals 13,005,690.68 Totals $3,005,890.62 0