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UNITED STATES : — OKLAHOMA

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OKLAHOMA.

Government. — The State of Oklahoma, comprising the former Territory of Oklahoma and Indian Territory, was constituted on November 16, 1907, by Proclamation made by the United States President under the enabling act of June 16, 1906. The constitution provides for the initiative and the referendum, 8 per cent, of the legal voters having the right to propose any legislative measure and 15 per cent, to propose amendments to the constitution by petition. The referendum may be ordered (except as to laws necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety) either by petition signed by 5 per cent, of the legal voters or by the Legislature. The referendum applies to municipalities as well as to the State. The control of railways and other public service cor- porations is vested in a commission of 3 members elected for six-year periods, from whose decision an appeal lies only to the Supreme Court, no other court having power to interfere with its duties.

The Legislature consists of a Senate of 44 members who are elected for 4 years, and a House of Representatives elected for 2 years, and consisting ot not less than 99 nor more than 102 members. Qualified as electors are (with necessary exceptions) all citizens resident six months in the State, 60 days in the county or town, 30 days in the precinct. Indians, to be qualified as voters, must have severed tribal relations.

Governor. - Secretary. -

-J. B. A. Robertson, 1919-23 (4,500 dollars). -JoeS. Morris 1919-23.

The State is represented in Congress by 2 Senators and 8 members of the House of Representatives. The State capital is Oklahoma City.

Area and Population.— Area, 70,057 square miles, of which 643 square miles is water. Census population on January 1, 1920, 2,028,283. Indian reservations in 1919 had an area of 10 square miles with a population of 119,101.

[For the history ot the relations between the Indians and the Federal Government see The Statesman's Yeak-Book for 1907, p. 593.]

The population at the date of each of the Federal censuses was : —

Year

White

Coloured Total

Per square mile

1890 1900 1910

172,654

670,204

1,444,631

. 86,108 258,fi57l 120,187 790,891 1 212,624 1,667,156

201 1031 23-9

1 Including Indian territory.