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 108 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. SEss. Il. Ch. 138. 1894. election for delegates shall be conducted, the returns made, the result ascertained, and the certificate of persons elected to suchconvention issued in the same manner as is prescribed by the laws of said Territory regulating elections therein of members of the legislature. Persons possessing the qualifications entitling them to vote for delegates under this Act shall be entitled to vote on the ratification or rejection of the constitution, under such rules or regulations as said convention may prescribe, not in coniiict with this Act. ,M¢•>¤i¤s °' ¤<>¤"¤· Sec. 3. That the delegates to the convention thus elected shall meet tm"` at the seat of government of said Territory on the first Monday in March, eighteen hundred and ninetyfive, and, after organization, shall ‘ declare on behalf of the people of said proposed State that they adopt the Constitution of the United States, whereupon the said convention ··¥<*•>P*i°¤ of ¤°¤¤**· shall be, and is hereby, authorized to form a constitution and State tuiisséasitus. government for said proposed State. cmmgms. The constitution shall be republican in form, and make no distinction in civil or political rights on account of race or color, except as to Indians not taxed, and not to be repugnant to the Constitution of the United States and the principles of the Declaration of Independence. And said convention shall provide, by ordinance irrevocable without the consent of the United States and the people of said State- R¤¤si<>¤¤ fr<=¤¤¤¤¤- First. That perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured, ‘ and that no inhabitant of said State shall ever be molested in person p,,,,,_,,,_ or property on account of his or her mode of religious worship: Pro- Pwyzmr- vided, That polygamous or plural marriages are forever prohibited. Rennnciationofpnb Second. That the people inhabiting said proposed State do agree “°l¤¤d°·and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within the boundaries thereof; and to all lands lying within said limits owned or held by any Indian or Indian tribes; and that until the title thereto shall have been extinguished by the United States, the same shall be and remain subject to the disposition 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 residrumen of nuns. ing without the said State shall never be taxed at a higher rate than the lands belonging to residents thereof; that no taxes shall be imposed by the State on lands or property therein belonging to or which may hereafter be purchased by the United States or reserved for its use; but nothing herein, or in the ordinance herein provided for, shall pre- _ clude the said State from taxing, as other lands are taxed, any lands I"‘*‘°“ ’°“""· owned or held by any Indian who has severed his tribal relations and has obtained from the United States or from any person a title thereto by patent or other grant, save and except such lands as have been or may be granted to any Indian or Indians under any Act of Congress containing a provision exempting the lands thus granted from taxation; but said ordinance shall provide that all such lands shall be exempt from taxation by said State so long and to such extent as such Act of Congress may prescribe. Territorial ·l¤M¤. Third. That the debts and liabilities of said Territory, under authority of the legislative assembly thereof, shall be assumed and ' paid by said State. P¤·b¤·· ¤¤h·><>1¤· 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. m§;*;;z¤¤~£<;;¤ rjitigggl Sec. -1. That in case a constitution and State government shall be mm. formed in compliance with the provisions of this Act, the convention forming the same shall provide by ordinance for submitting said con- ' stitution to the people of said State for its ratification or rejection,·at an election to be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in - November, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, at which election the vow. qualified voters of said proposed State shall vote directly for or against the proposed constitution, and for or against any provisions separately c·am·m of mums. submitted. The return ot said election shall be made to the said Utah