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 FIFTY-NINTH conensss. sm. 1. cn. seas. 1906. 271 schools shall always be conducted in English: Provided, That nothing f;*lf’i;°·*· Q herein shall dpreclude the teaching of other languages in said public g agen · schools: An provided further, That this shall not be construed to  Md °°l°’°*’ prevent the establishment and maintenance of separate schools for ` white and colored children. Sixth. That said State shall never enact any law restricting or Right'! Suffrageabridging the right of suffrage on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Sec. 4. That in case a constitution and State government shall be S,§‘,{l’{f,‘,§S§;°;€g,§1g°"‘ formed in compliance with the provisions of this Act the convention " forming the same shall provide by ordinance for submitting said constitution to the people of said roposed State for its ratification or rejection at an election to be held at a time fixed in said ordinance, at El°°“°¤· which election the qualified voters for said proposed State shall vote directly for or against the proposed constitution, and for or against any provisions separately submitted. The returns of said election shall R““'““· be made to the secretary of the Territory of Oklahoma, who, with the chief justice thereof and the senior judge of the United States court of appeals for the Indian Territory, shall canvass the same; and if a ma- Qertifyinz result if jority of the legal votes cast on that question shall be for the constitution mmm the governor of Oklahoma Territory and the judge senior in service of the United States court of appeals for the Indian Territory shall certify the result to the President of the United States, together with the statement of the votes cast thereon, and upon separate articles or propositions and a copy of said constitution, articles, propositions, and ordi— _ nances. And if the constitution and overnment of said proposed P,’;;§’§§,‘§“"°“b"h° State are republican in form, and if tie provisions in this Act 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 result of said election and the statement of votes cast thereon and a copy of said constitution, articles, proposi- ` tions, and ordinances, to issue his proclamation announcing the result of said election; and thereupon the pro sed State of Oklahoma shall A‘““i“‘°" “s S“““· be deemed admitted by Congress into the) Union, under and by virtue _ of this Act,-on an equal footing with the original States. The oriii- ml;°¥’g§f °* °°”““‘“‘ nal of said constitution, articles, propositions, and ordinances, andt e ' 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 of Oklahoma to the State authorities of said State. Sec. 5. That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or so much ,l,‘;‘{l’,f{f*’,§`{,‘§l‘Q{§,,,,,i§§‘i thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money mm °¤P°¤¤°¤- in the Treasury not otherwise apipropriated, for the detraying of the expenses of the elections provide for in this Act, and said convention, and for the payment of the members. thereof, under the same rules and regulations and at the same rates as are now provided by law for the payment of the Territorial legislature of the Territory of Oklahoma, and the disbursements of the money appropriated by this section shall be made by the secretary of the Territory of Oklahoma. Sec. 6. That until the next general census, or until otherwise pro- m}"ggu§1gg;ggf“‘* vided bv law, the said State of Oklahoma shall be entitled to five Representatives in the House of Representatives of the United States, to _ be elected from the followingdescribed districts, the boundaries of which shall remain the same until the next general census: . _ _ That district numbered one shall comprise the counties of Grant, D'*‘*”°*N"·*· Kay, Garfield, Noble, Pawnee, Kingfisher, Logan, Payne, Lincoln, and the territory comprising the Osage and Kansas Indian reservations. _ _ That district numbered two shall comprise the counties of Oklahoma, D”"‘°* N°· L Canadian, Blaine, Caddo, Custer, Dewey, Day, Woods, Woodward, and Beaver. _ _ That district numbered three shall (with the exception of that part D‘““°‘ N"- 3·