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 280 FIFTY—NINTl·l CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3335. 1906. other property 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 plurchased by the United States or reserved rsxinslmdnof In- for its use; but nothing erem, or in the ordinance herein provided di'"` for, shall preclude the said State from taxing, as other lands and other property are taxed, any lands and other property 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 rescribe. ' "£¤,;¤1¤iI¤8,d¤b*¤ 0* P Third. That the debts and liabilities of said Territory of Arizona and of said Territory of New Mexico shall be assumed and paid by . _ said State, and that said State shall be subrogated to all the rights of indemnity and reimbursement which either of said Territories now has. $¤*°¥P¤l>li•= Fourth. That provision shall be made for the establishment and °°maintenance of a s stem of public schools, which shall be open to all ` the children of said State and free from sectarian control, and that mx_ said schools shall always be conducted in English: Pmmded, That notlhingjn thils Ale: shal preclude the teaching of other languages 1D mi icsc oo. . _m¢¤*¤f¤¤¤¤¢¤- Fifih. That said State shall never enact any law restricting or HMM of En _ abridging the right of suffrage on account of race, color, or previous u,,,b,.,,m,,{§,,_ g condition of servitude, and that ability to read, write, and spleak the En lish language sufficiently well to conduct the duties of the office without thi? aid of an interpreter shall be a necessary qualification for all State officers. ,,,,§* " “‘“"“ Sixth. That the capital of said State 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 fifteen, but the permanent location of said capital may, after said year, be fixed by the electors of said State, voting at an election to be provided for by the legislature. ,,,§,‘}}’,’,;'n*““*,f,“,,'j,§  Sec. 26. That in case a constitution and State government shall be rw 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 proposed State for its ratilication or “”‘°°'°'°°“"“· reliection, at an election to be held at a time iixed in said ordinance, w ich shall be not less than sixty days nor more than ninety days from the adjournment of the convention, at which election the qualified voters of said proposed State shall vote directly for or against the proposed constitution and for or against any provi- °“""” °f '°°“""'· sions thereof separately submitted. The returns of said election shall be made by the election oiheers direct to the secretary of the Territory of New Mexico at Santa Fe; who, with the governors and chief justices of said Territories, or any four of them, shall meet at said _ city of Santa Fe on the third Monday after said election and shall canvass m§i*},‘j_§{""¥ ‘°”“*' " the same; and if a majority of the legal votes cast on that question shall be for the constitution the said canvassing board 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 proposi- _ tions, and a copy of said constitution, articles, propositions, and ordi- P,lQ,'}’,'§f,'§,‘}f“""“ "’“‘° nances. And 1f the constitution and government of said proposed State are republican in form, and if the 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 the