Emery County Progress | 1905-02-11 | Page 2 | Act on Statehood Bill

ACT ON STATEHOOD BILL senate decides to make new mexico a separate state after r a continuous session of nine hours the senate on tuesday passed the joint statehood bill As passed the bill provides for the admission of the states of oklahoma to be corn com of indian territory and okia okla boma homa and new mexico according to the present boundaries with arizona eliminated one of the first amendments taken up was the amendment the te sale of intoxicating liquors in what Is now indian territory tor for the next ten years and this was displaced with a substitute offered by mr gallinger which extended the amendment to t the he entire state for a period of twenty one years and this was adopted