Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-09-07
ELECTIVE FRANCHISE.
Delegates Put in the Morning Hom
Discussing the Commit
tees Report.
Standing Committee on Mining ana
Water Rights Wyomings
Greeting.

After the usual opening ceremonies
this morning the convention resumed
business by receiving document from
Mr.. Rodey setting forth why New Mexico
applies for admission as a state at this
time. Without being read the document
was referred to the committee on pream'
BILE and bill OF rights. In compliance with
a resolution offered by Col. Prichard, the
president announced the appointment OF
an additional standing committee, making
twelve mall, on mining and water rights,
as follows: G. w. Prichard, Richard
Mansfield White, w. L, Rynerson, John
D. Bail and Syltestre Mirabel. The chair
stated that Mr.. Clarence Key had been
spoken to in regard to serving as trans
lator and would give an answer shortly.
Judge Hazledine moved that the chair
men OF all standing committees be added
to the committee on revision and adjust
ment. 1t will be the duty of this COM
mittee to review the constitution after it
shall have been made up and adjust all
conflicting parts, making it complete in
every detail. The motion was adopted.
The convention then went into com
mittee of the whole to consider the report
of the committee on elective franchise,
Gov. Slower in the chair This commit
tees report was presented by its cheir-
| man, E. A. Dow, and is as follows:
Section /. The qualifications of voters
shall be ascertained and declared by law f.;
but no person shall have the right to vote
| Mt any election who is not citizen of the
| United States and has not lived within
| the state at least six months before the
| day of election.
Sec. 2. No religious test shall be re-
quired for any Office or for any vote at any
| election.
Sec. 8. Voters shall in all cases, except
for treason, felony or breach of the peace,
| be privileged from arrest during their at
tendance at elections, and in going to and
returning therefrom.
Sec. A. No person shall be permitted to
vote at any election in the state, nor to
hold seat in the legislature, or any office
OF trust or importance under this govern
ment, who shall, in due course of law,
have been convicted of bribery or cor
ruption in connection with the election
or appointment of any person to office.
Sec. 5. No person, who may be col
lector or holder of public money, shall be
permitted to vote at any election in the
state, or be eligible to any office Of honor,
trust or profit within the state, until he
shall have accounted for and paid over ac-
cording to law all sums OF money for
which he may be liable, except in cases
Nrl hn of oh
be pending in any court.
Sec. i. Any person who may here
after be engaged in duel, either as
principal or accessory before the fact
shall not be permitted to vote at any cleo
ton, and shall be disqualified from hold
ing any office within the state.
| Sec. 7. For the purpose OF voting or
eligibility to office, no person shall be
deemed to have gained or lost residence
| by reason of presence or absence while
employed in the service of the United
States or of the state, nor while q student
at any school, nor while kept or confined
in any public institution or prison at pub
| lie expense.
Sec. 8. The legislature shall regulate
| by law, not inconsistent with this con-
stitution, all matters relating to officers
Of elections, the matter of conducting and
making returns Of elections, and shall
pass laws to prevent intimidation, dis
order or violence at the polls, and all cor
ruption, fraud or bribery in connection
with elections or voting.
| Sec. 8. In all elections under this con-
stitution the person or persons who shall
receive the highest number of votes, shall
be declared elected.
| Sec. 10. The secrecy of the ballot shall
be kept inviolate, except in cases Of con-
tested elections.
Sec. IL. The general elections shall be
| held once in two years, on the first Tues.
day after the first Monday in November
in the even numbered years; and all
terms of Office of officers elected at such
elections shall begin on the LIST of Jan
uary next following.
Sec. y. No election Of city, town or
precinct officers shall be held at the same
time as the general election.
| Sec. Is. No person shall be elected or
appointed to any office within any county
who shall not have been q citizen and all
inhabitant therein for at least one year
next before such election or appointment,
if the county shall have been so long
erected; but if it shall not have been SO
| long erected, then within the limits OF the
county or counties from which it shall
| have been taken.
Sec. IA. No person shall hold more
than one lucrative Office at the same time ;
but no appointment in the militia, nor
the office of notary public, shall be con-
sidered as lucrative office.
Sec. 10. No member of either house OF
congress, nor person holding any office
| L.