Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1889-11-01

tOte Incorporated may become organized
under such general laws whenever ma
iority Of the electors at a general election
shall 80 determine, under such provisions
therefor as may be made by the legisla.
ture.
Sec. 2. Any county, or incorporated
city or town may make and enforce within
Us limits al such local, police, sanitary
and other regulations as are not in con
iiict with its charter or with the general
laws.
Sec 8 No municipal corporation, or
quasi-muncipa corporation in The state
shall incur any debt for any purpose what
ever IN excess Of 5 per centum on the tax
able property within che limits Of such
corporation, as shown by the last regular
assessment made tor the purpose of taxa
tion, nor in any sum whatever in excess Of
its yearly income Of revenue, without the
asseat Of a majority Of the qualified cleo
tors thereof who shall be payers Of taxes
on property therein. But this shall not
te construed to impair or affect the llabili-
Is Of any such corporation for any existing
indebtness.
Sec. 4 Noeounty, town, city or other
municipal Of quasi municipal corporation,
by vote of its citizens or otherwise, shall
ever become stakeholder in any JOINT
stock company, corporation or association
whatever, or raise money tor, or make do
nation TO or loan its credit to, or in aid of
any such company corporat lou or associa.
tion.
Sec. 5. The several counties of the ter
ritory Of New Mexico. as they are now
provided for by law, are hereby declared
to be the counties of this state until other
wise established Or changed by law.
Sec. 5. Provision shall be made by
general laws Tor the creation and organiza-
tion Of new counties, but the question Of
the creation Of any new county shall be
submitted to a vote of the qualified cleo
tors in the territory embraced within the
proposed new county before any such coun-
ty now established shall be reduced, nor
shall any new county be formed, SO as to
have less population than will be suffici-
ent to enhtle it to at least one representa-
tive in the legislature.
Sec. T. No county now established as
aforesaid shall be reduced to an area Of
less than 1895 square miles, or to popu-
latiou OF less than 1000 people, aud no
nav county shall be ormed donating less
than 1896 square miles, au1 1000 inhabi-
tants, until twelve years after this consti-
tuition goes iato effect.
Sec. fl. New or unorganised counties
may for the purposes of administration be
temporarily annexed to such other county
or counties as may be more convenient.
Sec. 9. Whenever territory is taken
from any county or counties and attached
to another, or whenever a new county Is
formed, the county to which said territory
is attached, or the new county shall be la-
bic to pay its ratable proportion of all the
then existing liabilities OF the county or
counties from which such territory is taken
or from which such territory is formed,
less the same ratable proportion of the
value Of the county buildings and proper
ty OF the county or counties from which
such territory is taken; provided that such
portion 80 taken shall have been a portion
of the county from which the same is taken
for not less than four years previously
Sec. 10. Ia any county where the coun-
ty seat has not been fixed, the question Of
ITS place shall be submitted to the electors
of the county at a general election. The
place receiving the majority Of all votes
cast by qualified electors shall be the coun-
ty seat but in the formation of new coun-
ties the county seat may be fixed Temporal
rily by the legislature.
See. IL. No county seat shall be chang
cd until proposition designating the
place to which the removal is proposed
shall haYe been submitted to the electors
Of the county and shall have received two
thirds Of the votes cast by qualified elect
ors No person shall vote on such a prop
ostion who shall not have resided in the
county for six months, and in the election
precinct for ninety days next preceding the
election. A proposition to change the lo-
cation Of the county seat after having
been so submitted, shall not again be sub
mitted to the electors for FIVE years.
Sec. H. All county and precinct Of
fcers shall be elected by the qualified
electors of the county or precinct respec-
lively, and city, town and village officers
shall be elected or appointed as may be
prescribed by law.
Ringing Noises
Ia the ears, sometimes roaring buzNnR