Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-11-11

concerning such aid and support to the
governor for the information of the legis-
ature.
81 onlv desire, " added Gov. Prince, "to
point out few additional features OF i'm
portance, which are at the same time
characteristic. They explain themselves:
Art. II. Sec H. The free exercise
and enjoyment OF religious profession and
worship, without discrimination or prefer
ence, is hereby guaranteed, and no per
son shall be rendered incompetent to be
Il witness Or juror on account of his opin-
ions on matters of religious belief.
Art. II. Sec. "a. No officer or person
authorized by this constitution to appoint
any person to office, shall ever appoint to
office any person who may be related to
him by blood or marriage within the
fourth degree of consequently, according
to the civil law rule of computation.
Art. ". (Home Rule. The legisla-
ture shall not pass special or local laws
on any of the following subjects, that is
to say:
Assessment or collection Of taxes.
Exemption from taxation.
Laying out, opening, working, altering
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public squares.
Changing the names of persons or
places.
incorporating cities, towns and villages.
Locating or changing county seats.
Appointment or election, jurisdiction,
duties or compensation OF city, town, vii
lage or precinct officers.
Regulating the practice OF courts OF
Justice.
Changing the venue in civil or criminal
cases.
Changing the law of descent.
Granting divorces.
Summoning and impaneling jurors.
Common schools.
Affecting estates OF minors or other
persons under legal disability.
Claims or accounts against the state or
any municipality existing therein.
Refunding money paid into the treas
ury.
Releasing persons. from any debt or
obi cation to the state, or any municipal
or quasi-municipal corporation therein.
Granting or amending charters to cor
porations or licensing toll roads or
bridges provided, however, that nothing
in this paragraph contained shall pro
hibit the amendment of charters of NUM-
cipal corporations heretofore created by
any special law OF the territorial legisla-
ton.
County, city, town, village, precinct Or
district indebtedness.
Legimatizing children.
Creating, increasing or decreasing fees,
percentages or allowances OF public ofi-
GERS.
But upon all subjects above mentioned,
and in all other cases where a general law
can be applicable, all laws shall be gen
eral, and no special law shall be enacted
in any case which is provided for by an
existing general law, or where the relief
sought can be had in any court in the
state.
Art. XII. Sec. 8. No municipal cor
poration or quasi-municipal corporation
in the state shall in, ur any debt for any
purpose whatever i'll excess of per cent
on the taxable property within the limits
of such corporation, as shown by the last
regular assessment made for the purpose
of taxation, nor in any sum whatever in
excess of its yearly income or revenue,
without the assent OF majority of the
qualified electors thereof who shall be
payers of taxes on property therein. But
this shall not be construed to impair or
affect the liability of any such corporation
for anV existing Indebtedness.