The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-01-07
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To enable the people of Oklahoma
n of the indian Territory 10 form
a constitution and State govern
ment and be admitted into the I'm
original States; and to enable the
people of New Mexico and of Ari-
IONA to form a constitution and
State government and be admitted
into the Union on an equal footing
with the original States.
Sec. 10. That the inhabitants of
all that part of the area of the United
States now constituting the Terri
tories of Arizona and New Mexico,
as at present described. may become
the State of Arizona. as hereinafter
provided.
e 20. That all qualified cleo
tors of said Territories. respectively,
as described in this Act, are hereby
authorized to vote for and choose del
egates to form a convention for said
Territories; such delegates shall pos
sess the qualifications of such cleo
tors. The aforesaid convention shall
consist of one hundred and ten dele
gates. sixty-six of which delegates
shall be elected to said convention by
Mexico and forty-four by the people
of the Territory of Arizona; and the
governors. chief justices, and secre-
taries of each of said Territories. re-
s~pecIively. shall apportion the dele
gates to be thus elected from their
respective Territories as nearly as
may be equitably among the several
the population as shown by the Unit
ed States censu of ammo Domini
nineteen hundred; and such COVER
nors. respectively. shall. within thirty
days after the approval of this Act
by the President of the United States
tionment shal be fully specified and
announced. order an election of the
delegates aforesaid in their respective
Territories, to be held On the tenth
Tuesday after the approval of this
Act as aforesaid; and the proper Of
~ficials, as now provided by law in
each of said Territories. respectively.
shall Immediately upon the issuance
of such proclamations. make or cause
10 be made, Is the case may be, in
time for the election. a supplemental
or general registration, as may be
necessary, of the male citizens of the
United States over the age of twenty
one years who have resided in said
Territories. respectively. for six
months. in the county for ninety days
and in the precinct, ward. or election
district where they are to vote thirty
days next preceding the date fixed
for said election, whose names shall
be placed upon or added to the great
registers, or registration lists. as the
the qualified voters of said Territor-
les, respectively. And the persons so
qualified shall be entitled to be reg
istered md to vote for delegates to
the constitutional convention. Such
election for delegates shall be con
Quoted, the returns made, and the
certificates of persons elected to such
convention issued. as near as may be
In the same manner as is prescribed
by the laws of said Territories. re-
spectively, regulating elections there
I'm of members of the legislature, save
that no more h two judges OF
zach of the election boards holding
elections under this Act shall be OF
the same political party: Provided.
That the secretary. or other proper
officer. oil the Territory of Arizona.
into whose hands the results OF sail
election in the Territory OF Arizona
finally comes. shall Immediately trans
NIT and certify the same TO the secre-
tary OF the Territory of New Mexico
at Santa Fe- Persons possessing the
qualifications emitting them TO vote
for delegates to the constitutional o
vention under this Act shall be en-
titled to vote on the ratification OF
rejection of the constitution submit
ted to the people OF said Territories