The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-07-14
STATEHOOD ELECTIONS

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in the square to the left Of the word
mo" And l do further order that in
each county of the Territory, the mum
Der of delegates to the said conven-
ton to which each county is entitled
as herein announced, shall be voted
for in accordance with the provisions
of said Act of Congress, and that the
names of the candidates to the con-
v%ention n the question in form and
substance as herein set forth shall
be printed on the same ballot. And
after carefully considering the said
Act of Congress, and consulting the
legal authorities of the Territory, in
regard to its Interpretation, | do
hereby recommend that, in order TO
prevent the possibility of any iIleg-
ality in this alIimportant election, the
ballot Upon which said question, in
form and substance as herein set
forth, and the name of the candidates
to the aforesaid convention, are print
ed, shall De a separate and distinct
ballot from that upon which are print
Gu luS uduICS vi JuS CduUIudlSS lOI
Delegate to Congress. Members of the
Territorial Council and House of Rep
resentatives, n County Officers.
Such election for delegates shall be
conducted, the returns made. and the
certificates of persons elected to said
convention issued, as near as may be
in the same manner as is prescribed
by the laws of the Territory of New
Mexico, regulating the election of
members of the territorial legislature,
thousand dollars, or so much thereof
as may be necessary. is appropriated
by the said Act for ~defraying ex-
enSeS incident to the elections and
conventions provided for in the Act,
including the expenses of holding the
for members of the COnsti-
t~utional Convention.
Section % of the said Act of Con
gross provides that if a majority in
each of said Territories snail vote
the convention thus elected shall
meet in the hall of the House of Rep
resentatives of the Territory of New
Mexico, in the city of Santa Fe, on
Monday, December the third. nine
hunderd and six, and, after hav-
of the proposed state mat they adopt
the Constitution of the United States,
they shall be authorized TO form a
and State government for
he proposed state.
Section &c of the said Act pro
vides that in case sucn a constitution
and State government shall be form
ed in compliance with all the provis-
ions as set forth in the Act, the con-
vention forming the same shall pro
vide by ordinance for submitting the
said constitution to the people of the
proposed state at a fixed time, for
its ratification or rejection, and that,
if a majority of the legal votes cast
on that question shall be for the con
stitution. that such result be certi-
to the President of the United
States, who, within twenty days after
receiving said report, shall, if he
finds the said constitution and govern
ment to be republican in form, and
the provisions of this Act have
been complied with in the formation
thereof, issue a proclamation an
nouncing the result of aid election; |
whereupon the new state of Arizona
be deemed admitted into the
on an equal footing with the
original states. The new state shall. |
otherwise provided by law. be
of Representatives of the Uni
States, and to two Senators in
the Senate of the United States.
In addition to the paramount duty
of forming a just, equitable and wise
constitution. a serious and response
ble duty devolving upon the members
of the constitutional convention. will
that of providing for the election
of officers for a full State government
including members of the legislature
at the time of the election for the rat
or rejection of the conSt1tu-
ton. Seldom in the history of great
events has any body of men had more |
questions to consider than
will this body of 10 delegates when |
they assemble in Santa Fe Of the
Bird day of December. 1906. Much of
the future prosperity and success of
the new State of Arizona will de-
pend upon the constitution which
they will draw up and the kind of
government they provide for. The
they adopt should not be
by any passing or transit