The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-08

, Lincoln County 2 delegates.
Luna County 1 delegate.
Mckinley County 1 delegate.
Mora County 4 delegates.
Otero County 2 delegates. 8
Quay County 1 delegate.
Rio Arriba County 5 delegates.
Roosevelt County 1 delegate.
Sandoval County 2 delegates.
San Juan County 1 delegate.
San Miguel County z delegates.
Santa Fe County 4 delegates.
Sierra County 1 delegate.
Socorro County 4 delegates.
Taos county, 8 delegates.
Torrance County 1 delegate.
Union County 3 delegates.
Valencia County 8 delegates.
Making a total of sixty-six dele
gates.
In further accordance with Section
"a of said Act of Congress, 1 do here
by order that at the general election
to be held in the Territory of New
Mexico on the sixth day Of November
nineteen hunderd and six, there snail
be submitted to all the qualified cleo
tors of the Territory a question which
shall be stated on the ballot in sub
stance and form as follows:
Shall Arizona and New Mexico be
united to form one Slater"
(square) YES. (square) NO.
That electors desiring to vote in the
affirmative shall place a cross mark
in the square to the left of the word
Yes" and those desiring to vote in
the negative shall place a cross mark
in the square to the left of the word
NO" And 1 do further order thai 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, n that the
names of the candidates to the con-
vention and 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, l do
hereby recommend that, in order to
prevent b possibility of any illeg-
ality in this all-important election, the
ballot upon which said question, in
form and substance as herein set
forth, and the name of the candidates
=. +Go @f1-o-aiI convention o-0 mint
ed, shall be a separate n distinct
ballot from that upon which are print
ed the names of the candidates for
Delegate to Congress, Members of the
Territorial Council and House of Rep
resentatives, and 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 name as is prescribed
by the laws of the Territory of New
Mexico, regulating the election of
members of the territorial legislature,
and the sum of one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, is appropriated
by the said Act for ~defraying eX-
penses incident to the elections and
conventions provided for in the Act,
including the expenses of holding the
election for members OF the Consti-
t~utional Convention.
Section 25 of the said Act of Con
gress provides that if a majority in
each of said Territories snail vote
for joint statehood, b delegates to
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-
ing declared on behalf of the people
of the proposed state tnat they adopt
the Constitution of the United States,
they shall be authorized to form a
constitution and State government for
the proposed state.
Section 26 of the said Act pro-
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