The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-08-27

Socorro County 4 delegates.
Tao county, 8 delegates.
Torrance County l 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
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 quare to the left Of the word
mo" And / do further order that in
each county of the Territory, the mum
Der of delegates to the said
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-
,ro-fian onI kha -r,acfion IN forro md
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 it's Interpretation, I do
prevent the possibility of any illeg-
atty in this all-important election, the
ballot upon which said question, in
form and substance Is herein set
forth, and the name of the candidates
to the aforesaid convention, are print
ballot from that upon which are print
ed the names of b 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 hear as may De
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,
and the sum of one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, Oh 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
tutional Convention.
Section % of the said Act of Con-
gress provides that if a majority in
each of said Territories snall vote
for joint statehood, the 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
teen hunderd and six, and, after hav-
ing declared on behalf of the people
of the proposed state That they adopt
the Constitution of the United States.
they shall be authorized to form
constitution and State government for
the proposed state.
Section 26 of the said Act pro-
vides that in a sucn a constitution
and State government hall 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
constitution to the people of the
proposed state at a fixed time, for
it's ratification or rejection. and that,
il a majority of the legal votes cast
on that question shall he for the con-
stitution, that such result be certi-
fed to the President Of the United
States. who, within twenty days after
receiving said report, shall. IL he
finds the said constitution and govern
ment to be republican in form, and
that the provisions of this Act have
been complied with In the formation
thereof, issue q proclamation an
nouncing the result OF said election;
whereupon the new state Of Arizona
shall be deemed admitted into the
Union ON an equal footing with the
original states. The new state shall