The Holbrook news., 1911-09-01

and at least two-thirds of those voting
 in each county in the State shall vote
 for such amendment.
 Sec. 2. Whether, during the first
 twenty five years after the adoption
 of this constitution, the legislature. by
 a three-fourths vote of the members
 elected to each house, or, after the ex-
 piration of said period of twenty-five
 years, by two thirds vote of the mem
 bers elected to each house, shall deem
 it necessary to call a convention to re-
 wise or amend this constitution, they
 shall submit the question of calling
 such convention to the electors at the
 next general election, andif majority
 of all the electors voting on such ques- | ton at said election in the State shall
 vote in faver of calling a convention the legislature shall, at the next ses-
 sion, provide by law for calling the
 same. Such convention shall consist
 of at least as many delegates as there
 are members of the house of repre- sentatives. The constitution adopted ! by such convention shall have no valid !, ity until it has been submitted to and
 ratified by the people.
 "Sec. 8. If this constitution be in
 any way so amended as to allow
 laws to be enacted by direct vote of the electors the laws which may be so en- acted shall be only such as might be en- acted by the legislature under the pro- visions of this constitution.
 "'Sec. 4. When the United States shall consent thereto, the legislature,
 bv majority vote of the members in each house, may submit to the people the question of amending any provis- ion of Article XXI of this constitut ton on compact with the United States to the extent allowed by the Act of Con- gress permitting the same, and if a majority of the qualified electors who vote upon any such amendment shall vote in favor thereof the said article shall be thereby amended accordingly
 "'Sec. 5. The provisions of section one of this article shall not be changed, altered, or abrogaten in any manner ex- cept through a general convention cal led to revise this constitution as herein provided. '''
 Sec. 4. That the probate clerks of the several counties of New Mexico shall provide separate ballots for the use of the electors at said first State election for the purpose of voting upon said amendment. Said separate ballots shall be printed on a paper of blue tint, so that they may be readily dis tinguished from the white ballots pro vided for the election of county and State officers Said separate ballots shall be delivered only to the election officers authorized by law to receive and have the custody of the ballot be delivered by them only to the indi- vidual voter and only one ballot to each elector at the time he offers to vote at the said general election. and shall have the initials of two election officers of opposite political parties written by them upon the back thereof. Said separate ballot shall not be marked either for or against the said amend ment at the time it is handed to the elector by the election officer, and if the elector desires to vote upon said amendment, the ballot must be marked by the voter, unless he shall request one of the election officers to mark the same for him, in which case such cleo ton officer so called upon shall mark said ballot as such voter shall request Any elector receiving such ballot shall return the same before leaving the polls to one of the election judges, who shall immediately deposit the same in the ballot box whether such ballot be marked or not. No ballots on said | amendment except those so handed to 1 said electors and so initiated shall be | deposited in the ballot box or counted | or canvassed. Said separate ballots l shall have printed thereon the propos- ed amendment in both the English and | the Spanish language. There shall be placed on said ballots two blank squares | with dimensions of one-half an inch and | opposite one of said squares shall be printed in both the English and the Spanish language the words For con- stitutional amendment, and opposite the other blank square shall be printed | in both the English and Spanish lan- guage the words Against constitution al amendment.
 Any elector desiring to vote for said amendment shall mark his ballot with a cross in the blank square oppos- ite the words For constitutional or cause the same to be so marked by an election officer as aforesaid, and any elector desiring to vote against said amendment shall mark his ballot with a cross in the blank square opposite the words Against constitutional amendment"