Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-08-30


United States of America the 136th,
certify to the Governor of the Terri
tory of New Mexico the adoption of
joint resolution of the Senate and the
House of Representatives of the Unit
ed States, approved August q, 1911,
a copy of which resolution was annex
ed to the certificate of the President.
to the end that said Governor should
issue his proclamation for the holding
of the first general election as pro-
vided for in the constitution of New
Mexico heretofore adopted. and for
the submission to vote of the elect
ors of the said territory of the amend
ments of the constitution Of the said
proposed state, set forth in the said
joint resolution, in accordance With
the terms and conditions thereof,
which certificate and joint resolution
were received by the Governor of New
Mexico on the 26th day of August, A.
D., 1911:
NOW THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM
J. Mills, Governor of the Territory of
New Mexico, do hereby proclaim and
order an election to be held in the
said Territory of New Mexico on Tues
day the 7th day of November, 1911,
which election, except as to the man.
ner of making returns and canvassing
and certifying the result thereof, shall
be held and conducted in the manner
prescribed by the laws of New Mexi-
co now in force, at which election Of
ficers for a full state government, in
cluding governor, county officers,
members of the state legislature, two
representatives in congress to be elect
ed at large from the state, and such
other officers as the constitution pre-
scribes, all more particularly herein
after set forth, shall be chosen by the
people, the person receiving the high.
est number of votes for any Office to
be declared elected thereto.
And it is hereby specified and de-
clared that the officers to be elected
by the vote of the people of the whole
state are, governor, lieutenant gov
ernor, a secretary of state, a state
auditor, state treasurer, an attorney
general, a superintendent Of public
instruction, commissioner of public
lands, three justices of the supreme
court of the state, three members OF
the state corporation commission, and
two representatives in congress.
1t is further specified that one dis
trict Judge and one district attorney
shall at said election be chosen fol
each judicial district by the qualified
electors thereof, which judicial dis
tricts are as follows:
First District. The counties o1
Santa Fe, Rio Arriba and San Juan.
Second District. The counties ol
Bernalillo. Mckinley and Sandoval.
Third District. The counties o.
Dona Ana, Otero, Lincoln and Tor
rance.
Fourth District. The counties O.
San Miguel, Mora, and Guadalupe.
Fifth District. The counties of Ed
dy, Chaves. Roosevelt and Curry.
Sixth District. The counties o.
Grant and Luna.
Seventh District. The counties o
Socorro, Valencia and Sierra.
Eighth District. The counties o
Taos, Colfax, Union and Quay.
It is further specified that at sait
election there shall be chosen al
members of the state legislature @
members of the Senate and 40 mem
bers of the House of Representative
by the vote OF the qualified electQr
of each legislative district, the SAT-
districts for the election of senator
being as follows:
| First. The county of San MigueI
one senator.
Second. The counties of San Migue
and Mora, one senator, to be res
dent of Mora county and to be elect
ed by the electors of Mora and Sa
Miguel counties.
Third. The counties of Guadalup
and San Miguel, one senator
| Fourth. The county of Rio Arribs
one senator.
Fifth. The counties of Bernalillt
San Juan and Sandoval, one senator
Sixth. The counties Of Rio Arrib
and Sandoval, one senator.
Seventh. The county of Bernalill,
one senator.
Eighth. The county Of Colfax, on
Senator.
Ninth. The counties of Union an
Colfax, one senator, to be resideI
Of Union county, and to be electe
by the qualified electors OF Union an
Colfax counties.
| Tenth. The county Of Santa F.
one senator.
/ Eleventh. The county of Taos, on
senator.
i Twelfth. The county OF valenci'
lone senator.
4 Thirteenth. The counties of Sierr
Grant, Luna and Socorro, one SEN
tor.
Fourteenth. The county Of Socorr
one senator.
Fifteenth. The counties Of To
rance, Otero, Lincoln and Socorr
one senator.
Sixteenth. The county of Dona Ar
one senator.
Seventeenth. The county Of McK
ley. one senator
4 Eighteenth. The counties Of Otel
and Lincoln, one senator.
Nineteenth. The county Of Chave
one senator.
Twentieth. The county Of Edd
one senator.
Twenty-flrst. The county Of Roos
welt, one senator.