The Holbrook news., 1911-09-01

shall forthwith certify said result to
 governor of the Territory, together
 with the statement of votes cast upon the question of the ratification or re- jection of said amendment; whereupon the governor of said Territory shall by 1 proclamation declare the said amend ment part of the constitution of the proposed State of New Mexico, and thereupon the same shall fail of such majority, then Article XIX of the con- stitution of New Mexico as adopted on January twenty-hrst, nineteen hundred and eleven, shall remain part of said constitution.
 Except as herein otherwise provided, said election upon this amendment shall be in all respects subject to the cleo tion laws New Mexico now in force
 Sec. 6. That the fifth clause of sec tion two of ''An Act to enable thu peo- pie of New Mexico to form a cons titu- tion and State government and be ad- mitted into the finion on an equal foot ing with the original States; and to en- able the people of Arizona to form a
 
 Union on an equal footing with the original States approved June twentieth, anno Damini nineteen hun dred and ten, be, and the same is here by. amended so as to read as follows:
 Fifth. That said State, shall never enact any law restricting or abridging the right of suffrage on account of race, color, or previous condition of servi- rude :"
 Sec. 2. That before the proclama- ton of the President shall issue, an nouncing the result of said election in Arizona. and at the same time that the State election is held, as aforesaid, the electors of Arizona shall vote upon and ratify and adopt the following proposed amendment to their State constitution as a condition president to the admis- said of said State, to wit:
 Election one of Article VIII of the constitution of the State of Arizona, adopted by the electors of said State at an election held on the ninth day of February, anno Domini neneteen hun dred and eleven, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as fol- low:
 PARTICLE VIII. REMOVAL
 FROM OFFICE.
 '''1 RECALL OF PUBLIC OFFICERS.
 "'Section l. Every public officer in the State of Arizona, except members of the judiciary, holding an elective office, either by election or appoint ment, is subject to recall from which candidates are elected to such office Such electoral district may include the whole State. Such number of said cleo tors as shall equal twenty-five per cen tum of the number of votes castat the last preceding general election for all of the candidates for the office held by such officer may by petition, which shall be known as recall petition, de- mand his ret all. '''
 The ballots to be provided for said first State election shall have printed thereon this proposed amendment and there shall be placed onI said ballots two blank squares with dimensions of one-half and inch and opposite one of said squares shall be printed the words ''For constitutional amendment and opposite the other blank square shall be printed the words Against constitu- tional amendment.
 Any elector desiring tovote for said amendment shall place cross in the blank square opposite the words ''For constitutional amendment, and those desiring to vote against such amend ment shall place a cross in the blank square opposite the words Against cons Iitutional amendment" and said ballots shall be counted and canvassed by the election offices of said State authorized by law to count and canvass the ballots cast at the election for State officers and the returns of said election upon said amendment shall be made by said election officers direct to the secre tary of the Territory of Arizona at Phoenix, who, with the governor and chief justice of said Territory, shall constitute canvassing board, and they, or any two of them shall meet at said city of Phoenix on the third Monday after said election and shall canvass the same. If majority of the legal votes cast at said election upon said amedment shall be in favor thereof, the said can vassing board shall forthwith certify said result to the governor of the Terri tory, together with the statement of votes cast upon the question of the or rejection of said amend ment; whereupon the governor of said Territory shall, by proclamation declare the said amendmsnt part of the con- stitution of the proposed State of Ari- zona and thereupon the same shall be- come and be part of said constitution; and if the said proposed amendment to section one of Article VIII of the con-