Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-08-21


"Article XIX--Amendment.
Section /. Any amendment or
amendments to this constitution may
be proposed in either house of the
legislature at any regular session
thereof: and If majority of all mem
bers elected to each of the two houses
voting separately shall vote in faVor
thereof such proposed Amendment
Or amendments shall be entered on
their respective journals, with the
yeas and nays thereon.
"The secretary of state shall cause
any such amendment or amendments
to be published in at least one news
paper in every county of the state,
whore a newspaper Is published once
each week. for four consecutive
weeks, in English and Spanish, when
newspapers in both of said languages
are published in such counties, the
last publication to be not more than
two weeks prior to the election at
which time said amendment or
amendments shall be submitted to the
electors of the state for their approv-
| al or reiection and the said amend
ment or amendments shall be voted
upon at the next regular election held
in said state, after the adjournment
of the Legislature proposing such
amendment or amendments, or at
such special election to be held not
less than six months after the ad-
journment of said legislature, at such
time as said legislature may by law
provide. If the same be ratified by a
majority Of the electors voting there
on. such amendment or amendments
shall become part of this constitution.
II two or more amendments are pro-
posed, they shall be so submitted as
to enable the electors to vote on each
of them separately; provided, that no
amendment shall apply to or AFFECT
| the provisions Of Sections ! and of
Article 7 hereof on elective fran
ehise and Sections s and 10 of Ar
ticle IL hereof, on education, unless 1t
be proposed by vote of three-fourths
of the members elected to each house
and be ratified by vote of the people
of this state in an election at when
at least three-fourths of the electors
voting in the whole state and at least
two-thirds of those voting in each
county in the state shall vote tor
such amendment.
twenty-five years after the adoption
of this constitution, the legislature
by ree-fourths vote of the mem
bers elected to each house, or, after
the expiration of said period of twenty
five years, by a two-thirds vote of the
members elected to each house, sha
deem it necessary to call a convention
to revise or amend this constitution
they shall submit the question OF call'
ing such convention to the electors al
the next general election, and If ma
iority of all the electors voting on sucf
question at said election in the state
: shall vote in favor of calling conven
ton the legislature shall, at the mex
session, provide by law for calling th'
same. Such convention shall consls
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 va
lidity until it has been submitted t
: land ratified by the people.
sec. 3. If this constitution be II
3 any way so amended as to allow laws t
be enacted by direct vote of the elec
: tors. the laws which may be so enact
ed shall be only such as might D.
enacted by the Legislature under TN
provisions of this constitution
= Sec. d. When the United state
shall consent thereto, the Legislature
by a majority vote of the members Il
each house, may submit to the peopl
2 the question of amending any provision
! of Article II of this constitution OF
= compact with the United States, to tn
extent allowed by the act of congres
Q permitting the same. and If maJorit
Q of the qualified electors who vote upol
: any such amendment shall vote in fa
l vor thereof the said article shall D
: Thereby amended accordingly
1 sec. S. The provisions of Sectiol
: of this article shall not be changed
2 altered, or abrogated In any manne
D except through q general eonyenuol