N.M. Const. art. XIX, § 4
When the United States shall consent thereto, the legislature, by a majority vote of the members in each house, may submit to the people the question of amending any provision of Article XXI of this constitution on compact with the United States to the extent allowed by the act of congress 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. (As amended November 7, 1911.)
1911 amendment. — As originally adopted, this section read as does the present text, but it was included in the required amendment of this article which was proposed by congress and incorporated in the congressional resolution of August 21, 1911 (37 Stat. 39), providing for admission of New Mexico as a state, which stipulated that adoption of the amendment should be a prerequisite to admission. It was adopted by the people at the first election of the state officers on November 7, 1911, by a vote of 34,897 for and 22,831 against.
Cross references. — For consent of congress necessary to amendment of compact, see N.M. Const., art. XXI, § 10.
Law reviews. — For note, "Procedural Problems in Amending New Mexico's Constitution," see 4 Nat. Resources J. 151 (1964).
For student symposium, "Constitutional Revision - Indians in the New Mexico Constitution," see 9 Nat. Resources J. 466 (1969).