The term of office of all officers elected at the election aforesaid shall commence on the date of their qualification and shall expire at the same time as if they had been elected on the Tuesday next after the first Monday of November in the year nineteen hundred and twelve.

ANNOTATIONS

Compiler's notes. — This section is the end of the constitution as originally adopted. It closes with the following paragraph: "Done in open convention at the City of Santa Fe, in the Territory of New Mexico, this 21st day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and ten." The names of the signers of the constitution as originally adopted appear after Article XXIV.

Effect of section on 1913 legislative session. — In view of this section, 1913 session of legislature may be regarded as a second session of 1912 legislature, and it is not duty of secretary of state to call house of representatives to order on January 14, 1913, and preside until a speaker is elected since no new speaker need be elected. 1913 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 13-975.