1 Religious toleration; polygamy
2 Control of unappropriated or Indian lands; taxation of federal government, nonresident and Indian property
3 Assumption of territorial debts
4 Public schools
5 Suffrage
6 Capital
7 Reclamation projects
8 Allotted Indian lands subject to federal liquor control
9 Consent to Enabling Act provisions
10 Compact irrevocable
11 Consent to exchange of lands
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Terms Used In New Mexico Constitution > Article XXI - Compact with the United States

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.