Constitution of New Mexico (2025 publisher edition) — Preamble

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Preamble

© 2025 State of New Mexico. New Mexico Compilation Commission. All rights reserved. Constitution AS ADOPTED JANUARY 21, 1911, AND AS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED BY THE PEOPLE IN GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS 1911 THROUGH 2024 Maggie Toulouse Oliver Secretary of State New Mexico Compilation Commission

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© 2025 State of New Mexico. New Mexico Compilation Commission. All rights reserved. Table of Contents Preamble ............................................................................... 1 Article I - Name and Boundaries .......................................... 1 Article II - Bill of Rights, §§ 1 through 24 ........................... 2 Article III - Distribution of Powers, § 1 .............................. 15 Article IV - Legislative Department, §§ 1 through 42 ........ 16 Article V - Executive Department, §§ 1 through 17 ........... 46 Article VI - Judicial Department, §§ 1 through 39 ............. 58 Article VII - Elective Franchise, §§ 1 through 5 ................. 87 Article VIII - Taxation and Revenue, §§ 1 through 16 ....... 92 Article IX - State, County and Municipal Indebtedness, §§ 1 through 16 ................................................... 104 Article X - County and Municipal Corporations, §§ 1 through 11 .................................................... 123 Article XI - Corporations Other Than Municipal, §§ 1 through 20 ................................................... 143 Article XII - Education, §§ 1 through 15 .......................... 148 Article XIII - Public Lands, §§ 1 through 3 ...................... 165 Article XIV - Public Institutions, §§ 1 through 3 ............. 167 Article XV - Agriculture and Conservation, §§ 1 through 2 ..................................................... 169 Article XVI - Irrigation and Water Rights, §§ 1 through 6 ..................................................... 169 Article XVII - Mines and Mining, §§ 1 through 2 ............ 172 Article XVIII - Militia, §§ 1 through 2 ............................. 173 Article XIX - Amendments, §§ 1 through 4 ..................... 174 Article XX - Miscellaneous, §§ 1 through 22 ................... 179 Article XXI - Compact with the United States, §§ 1 through 11 .................................................... 191 Article XXII - Schedule, §§ 1 through 22 ......................... 198 Article XXIV - Leases on State Land, § 1 ........................ 211

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1© 2025 State of New Mexico. New Mexico Compilation Commission. All rights reserved. CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO ADOPTED JANUARY 21, 1911 PREAMBLE We, the people of New Mexico, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty, in order to secure the advantages of a state government, do ordain and establish this constitution.