Smith v. Lucero

Citations

• 23 N.M. 411
• 168 P. 709

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS OF THE COURT.</p> <p>Sections 12 and 20 of article 4, and section 1 of article 19, of the state Constitution, interpreted. It is held that the provisions of section 20 of article 4 authorizes and requires the enrolling and engrossing of the resolution proposing a constitutional amendment, the same as in the case of the ordinary hill or resolution. It is further held that where there is a conflict between the enrolled and engrossed resolution proposing a constitutional amendment and the legislative journal, in that the journal tends to show that the resolution failed to receive the number of votes réquired by the Constitution, the enrolled and engrossed resolution, properly authenticated, is to prevail Over' the journal.</p>