CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO

CONSTITUTIONOF THESTATE OF NEW MEXICOADOPTED JANUARY 21,1911 PREAMBLEWe, the people of New MEXICO , gratefulto Almighty God for the blessings of lib-erty, in order to secure the advantages of astate government, do ordain and establishthis IName and BoundariesThe name of this STATE is New MEXICO ,and its boundaries are as follows:Beginning at the point where the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude intersectsthe one hundred and third meridian westfrom Greenwich; thence along said one hun-dred and third meridian to the thirty-secondparallel of north latitude; thence along saidthirty-second parallel to the Rio Grande,1 Article II Bill of Rightsalso known as the Rio Bravo del Norte, as itexisted on the ninth day of September, onethousand eight hundred and fifty; thence,following the main channel of said river, asit existed on the ninth day of September, onethousand eight hundred and fifty, to the par-allel of thirty-one degrees forty-seven min-utes north latitude; thence west one hun-dred miles to a point; thence south to theparallel of thirty-one degrees twenty min-utes north latitude; thence along said par-allel of thirty-one degrees twenty minutes,to the thirty-second meridian of longitudewest from Washington; thence along saidthirty-second meridian to the thirty-seventhparallel of north latitude; thence along saidthirty-seventh parallel to the point of IIBill of Supreme law of the Popular Right of

this constitution. ARTICLE I Name and Boundaries The name of this state is New Mexico, and its boundaries are as follows: Beginning at the point where the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude intersects the one hundred and third meridian west fromGreenwich;thencealongsaidonehun-dred and third meridian to the thirty-second

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