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Presentation of House of Representatives flag and the quill pen used by President Taft to commemorate passage of Enabling Act,, June 18-20, 1910
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On June 29, 1910 Governor William J. Mills issued a proclamation calling for an election to be held on September 6 for delegates to the Constitutional Convention. A constitution was adopted, November 21, by the delegates. Governor Mills issued another proclamation designating January 21, 1911 as the day for ratification or rejection by the people. The constitution was easily adopted by the people of the Territory and approved by Congress. President William H. Taft affixed his signature to the...
Dates:
June 18-20, 1910
Found in:
New Mexico State Records Center and Archives
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1959-293, Territorial Archives of New Mexico,
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Series I: Records of the Secretary of the Territory,
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Sub-series 1.7 MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS: CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS,
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Constitutional Convention of 1910 and Statehood
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Congressional Enabling Act