Opinion No. 21-3056
July 23, 1921
TO: Honorable J. A. Lowe, Assistant District Attorney, Socorro, New Mexico.
Registration of Voters for Election of U.S. Senator and Upon Constitutional Amendments.
OPINION
{*77} In compliance with your request over the telephone yesterday asking for an opinion regarding the necessity of registration of voters for the election upon constitutional amendments and for United States Senator to be held September 20th next, I would call your attention to the provisions of Section 1, Chapter 17, Laws 1917, which provides that:
"At all elections held in this state at which any proposed constitutional amendment shall be submitted to a vote of the electors of this state, such election shall be held and conducted in conformity with the general election laws of the state in so far as the same are applicable, including registration of voters and counting of the votes."
{*78} "A common carrier is one who, by virtue of his business or calling undertakes, for compensation, to transport personal property from one place to another, either by land or water, and deliver the same, for all such as may choose to employ him; and every one who undertakes to carry and deliver, for compensation, the goods of all persons indifferently, is, as to liability, to be deemed a common carrier."
U.S. vs. Ramsey, 197 Fed. 144.
From the foregoing, it is apparent that registration of voters for the election above mentioned should be had in accordance with the requirements of the general election laws.