State ex rel. Gomez v. Campbell

CARMODY, Chief Justice.

In this original proceeding in mandamus, relators seek to require the governor and eleven state boards or commissions to return, and thereafter maintain, the main offices of the agencies at the capital and not elsewhere.

The fundamental question involved relates-to the meaning of art. V, § 1, of^ the New Mexico Constitution, i. e., whether the constitution makes it mandatory that all officers of the executive department maintain their offices at the capital.

All of the respondents, other than The Honorable Jack M. Campbell, Governor, are duly appointed state and public…