New Mexico Territorial Laws and Treaties NM TERR LAWS KEARNY CODE ELEC § 37

No testimony shall be received by the alcaldes, or either house of the general assembly, on the part of the contestor or contestee which does not relate to the point specified in the notice, a copy of which notice, attested by the person who served or delivered the same, shall be delivered to said alcaldes, and by them transmitted with the depositions; and no testimony except that contained in the depositions taken before the alcaldes shall be received as evidence by either house of the general assembly.