The Lamar register., 1890-09-06
AN ACT
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TO susNv TO r<s QUALIFIED slecroas or r,s
STATE OF cotosAoo AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE sn<
OF r-s CONSTITUTIONS Of r-e STATE Of COLORADO.
BE It enacted by the General assembly
of the STATE oj Colorado:
SECTION !. Their shall he submitted tn
the qualified electors OF the state al Colorado
ut the next general election for meipl,ers of
the General Assembly. Tor their approval or
rejection. the tolio~ing amendments To the
Constitution OF the state of Colorado. which,
when ratified by n majority of those voting
thereon, shall be valid l'sgrt Of the ton-ti
tuition; that is to LAY section ave al article
six OF the Constitution of the stat. nf Cohora-
de- shall he amended "a ~ Ia read a. follows
SIC. 3 The supreme court shall con
>i-t Of three iulgrr. but the General
Assembly may. by "A vote "f two thirds OF TIN,
members elected to each house. proN iut Tor
one or more additional Judges. and for that
purpose may incr-usc the Term of oftice nf
the supreme judges so thnt the regular term
OF one judge only shall expire every thrc.
wears, but The total number at Judges shall
not exceed six. Whenever the court shall be
composed OF six Judges IL may lie arranged
Ia departments. consisting OF an equal
number OF judge, and the business of the
court distributed Thereto for ntore speedy
determination. and in cn-es not Involving:
capital punishment. the Judges .,t the depart
meut having consideration thereof. u they
shall agree, may pronounce the decision of
the court but capital cs-.-~. ant. cases in
which the Judges at the department hay tn..
consideration thereof do not agree. shall be
determined by tie whole court. The arrrtnge
ment of the court into departments and the
distribution OF business therrtn, shall be- by
general rules adopted by the court and ih,.
Chief Justice shall. fr1pn time Ia time pro-
vid,.d by such rules. Assign the several Judges
to their respective departments. Until the
court shall bc composed Ell six Judges, n ma q
jor'ty of the Judges shall he necessary TO
form quorum or pronounceS decision
Pscvosp That " hcneNcr II ease 10 considered
by the whole courr, and the judges equal
" divide In opinion, the Judgement OF the.
lower court shall he affirmed.
SIC. .. SECTION eighteen Of article ak Of
the Constitution az the state OF Colorado.
shall be amended rs to read as follows
SEC. Is. The Judges o; the supreme and Dis
trict courts shall each receive suci, salary Ms
may be provided by law, and no such Judge
gni-lte or en- ilntn-nt for sccount of his
office, In ANY form whatever, nor act
torney or counsellor at law. The General
Assembly may by - vote ct two thirds at the
members elected to- each hcu>t,. increase any
such salaries to u sum net exceeding seven
Thousand dollars per annum, and make the
same applicable To the judges then In ,'fficc.
SIC. !. Zach eicctor voting ut SAIL slcc
tiou. and desirou~ OF votIn. fer or against II
the amendments a. u whole, shall deposit In
printed written the worn-; "for tie,
amendments" ar the words. Against the
amendments ANY ~uch elector d.--irou-
of voting NJ aforesaid max express hi. APP
proval or rejection of any s.ne more Of -a,id
amendments n- iii the oihcr css..: Pp,siosp
That he shall designate any en,imcnt 50
approved or rejected iI> him by number. In
the order in which II appears in TIL net.
>tt. 4. The vof.-- cstst t,sr the adoption or
rejection of said nns. DIM Mt. s.r either or
any '.f them. shall he ranr"--s-'i. Hni the re-
suit determ ned in tic marn,r provided. by
tho laws Of the State for tn. can, of v,.te~
for re representatives l. Coapres
Approved April -. isSi-