The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-08-16
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Be Il enacted By the General Assembly
of the State Of Colorado:
sECTloN ]. There shall be submitted to
the qu,lined electors OF the State OF Colorado
at the next general election Tor ,nemDers Q.
Constitution of the State OF Colorado. which,
thereon, shall be valid Is part OF tn. Consti
tuition; that IL to say section i've OF article
do shall be amended 20 As to read as follows:
SEC. s. The supreme court shall con
sist u three judges. but the General TAI
members elected to each house. provide for
one or more additional Judges, and for that
the Supreme Judges that the regular term
Of one Judge only shall expire every three
not exceed six whenever the court shall be
composed OF six Judges IL may be arranged
In two departments. consisting OF an equal
court distributed thereto for more speedy
determination; and In cases not involving
capital punishment. the judges of the depart
nient having consideration thereof. II they
shall agree, may pronounce the decision OF
which the Judges Of the department having
consideration thereof do not agree, shall be
determined by the whole court. The arrange
ment OF the court into depart mcnts and the
distribution OF business thereto. shall be by
general rules adopted by the court. and the
Chief Justice shall. from time to time AS pro-
vided by such rules. assign the several judges
to their respective departments. Until the
court shall be composed Of six judges, n ma
jor.ty of the Judges shall be necessary to
form IA quorum or pronounc~s n decision;
Psoupep, That whenever case 10 considered
by the whole court. and tho Judges are equal
~ divided In opinion. the judgement of the
lower court shall be affirmed.
SIC. =. Section eighteen OF article ak of
the Consultation of the state of Colorado.
shall be amended so ns to read rs follows.
SIC. 1s. The judges OF the supreme and Dis
trict court. shall each receive such salary ns
may be provided by law. and no such Judge
quisite cmolument for or on Hccount Of his
office, in any form whatever. nor act AS at
torney or counsellor at law. The General
Assembly may by a vote OF two thirds of the
members elected to each house. increase any
such salaries to a sum net exceeding seven
Thousand dollars per nnnum, and make the
same applicable TO the Judges then in ONCE.
SEC. ). Zach elector voting at said cleo
tion, and DESTROYS of voting for or n;sNlnst all
the amendments as whole, shall deposit In
printed or written the wor,is; "for the
amendments" or the words: Against the
amendments" Any such elector not DESTROYS
of voting ms aforesaid may express his APP
proval or rejection OF any one or more OF said
amendments a- Ia the other ease, Pro~,oeo
That he shall designate any amendment so
approved or rejected hy him by number, In
the order In which IL appears In this act
SIC. 4. The votes cast for the adoption or
rejection of said anne dm-nts, or either or
suit determined In the manner provided by
the laws OF the State for the canvass OF votes
for repre- sentatfves In Congress.
Approved April ~. 1850.