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necessary 10 carry out any OF SdlQ pow
ers or PURPOSES. as may by the charter
be provided.
ton statutes of the state shall apply to
the city and county of Denver to the
same extent and in the same manner
Denver If it were not merged. as in this
amendment provided, into the city and
county of Denver; Any contiguous town.
city or territory hereafter annexed to or
consolidated with the city and county of
state. in whatsoever county the same
may be at the time. shall be detached per
Sc from such other county and become
a municipal ard territorial part of the
with all property thereunto belonging
The city and county of Denver shall
alone always constitute one judicial dis
trict of the state
OFFICERS.
Sec 2. The officers of the city and
county of Denver shall be such as by
yided for by the charter; and the turis-
diction. term of office duties and quail
fcations of all such officers shall be such
as in the charter may be provided: but
who shall respectively. perform the acts
and duties required of county officers to
any officer of said city and county of
Denver shall receive any compensation
same as a stated salary. the amount of
which shall be fixed by the charter, and
paid out of the treasury of the city and
county of Denver in equal monthly pay
ments.
TRANSFER OF GOVERNMENT.
Sec; g. Immediately upon the canvass
of the vote showing the adoption of
| this amendment. it shall be the duty of
] the governor of the state to issue his
proclamation accordingly, and thereupon
the city of DenVer,and all municipal cor
| porations and that part of the county
of Arapahoe within the boundaries of
county of Denver. and the terms of office
OF al officers of the city of Denver and
! of all included municipalities and of the
| county Of Arapahoe shall terminate; eX-
/ cept, that the then mayor. auditor, engt-
Ht, H1ettT, couneiI lMhich shail perform tne
| duties of a board of county commission
/ ersl, police magistrate. chief of police
| and boards. of the city of Denver shall
become, respectively; said officers OF the
4 city and county of Denver. and said en-
| gineer shall be eX-officio surveyor and
sheriff of the city and county of Denver;
| and the then clerk and eX-otticio record
| er. treasurer, assessor and coroner of the
county of Arapahoe. and the justices of
| the peace and constables holding office
/ within the city of Denver. shall become:
| respectively, said officers of the city and
! county of Denver. and the district attor-
/ ney shall also be eX-ofiicio attorney of
going officers shall hold the said offices
| as above specified only until their sue
| herein provided for; except that the then
| district judges, county judge and district
attorney shall serve their full terms. re-
| lice and firemen of the city of Denver,
! except the chief of police such. shall
| continue severally as the police and ire
men of the city and county of Denver un-
| til they are severally discharged under
! such civil service regulations as shall
be provided by the charter; and every
| charter shall provide that the depart
ment of fire and police and the depart
| ment of public utilities and works shall
| be under such civil service regulations
as in said charter shall be provided.
FIRST CHARTER.
Sec. 4. The charter and ordinances of
| the city of Denver as the same shall
| shall for the time being only, and as
| far as applicable. be the charter and or
| dinances of the city and county of Dem
yer; but the people of the city and
| county of Denver are hereby vested with
sive power in the making, altering. re-
! Vistng or amending their charter. and.
within ten days after the proclamation
! oI :he governor announcing the adoption
! of this amendment the council of the city
] and county of Denver shall. by ordi-
/ Quoted as provided by law. of the quali-
| ned electors in said city and county of
! Denver. for the election of twenty-one
| taxpayers who shall have been qualified
| electors within the limits thereof for at
| charter convention to frame charter ior
| said city and county in harmony with
| this amendment. Immediately upon com
| pletton, the charter so framed; with a
/ PREDATORY synopsis. shall be signed by
/ the officers and members of the conyen-
| tion and delivered to the clerk of said
/ same in full with his official certihcation.
! in the onIctal newspaper of said city and
| county. three times. and a week apart,
| the first publication being with the call
/ for a special election, at which the quail
/ flied electors of said city and county shall
| by vote express their approval or re1ec-
| ton of the said charter. If the said
| cnarter shall be approved by a majority
Of those voting thereon. then two copies
! thereof together with the vote for and
| againsD duly certified by the said clerk.
! shall. within ten days after such vote is
! taken be filed with the secretary of state.
| charter of the city and county of Denver.
! But If the said charter be rejected. then.
! within thirty days thereafter, twenty-one
members of a new charter convention
be called as above in said city and
county and they shall proceed as above
to frame a charter. which shall in like
manner and to the like end be pub
voters for their approval or rejection. If
again rejected the procedure herein des-
ignated shall be repeated (each special
election for members OF new charter
convention being within thirty days
after each rejection) until charter is
finally approved by majority of those
voting thereon. and certified together
with the vote for and agatnsD to the sec
retary of state as aforesaid. whereupon
it snail become The charter of the said
city and county of Denver and shall be-
come the organic law thereof and super
sede any eAIsdng charters and amend
ments thereof. he members of each of
said charter conventions shall be elected
abors within sixty days after their re-
spective election.
Every ordinance for a special election
of charter convention members shall fix
the time and place where the convention
shall be held. and shall specify the COM
ensation, If any, to be paid the officers