Gilpin observer., 1902-10-30
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s1st Of five members, any three of whom
action % 'f of business. Tr %hree ' Of sal said % com
mtssiOners In said county shall be elected
at the general election In the year nine-
teen hundred and four. and at the gen.
eral election every four years thereafter
and the other two OF said commissioners
in such county shall be elected at the
general election in the year naeteen hun
dred and six and every four years there
after; and all of such commissioners
years.
The term. OF office of the county com
January. 1904. is hereby extended the
second Tuesday IN January. A. ID. 1900.
and the term of office of the county com
missioners that expires in January. 1905.
is hereby extended to the second Tuesday
In January A. p. 1907; and In counties
ty thousand. the term of office of the
commissioners that expire in 1904 shall be
extended to the second Tuesday in jan
uary. 1905. and the term Of Office of the
county commissioners that expire in l9J6
Is hereby extended to the second Tuesday
in January. 1907. This section shall gov
eru. except as hereafter otherwise e&-
pressly directed or permitted by constitu-
Sec. 2 Section eight of article four
teen of the constitution of the state of
Colorado shall be amended to read as fol-
lows
Sec. s. There shall be elected in each
county, at the same time at which mem
bers of the General Assembly are elected.
commencing in the year nineteen hundred
and four, one county clerk. who shall be
ex ohicio recorder of deeds and clerk of
sheriff: one coroner; one treasurer. VINO
shall be collector of taxes, one county
superintendent of schools; one county
surveyor; one county assessor; and one
county attorney. who may be elected. or
appointed. as shall, be provided by, law:
and such officers shall be paid such sal
ary or compensation. either from the
fees. perquisites and. emoiuments of their
respective offices. from the general
n nrOVilRd
law The term of office of all such Off
cials that expire in January; 1901 is here
by extended TO the second Tuesday in
January. A. d. 1903.
This section shall govern. except as
hereafter otherwise expressly directed
or permitted by constitutional enactment.
Sec. g. Section eleven of article four
teen of the constitution of the state or
Colorado shall be amended to read as fol-
lows:
Sec. II. There shall be elected at the
same time at which members of the Cen
eral Assembly are elected. beginning with
the year nineteen hundred and four. two
justices of the peace and two constables
shall hold their office for a term of two
years: Provided. That in precincts con-
tanning fifty thousand (500OW or more in
habitants. the number of Justices and
constables may be increased as provided
by law: The term of offices of all JUS
tices of the peace that expires in Janu-
airy. 1904. is hereby EXTENDED to the second
Tuesday in january 1905; This section
wise Expressly directed or permitted by
constitutional enactment.
Sec 4. Each elector voting at said cleo
tion and desirous of voting for or against
all or any of said amendments. shall de-
post in the ballot box his ticket whereon
shall be printed the words. For the
Amendments to Sections 6. and II of Ar
ticle XIV. Concerning County Officers"
and Against the Amendments to Sec
tions g. and Il of Article XIV. Concern
his choice by placing a cross opposite
one or the other of said groups of words.
Any elector not voting as aforesaid may
express his approval or rejection of any
one or more of said sections herein re-
ferred to. by designating any section SO
approved or rejected by number in the
order in which 1t appears in this act.
| The official ballot shall be so prepared as
| to aford [afford] the electors the oppor-
tunity to express their choice as herein
| provided.
Sec 5. The votes cast for the adoption
| or rejection of said amendments shall be
canvassed and the result determined by
| the laws of the state for the canvass OF
! votes for representatives in Congress.
| Approved March 25. 1901.
In testimony whereof. have hereuntc
set my hand and affixed the great seal Of
the state of Colorado. at the city of Den.
yer. this Is day of September. A. D
1902.
DAVID A. MILLS.
/ (SealO Secretary of State