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q vote of the taNpaNtng electors.
special or general election. in any amount
necessary to carry out any of said pow
ers or PURPOSES. as may by the charter
The general annexation and consolida-
ton statutes of the state shall apply to
same extent and in the same manner
that they would apply to the city of
amendment provided, into the city and
county of Denver. Any contiguous town,
civ or Territory hereafter annexed ia or
consolidated with the city and county of
Denver. under any of the laws of this
state. in whatsoever county the same
may be at the time. shall be detached per
Sc from such other county and become
a municipal and territorial part of the
with ali 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
appointment or election may be pro-
yided for by the charter; and the juris-
diction. term of office. duties and quail
hcauons of all such officers shall be such
as in the charter may be provided; but
every charter shall designate the officers
who shall. respectively. perform the acts
and duties required of county officers to
be done by the constitution or by the
anv officer of said city and county Of
Denver shall receive any compensation
whatever. he or she shall receive the
same as a stated salary, the amount of
paid out of the treasury of the city and
county of Denver in equal monthly pay
ments.
TRANSFER OF GOVERNMENT.
Sec. 3. 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
poratlons and that part of the county
of Arapahoe within the boundaries of
Sa1O city, shall merge into the CITY and
county of Denver, and the terms of office
of all 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, engi-
neer, council (Which shall perform the
duties of a board of county commission
ers(. police magistrate. chief of police
become respectively. said officers Of the
city and county of Denver and said en-
gineer shall be eX-ofIicio surveyor and
| sheriff of the city and county of Denver;
and the then clerk and eX-officio 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-oiHcio attorney of
the city and county of Denver. The fore
! going officers shall hold the said offices
| as above specified only until their sue
! cessors are duly elected and qualified as
| 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 as such, shall
| continue seVeraly as the police and fire.
men of the city and county of Denver un-
! til they are severally discharged under
| such civil service regulations as shall
| 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
| exist when this amendment takes effect
| shall. for the time being only and
| far as applicable. be the charter and or
| dinances Of the city ana county Of Dem
| county Of Denver are hereby vested with
and they shall always have the eXclu-
| sive power in the making. altering, re-
| vistng or amending their charter. and.
| within ten days after the proclamation
! Of this amendment the council OF the city
| and county of Denver shall. by ordt-
| nance. call a special election. to be con-
| Quoted as provided by law. OF the quall-
| fed 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
| least hve years. who shall constitute
! charter convention to frame a charter for
| said city and county in harmony with
this amendment. Immediately upon COM
| pletion. the charter so framed, with
!
| the officers and members of the eonven-
! ton and delivered to the clerk of said
] city and county who shall publish the
| same in full. with his official certitication,
| in the oncial 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 reJec-
| ton of the said charter. If the said
| charter shall be approved by a majority
| of those voting thereon, then two copies
thereof together with the vote for and
| againsO duly certified by the said clerk.
| shall within ten days after such vote is
| taken. be filed with the secretary of state.
| and shall thereupon become and be the
| charter of the city and county of Denver.
| within thirty days thereafter, twenty-one
| members of new charter convention
/ shall be elected at special election to
| be called as above in said city and
/ to frame a charter. which shall in like
| manner and to the like end be pub
| lished and submitted to vote of said
voters for their approval or rejection. If
| ignated shall be repeated (each special
| election for members OF new charter
| convention being within thirty days
! after each reiection) until a charter is
! voting thereon, and certified together
with the vote for and againsD to the sec
retary of state aforesaid. whereupon
| 1t shall become the charter of the said
city and county of Denver and shall be-
come the organic law thereof. and super
sede any existing charters and amend
ments thereof. The members of each of
said charter conventions shall be elected
at large; and they shall complete their
labors within sixty days after their re-
spective election.
Every ordinance for a special election
of charter convention members shall fix
nlAca where convention