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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
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
city and county of Denver, together
with all property thereunto belonging
The city and county of Denver shall
trict of the state.
OFFICERS.
Sec. 2. The officers of the city and
county of Denver shall be such as by
appointment TIM or election may be pro
dicton. term of office. duties and quail
ficauons of all such officers shall be such
every charter shall designate the officers
who shall respectively. perform the acts
be done by the constitution or by the
general Law law as far as applicable. If
Denver shall receive any compensation
whatever, he or she shall receive the
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
this amendment it shall be the duty of
the governor of the state to issue his
the city of Denver, and all municipal cor
porations and that part of the county
said city. shall merge into the city and
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. 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-ofticio surveyor and
said chief of police shall be ex-officio
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
me peace and constables holding office
respectively, said officers of the city and
county of Denver, and the district attor-
ney shall also be eX-officio 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
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lice and firemen of the city of Denver.
except the chief of police as such. shall
men of the city and county of Denver un-
I'll 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
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
dinanees of the city and county Of Den;
yer; but the people of the city and
county Of Denver are hereby vested with
and they shall always have the exclu-
sive power in the making. altering, re-
vtsing or amending their charter. and.
within ten days after the proclamation
of the 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 quail
fed electors in said city and county of
Denver. for the election of twenty-one
electors within the limits thereof for at
least five years. who shall constitute a
said city and county in harmony with
this amendment Immediately upon COM
pletion. the charter so framed; with a
PREDATORY synopsis shall be signed by
the officers and members of the conven-
ton and delivered to the clerk of said
city and county who shall publish the
same in full. with his official certification.
in the onIcial 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
ihed 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
againsD duly certified by the said clerk
taken. be filed with the secretary of state
and shall thereupon become and be the
charter of the city and county of Denver.
But If the said charter be rejected. then.
members of a new charter convention
shall be elected at a special election to
be called as above in said city and
county. and they shall proceed as above
manner and to the like end be pub
lished and submitted to vote of said
voters for their approval or rejection. If
again rejected. the procedure herein des-
ignated shall be repeated leach special
election for members OF a new charter
convention being within thirty days
after each rejection) until a charter is
finally approved by a majority of those
voting thereon, and certified together
with the vote for and againsD to the sec
IL 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
said charter conventions shall be elected
at large; and they shall complete their
labors within sixty days after their re-
spective election.
of charter convention members shall fix
the time and place where the convention