The Lamar register., 1905-02-01
COLORADO LEGISLATURE
Legislative Apportionment BIZ.

The Morgan apportionment Dill.
which is said to have the endorsement
of the Republican state central COM
mittee, provides for an apportionment
on the state population, as taken at
the last census. 1t proposes to make
one senator for each first 1O,OOO In
habitants, and one more for every 30
900 or fraction over 10000. The lower
house is divided at the ratio of one Tor
every 5000 inhabitants.
The Legislature is to remain the
same as at present, thirty-tive senators
and sixty-five representatives. Inc
law is not to legislate anyone out OF
Office. AS the terms of the senators
expire their successors are to be
elected according to the new law.
1t is provided that beginning with
1906 and every four years thereafter.
three senators shall be elected from
the First district, which is Denver
county, two from the Third and one
from the Second, Sixth, Tenth.
Twelfth, Fourteenth. Fifteenth, Six
teenth, Seventeenth. Eighteenth,
Twentieth, Twenty-fourth and Twenty
fifth.
beginning with 1908 and every four
years thereafter, three are to De
elected from the First and one from
the second, Third. Fourth. Fifth. Sew
enun. Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh, Ihir
teenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-hrst
Twenty-second, Twenty-third. Twenty
sixth and Twenty-seventh.
Following are the senatorial dis-
tricts and the number of senators al
lotted to each:
No. /. Denver, G: No. 2. Pueblo. 2;
No. 3. Ell Paso and Teller, 2: No. 4,
Las Animas, /; No. 5, Boulder, /; No.
G Lake. /: No. Z, Weld, /: No. 8, Jef-
ferson and Clear Creek, /; NO. .. Ere
mont county, ]; No. 10, Larimer, !.
No. IL, Pitkin, Delta, Montrose and
Mesa, /; No. ~. Sedgwick, Adams
Phillips, Washington, Logan, Morgan
Yuma. /; No. Is. Routt. Rio Bianco'
Garfield and Larimer, /; No. Ia, COS
tilla, Huerfano and Cone]os. J.; NO.
Is, Rio Grande, Saguache. Cosuiia' l.
No. 16, Mesa and Delta, !; NO. ~,
Montrose, San Miguel. Gunnison, i;
No. IS, San Juan. Ouray. Hinsdaie,
Mineral. /; No. 10. La Plata, Archu-
! leta. Montezuma, Dolores, /; San MI
gueI. /; No. 20, Jefferson, Park, Doug
las. /; No. 81. Eagle. Summit. Grand,
Gilpin, Boulder, /; No. %, cheyenne
| Elbert. Lincoln, Kit Carson, kiowa,
Arapahoe, Douglas. / No. 23. otero.
Bent, /; No. "a. Fremont, Ell Paso.
Chaffee, /; No. 25, Prowers. Baca, Las
AnimaS, j; NO 70, Bouiuei' JenS' go
Gear Creek, Gilpin, /; NO. ~, sag
uache. Custer, Huerfano, i.
In grouping the districts, care is
| taken not to float the country districts
| with the large cities and not TO WORK
/ too great hardships on the voters. lne
counties that are grouped are contis-
uous. The representative districts are
grouped as follows, showing the num-
ber of representatives:
City and county of Denver. II;
Adams, Morgan, Washington, l; Ell
Paso and Teller, Z; Pueblo. 3; Custer
and Huerfano, /; Weld, 2; Boul-
der, 8; Larimer. 2; Morgan, Wash
ington and Yuma, /; Logan, Sedgwlck,
Phillips, /; Elbert. Lincoln, Kit Car
| son. Cheyenne and Kiowa. l; Otero,
/: Bent, Prowers and Baca. 1; Mesa,
4; Archuleta. Hinsdale, Mineral. RIO
Grande, /; Conejos, l.; Huerfano. ;
Saguache and Costilla. l; Dolores, san
Miguel, Montezuma, J; Rio Grande, !;
jefferson, 1; Fremont, l; Chahee, !;
jefferson and Park. /; Arapahoe,
Dougles and Ebert, 1; Las Animas, 2;
| Grand, Summit and Eagle, ]; Clear
| Creek and jefferson, l; Garfield, l;
Lake, 2; Routt, Rio Blanco. /; Gilpin
and jefferson, /; Ouray and San Juan.
! /; Pitkin and Mesa. l.; Montrose, /;
! Delta county, /; Delta, Gunnison. !;
La Plata, l.; San Miguel. /; Pueblo and
Otero l,