The Springfield herald., 1905-02-03
COLORADO LEGISLATURE
Legislative Apportionment Bill

The Morgan npportionment bill.
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 10000 in
habitants, and one more for every 20.-
900 or fraction over 10000. The lower
house is divided at the ratio Of one for
every 5000 inhabitants.
The Legislature is to remain the
same as at present, thirty-iive senators
and siXty-tive representatives. The
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 senator's 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
tcenth Seventeenth, Eighteenth,
Twentieth, Twenty-fourth and Twenty
fifth.
Beginning with 1908 and every four
years thereafter, three are to be
elected from the First and one from
the second Third, Fourth, Fifth. Sew
entn, Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh, Thlr'
teonth. Nineteenth. Twenty-frst
Twenty-sccond. Twenty-third, Twenty
sixth and Twenty-seventh.
Following are the senatorial dis
tricts and the number of senators al
lotted to each:
No. l, Denver, G; No. 2, Pueblo, 2;
No. 8, El Paso and Teller, 8; No. .
Las Animas, /; No. S, Boulder, ]; NO
G, Lake, j; No. I, Weld, /; No. 8. JET
ferson and Clear Creek. /; No. 9, Ere
mont county, 1: No. 10, Larimer, +;
No. IL, Pitlsin, Delta, Montrose and
Mesa, /; No. IL. Sedgwick, Adams
Phillips. Washington. Logan, Morgan
Yuma, /; No. l3, Routt, Rio Bianco
Garfield and Larimer, /; No. IA, Cos
tilla, Huerfano and Conejos, l; No
49, Rio Grande, Saguache, Costilla. l;
No. 1G, Mesa and Delta, ]; No. ~
Montrose. San Miguel. Gunnison. /;
No. is, San Juan, Ouray. Hinsdale
Mineral, 1; No. 10. La Plata, Archu
leta, Montezuma, Dolores, J.; San MI
guel, /; No. 90, Jefferson, Park, Doug
las, L; No. 21, Eagle. Summit, Grand
Gilpin, Boulder, /; No. %, Cheyenne
Ebert, Lincoln, Kit Carson, kiowa
Arapahoe, Douglas, /; No. %. Otero
Bent, /; No. "a, Fremont, FL Paso
Chaffee, /; No. %. Prowers, Baca, Las
Animas, /; No. &C. Boulder. Jefferson
Gear Creek, Gilpn, /; No. 27, Sag
uache, Custer, Huerfano, l..
In grouping the districts, care Is
taken not to float the country districts
with the large cities and not TO WORN
too great hardships on the voters. The
counties that are grouped are contiS
uous. The representative districts are
grouped as follows, showing the mum
ber of representatives:
City and county of Denver, il;
Adams, Morgan, Washington, 1; %
Paso and Teller, 4; Pueblo, 3; Custer
and Huerfano. /; Weld, 2; Boul
der, 8; Larimer, 9: Morgan, Wash
ington and Yuma, L; Logan, Sedgwlck
Phillips, / Ebert. Lincoln, Kit Car
son, Cheyenne and Kiowa, l; Otero
l.; Bent, Prowers and Baca, l; Mesa
1; Archulcta, Hinsdale, Mineral, Ric
Grande. /; Conejos, L. Huerfano, L;
Saguache and Costilla, ]; Dolores, Sar
Miguel, Montezuma, L; Rio Grande, l;
Jefferson, 1 Fremont, /; Chaffee, /;
Jefferson and Park, i; Arapahoe
Dougles and Elbert, /; Las Animas. 2;
Grand, Summit and Eagle, /; Cleai
Creek and Jefferson, j; Garfield, l;
Lake, Q; Routt. Rio Blanco, / Gilpin
| and jefferson, !; Ouray and San Juan
1; Pitkin and Mesa, l.; Montrose, l;
| Delta county, 1; Delta, Gunnison, |;
La Plata, /; San Miguel, 1; Pueblo and
Otero, l.