The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1910-11-04
THE CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS

of the ballot and each amendment
will have after it space. marked
FOR the amendment" or ga
GAINST the amendment.
The amendments are, first, what
is known as the initiative and
referendum;
Second: Fixing the salary of leg
islative members at 100000 for
each biennial period with the ses-
sion time limit removed;
Third: Providing for the es-
adjustment of a medical depart
ment of the State University in
the City of Denver;
Fourth The creation of a board
of three land commissioners, to
have complete charge of the lands
belonging to the State:
Fifth: The refunding of the
State Indebtedness.
OF the five, the initiative and
referendum has been the most
discussed and is perhaps better
known than any of the others. 1t
provides for direct legislation by
the people, also for referring leg
islation enacted by the general as
sembly to the people for their ap-
prevail or rejection.
At present the legislators draw
seven dollars per day for every
day they are in extraordinary ses-
sion. The second amendment pro-
vides a fixed salary of 81 100000
for two years, with no session
time limit and no extra pay for
extra sessions.
Those connected with the med
zeal department of the State Uni
versity at Boulder have always
sufficient practice at the Univer-
sity to properly conduct the med
zeal department
This amendment provides for tt e
establishment of a medical branch
of the University in the City of
Denver, to be under the manage
ment of the Regents of the Univer-
sity. The first two years of the
medical course will still be taught
at Boulder.
At the present time, the state
lands are controlled entirely by
the State Land Board, which is
composed of the Governor, the
Secretary of State, the Attorney
General and the Superintendent
of Public Instruction. The bust
ness of the land board is becom-
ing so great that the last assemb-
ly deemed it advisable to submit
an amendment creating a board of
land commissioners, to have COM
plete charge of the state lands.
This board to be composed of
three persons, appointed by the
Governor. They shall receive a
salary of $4,000 per annum,
The first board shall be appointed
for two, four and six years, res
pectively; after which, one member
of the board shall be appointed
biennially for term of six years.
One member must be a civil en-
ginecr.
The fifth amendment provides
for the issuing of bonds to redeem
the outstanding state warrants
together with the payment OF
their accrued interest. The am
mendment provides for the bond
ing of the State to the amount OF
two million, one hundred and fit.
teen thousand dollars, the same
to bear three per cent interest
payable semi-annually. The bonds
to run fifty years, but they may
be redeemed in the order of their
serial number at any time after
ten years from the date of sale
1t also provides that for the ulti
mate redemption of these bonds
there shall be levied annually fol-
forty years, after ten years from
the date of their issuance, sucl
tax upon all the taxable pro
perty in the State as shall create
an annual fund equal to two ant
one-half per cent of the whole
mount of the bonds issued.
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