La Junta tribune., 1910-11-05
Constitutional Amendments.

There are five constitutional amend
ments TO be yot, on at the coming
| election. They will app, ar on the
( lower ri,ht hand ccrI er'Cf the tai
I lot and "a h amendment wtll have
after It. space marked FOR the
am ndment' or "agains, the amend
ment"
/ The amendments are, first. what Is
known as the initiative and referen-
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second. Fixing the salary Of leg
islatlve members at $1,000 fer each
llannial period with the session
/ time limit removed,
Third: Providing for the establish
ment OF medical department of the
state University in the city Of Den
Iyer.
I Fourth. The creation Cf a beard OF
three land commissioners, to have
complete char g OF the lands belong.
Ing to the state.
Finh The r.funaius Of the state
indebtcdn' IS.
OF the five. the initiative and
referendum has been the most die.
cussed and is perhaps better known
than any Of the others It provides
for direct lezislatiou by the p"opl"
also Tor referring legislation enacted
y the general assem-, Iy TO the p'o-
pie Tor th b. approval or rejection
Vote a aiust h.
Al pres Mt the le-fs'afors draw
seven dollars Per day igr ninety days
They also draw seven dollars per day
FOR every day they are Boo .StraurdiH
/ |ary session The SECOND amendment
/ provides q fixed salary OF $1,000 for
Two years. with no session tim" limit
aud no extra pay for extra sessions
Vote f1r o.
Those connected with the medical
department q rba Stale University
Ia, Boulder have always maintained
that there was rot sufficient practise
d. hr universally 10 properly conduct
Che medical department This amend.
mem provide Or rhs Establishment
af % medical branch OF Ihr university
iu tur city uf urag.r fD bs under fbo
management &C thr regents of tha
university. Tho first two years of
the medical course will $500 Eu taught
.at Boulder Vote rr ir
Al the present time. Jb" state lands
are controlled entirely by the state
Land Board. which is composed Of
the governor. secretary of state. the
attorney general aut the sGprrlurcnd.
rnt OF public instruction The bust
ness Of the land oard is becoming
80 gr al that the last assembly de m
ed Il advisable To submit an amend.
mcul reatiug board OF land com.
missioner. TO have complete charge
Of state lands This board to be-
composed OF three persons. appointed
10y the governor They shall receive
salary OF 5000 per annum The
first tosrd shall be appointed Tor two.
four and six years, respectively. after
which one member Of the board shall
be- appointed hirunlslly for term
1f six years one member must be- a
ciyil engineer Vote for IT,.
The fifth amendment prov iics for
The issuing Of bonds TO redeem the
outstanding state warrants, together
with their accrued interest The
amendment provides for the tonding
Il the state to the amount Of two
million. on. hundred and fifteen
thousand dollars. the same TO bear
three per cent Interest, payable semi.
annually The bonds 20 run ffty
years, but they may be- redeemed In
the order Uf their serial number At
any time after ten years from the
date Of sale Il also provides that
f0r tn" ultimate redemption OF these
bonds there shall BE- levied annually
flr forty years. after ten year, from
the dat. Of their Issuance. such
taN upon all the taxa IT, prop riy In
the state a. shall Great" an annual
fund equal 10 two aud on" half per
cent Of the whole amount Of the
bonds issued. Vote against H. There's
a huge Eraf, iu the proposed settle.
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