The Paonia newspaper., 1910-10-21
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

NOtlce Is hereby given. that at the Gen.
eral ELECTION to be held on the eighth
day of November. A. d. 1910. there will
be submitted to the qualified electors of
amending the Constitution of said State.
The authority for submitting such
tSs is found In House BIZ No.
which is. in words and figures. follow
ing. viz:
TO ogEss sTBMIT IN TO TIE TIE 9uALIEIEp "a rGI Sd
TON TnSSrIr{E 0E ARTIC5E GO OF r, THE IF;
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.
Be 1t Enacted by the General Assem-
sayy,id bly, Of the state of c1rTado
to the qualified electors of the State of
Colorado. at the next general election
for their approval rejection the fol-
lowing constitutional amendment.
Which h. when ratlfied by majority ma Of
part of the Constitution.
Section 2. That Section ! of Article
V of the Constitution of the State OF
Colorado be so amended as to read as
follows:
eral Assembly consisting OF a Senate
and House of Representatives. both to
reserve to themselves the power to pro-
pose laws and amendments to the Con-
stttutiOn and to enact or reject the
same at the polls Independent OF the
General Assembly. and also reserve
power at their own option to approve
or reject at the polls any act. item. sec
tion or part of any act of the General
Assembly.
The first power hereby reserved by
the people is the INITIATIVE. and at
least eight per cent. of the legal voters
snail be required to propose any meas
ure by petition. and every such petit
tion shall include the full text of the
tons tons for 81 State oPgsh tegisiation and amend
ments to the Constitution. shall be ad-
dressed to and filed with the secretary
of State at least four months before the
election at which they are to be voted
upon.
The second power hereby reserved is
the REFERENDUM. end IL may be or
dered. except as to laws necessary Tor
the Immediate preservation OF the pup
lie peace. health or safety. and appro-
priations for the support and mainte-
nance of the department of state and
state institutions. against any act, sec,
tion or part OF any act OF the General
Assembly. either by a petition signed
by five per cent. of the legal voters or
by the General Assembly. Referendum
petitions shall be addressed to and
filed with the Secretary OF state not
more than ninety days after the final
eral Assembly, that passed the bill on
which the referendum is demanded
The filing Of refs,endum ,, pe,i'io9f pet, of
any act. shall not delay tn. remainder
OF the act from becoming operative.
The veto power OF the Governor shal
not extend to measures Initiated by.
or referred to the people. All elections
on measures referred TO the people o,
regular general election. and all -uch
measures shall become the law or a
part of the Constitution. when approved
by a majority Of the votes cast thereon.
and not otherwise. and shall take ef-
feet from and after the date OF the Of
ficial declaration OF the vote thereon
by proclamation OF the Governor. but
not later than thirty days after the
vote has been canvassed. This section
shall not be construed to deprive the
General Assembly of the right to enact
any measure. The whole humber OF
votes cast for Secretary OF State at the
regular general election last pre-
ceding the filing OF any petition
be the basis on which the number Of
legal voters necessary to Sign such pc
titIon shall be counted.
all measures Initiated oy or referred TO
the people for adoption or rejection at
the polls. In compliance herewith. The
such general form printed or written
at the top thereof as shall be desig-
of State: such petition shall be signed
by qualified electors In their own
Droper persons only. TO which shall be
person and the date of signing the
same. To each of such petitions. which
be attached an affidavit OF some quail
flied eIector that each signature there
on Is the signature of the person whose
name IL purports to he. and that to the
best of the knowledge and belief of the
afflant, each OF the persons signing
said petition was at the time OF sign
ing. qualified elector. such petition
so verified shall he prima facie evil
dence that the signatures thereon are
genuine and true and that the persons
signing the same are qualified electors.
The text OF all measures to be submit
ted shall be published as constitutional
amendments are published. and In sub
mitting the same and In all matters
pertaining to the form OF all petitions
officers shall be guided by the general
laws. and the act submitting this
amendment. until Legislation shall be
especially provided therefor.
The style OF all laws adopted by the
people through the initiative shall be.
BE IL Enacted by the People OF the
State Of Colorado"
The initiative and referendum pow
ers reserved to the people by this sec
tion are hereby further reserved to the
legal voters OF every city. town and
municipality as to all local, special ana
municipal Legislation of every charac-
ter In or for their respective municipal
tiles. The manner OF exercising Haid
powers shall be prescribed by general
laws. except that cities. towns and mu-
ner of exercising the initiative and ref.
erendum powers to their municipal
legislation. Not more than ten per
cent. OF the legal voters may be re-
quired to order the referendum. nor
more than fifteen per cent. to propose
any measure by the initiative In any
city. town or municipality.
This section of the Constitution snail
be in all respects self-exccuting.
Section 2. Each elector voting az