The Paonia newspaper., 1910-10-14
CITY OF Denver. This geth day or Sep
tember A. d. 1910.
(SeaD JAMES B. PEARCE,
Secretary of State.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

Secretary of State.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
Notice is hereby given. that at the Gem
eral ELECTION to be held on the eighth
day of November, \. ID. 1910 there will
he submitted to the qualified electors of
the state of Colorado the question of
amending the Constitution OF said state.
The authority for submitting such
of the Extraordinary Session of
the Seventeenth General Assembly
which is, in words and figures, follow
AN ACT
TO 2oTgBM sTRMIT Tn TO T TIE II s oALIEIEp IA 5HI
RADo AN AMENDMENT TO SEC
coNsTITUTIoN OF THE sTATE OF
INITIATIVE AND. REFERENDUM.
Be it Enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of the State of Colorado:
Section /. There shall be submitted
to the qualified electors of the state of
Colorado, at the next general election
for members of the General Assembly
for their approval or rejection the fol-
lowing constitutional amendment:
which. when ratified by majority of
those voting thereon. shall be valid as
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:
Section /. The legislative power of
the state shall be vested in the Gen
eral Assembly consisting of a Senate
and House of Representatives, both to
be elected by the people. but the people
reserve to themselves the power to pro-
pose laws and amendments to the Con-
stitution 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
shall De required to propose any meas
ure by petition. and every such peti-
ton shall include the full text OF the
measure meas fe- SO paoposed dnit,n}ve nd pe
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. and IL may be or
dered. except as to laws necessary for
the Immediate preservation OF the pub
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,
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
adjournment of the session of the Cen
erai Assembly, that passed the bill ON
which the referendum lis demanded
The filing of referendum petition
against any Item. section or part OF
any act. shall not delay the remainder
of the act from becoming operative
nnt e,ien6 re power w ea,ures oa .n Initiated sy
or referred to the people. All elections
on measures referred to the people OF
the State shall be held at the biennial
regular general election. and all such
measures shall become the law or a
part OF the Constitution when approved
hxy ma fnr - af he Nafe "A At fheTaon.
and not otherwise. and shall take ef-
feet from and after the date OF the Of
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 number OF
votes. cast for Secretary of state at the
regular general election last pre-
ceding the filing of any petition
for the initiative or referendum shall
be the basis on which the number Of
legal voters necessary to sign such Pc
tition shall be counted.
all measures Initiated vy or referred to
the people for adoption or rejection at
the polls. In compliance herewith. The
petition shall consist or sheets having
such general form printed or written
at the top thereof as shall be desig
mated or prescribed by th. Secretary
by qualified electors In their own
proper persons only. to which shall be
person and the date OF signing the
same. To each of such petitions. which
may consist of one or more sheets, shall
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 be- and that to the
best Of the knowledge and belief Of the
affiant. each OF the persons signing
said petition was at the time Of Sign
Ing, qualified elector. Such petition
verified shall be 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
amendments are published. and In sub
mttting the same and In all matters
pertaining to the form Of all petitions
the Secretary Of state and all other
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 1t 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
municipal legislation of every charac-
ter In or for their respective municipal
tiles The manner Of exercising said
powers shall be prescribed by general
laws. except that cities, towns and mu-
inequalities may provide for the man
ner OF exercising the Initiative and ref
erendum powers as 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.