The Paonia newspaper., 1910-11-04
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

~ 95H9f8.l Dr Secretary of State.
T. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
. Notice is hereby given. that at the Gem
eral Election to be held on the eighth
day of November a. ID. 1910. there will
be submitted to the qualified electors of
amending the Constitution OF said State
( The authority for submitting such
question t,,s Is found LII, In House BIZ No g
the Seventeenth General Assembly
which is. in words and figures. follow
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I. bly, lof the State. Of COLORADO; LIZ
Section l. There shall be submitted
to the qualified electors of the State. of
Colorado. at the next general election
& the e fo
which, when ratified by a majority OF
those voting thereon. shall be valid as
part of the Constitution.
Section z; That Section ! OF Article
" OF the Constitution of the State of
Colorado be SO amended as to read as
follows: tHt
ses,ion s i; The issislas,iye power Of
and House Of Representatives. both to
6y .he
pose laws and amendments to the Con-,
stitutfon and to enact or reject the
General Assembly. and Also res.sSs
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
The first power hereby reserved by
the people Is the INITIATIVE. and At
least eight per cent. OF the legal voters
shall be reSpired to propSse any amy, meas ns,;
tion shall include the full text of the
measure SO proposed. Initiative petit
ments to the Constitution. shall be ad-
dressed to and filed with the secretary
OF state at least four months before the
upon.
The second power hereby reserved is
the REFERENDUM. and IT may be or
the immediate preservation OF the pub
lie peace. health or safety. and appro-
nance of the department of state and
state Institutions. against any act, sec,
on @, part q any act Of The sirnsd
by five per cent. OF the legal voters or
by the General Assembly. Referendum
n FLED With 'na the secretsry Sc ~ OF state not
more than ninety days after the final
adjournment OF the session Of the Cen
eral Assembly, that passed the bill on
which the referendum Is demanded.
The filing OF referendum petition
any act. shall not delay tn. remainder
of the act from becoming operative
The veto power OF the Governor shaIi
not extend to measures Initiated by.
or referred to the people All elections
on measures referred to the people of
the State shall be held at the biennial
measures shall become the law or a
part of the Constitution. when approved
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and not otherwise. and shall take ef-
feet from and after the date OF the of
nefsl aeeiarstion OF she vote ,nereon ,,,
not later than thirty days after the
vote has been eanvassed: This section
any measure The whole number Of
votes cast for seeretsIy Of state at n1s the
sea'a sea ae hii.ssiWs III Or asfesssau% q say .hs
legal voters necessary TO sign such pc
f tition shall be counted .f.s.... -.
The secretary OF state shall submit
all measures Initiated pyf or referred to
the people for adoption or rejection at
the polls. In compliance herewith The
petition shall consist OF sheets having
such general form printed or written
at the top thereof as shall be desig-
mated or 'prescribed by the Secretary
by qualified electors In their own
proper persons only. to which shall be
attached the residence hdurehH OF sucn
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 elector. that each signature there
on Is the signature Of the person whose
best of the knowledge and belief OF the
/ affiant. each or the persons signing
said petition was at the time OF Sign
ing. a qualified elector. such petition
so verified shall be prima faeie cvi-
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 he published as constitutional
amendments are published, and IN sub
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 Il... .l.|H
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 1. lHl- -icgff. .aIf nlU
The Initiative and referendum pow
ers reserved to the people by this sec
tfon are hereby further reserved to the
legal voters of every city. town and
municipality as to all local. special 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 propo's.
any measure by the initiative in an,
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