Gilpin observer., 1912-10-10


(sEAL) JAMES B. PEARCE,
Secretary of State.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
COLORADO, INITIATED by rETi-
TION UNDER THE INITIATIVE
Notice is hereby given that at the Cen
eral Election to be held on the Fifth day
of November. A. d. 1912 there will be
the State of Colorado. for their approval
or rejection, the following proposed
State of Colorado. initiated by Petition
under the Initiative and Referendum,
which initiated petition contained the
number of legal voters. (s per cent? of
the State of Colorado. duly verified. in
accordance With the Law and IN filed in
the TWENTY-NINTH day of JUNE, A.
d. 1912, at 11i3O o'clock. A: NJ
The authority for submitting such pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution is
found in Section 1 of Article of the
Constitution of the State of Colorado.
providing for the Initiative and Referen-
The proposed amendment to the Consti-
tuition of the State of Colorado is as fol-
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTI-
RADIO ADDING THERETo 4 NEW
TicLE XNf-REcALL FROM OF
Be 1t Enacted BY the People of the State of
Colorado:
SECTION !, The Constitution of the
adding thereto new Article to be known
as "ARTICLE XXI-RECALL FROM
OFFICE" which when ratified by ma
jority of those voting thereon shall be
valid as part of the Constitution of the
State of Colorado. and the said amend
nent is in the following words and fig
ARTICLE XM.-RECALL FROM
OFFICE.
Section l.. Every elective public Off
Ger of the State of Colorado may be re-
called from office at any time by the
electors entitled to vote for successor
OF such incumbent through the procedure
and in the manner herein provided for,
which procedure shall be known the
Recall. and shall be in addition to and
without excluding any other method of
removal provided by law.
The procedure hereunder to effect the
recall of an elective public officer shall
be as follows:
petition signed by electors entitled
to vote for successor OF the incumbent
sought to be recalled equal in number to
vote east at the last preceding election
for all candidates for the position which
the incumbent sought to be recalled oc-
cupies. demanding an election of the sue
cessor to the officer named in said petit
tion, shall be filed in the office in which
petitions for nominations to office held
by the incumbent sought to be recalled
are required to be filed; Provided, If
to o be % elected ed to II fili the office of which
the person sough. to be recalled is an
incumbent, then the said petition shall
be signed by electors entitled TO vote for
a successor to the incumbent sought to
be recalled equal in number to twenty
five per centum of the entire vote cast
at the last preceding general election
for all candidates for the office, to which
the incumbent sought to be recalled was
elected as one of the officers thereof.
number of all officers elected to such
office. at the last preceding general cleo
tion. and such petition snail contain u
general statement, in not more than two
hundred words, of the ground or grounds
on which such recall Is sought. which
tion of the electors. and the electors
shall be the sole and exclusive judges OF
TIE legality. reasonableness and suffi-
cheney of such ground or grounds as
signed for such recall, and said ground
or groun.s shall not be open 20 review,
Section 2. Any recall petition may be
circulated and signed IN sections, pro,
vided each section shall contain full
and accurate copy of the title and text
O. the petition: ana such recall petition
shall be filed in the office in which peti-
tions for nominations to office held by
the incumbent sought to be recalled are
required to be filed.
The signatures to such recall petition
need not all be on one sheet OF paper,
but each signer must add to his signature
the date OF his signing said petition. and
his place OF residence, giving his street
number, IL any, should he reside IN IA
town or city. The person circulating
such sheet must make and subscribe an
oath on said sheet that the signatures
thereon are genuine. and II false oath,
wilfully made and subscribed, by such
person, shall be perjury and be punished
as such. All petitions shall be deemed
and held to be sufficient II they appear
to be signed by the requisite number Of
slgners, and such signers shall be deemed
and held to be qualified electors, unless
protest In writing under oath shall be
filed in the office In which such petit
tion has been filed, by some qualified
elector, within fifteen days after such pc
tition Is filed, setting forth specifically
the grounds Of such protest, whereupon
the officer with whom such petition is
filed shall forthwith mail IL copy of such
protest to the person or persons named
In such petition as representing the sign
ers thereof, together with II notice fix
ing "a time for hearing such protest not
less than five nor more than ten days
after such notice Is mailed. All hearings
shall be before the officer with whom
such protest is filed. and all testimony
shall be under oath. Such hearings shall
be summary and not subject to delay and
must be concluded within thirty days af-
ter such petition lis filed, and the result
thereof shall be forthwith certified to the
ers OF such petition. In cuse the petition
is not sufficient IL may be withdrawn by
the person or n majority OF the persons
representing the slgners OF such petition.
and may, within fifteen days thereafter,
be amended and rcfllcd ns an original pc
tItion The finding as to the sufficiency
of any petition may be reviewed by any
state court of general jurisdiction In the
county In which such petition IL filed,
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