The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-10

I iority OF the persons rsp, p s,,nh reyiew
shaii he had and determined iorthMi'n,; i u, u;
| The sufficiency, or the deteriniHn.Sy ..,Snrred
| the sufficiency. of the pe'i''Sa heid or
| ", "a. ,n fhis section shall not be heia W.
construed, to refer to the grouhu ,Ss
grounds assigned in such peti.,oH, y, ~, bs re
recall of the incumbent sousn'
! ca,ien from ,h netition is suffcient. the
| officer with whom such recall p'i1 pI11' 80
was filed shall forthwith suuiii,. su.n. ~ lis
,ition together with cefttticu,e " "ss,,iI
snfticiency TO the Governor, wiz ,nr
| thereupon order and FIX the u,'', ,,,rtv
| holding the election not Tess .n'.,. ~, Inc
9a;; 9a;s aT snbnission of said petition: ifns
vlded il a general election is 10 ", snh
within ninety days after the oa,e o'eoi, ~ .,ac-
mission of said petition, the re,hn -,
| tion shall be held as part OIL saia
| election. , ,,,,cer shall offer
his resignation. II shall be neceptuu, ~ ,M
i NE ,,n,,ancv caused by such resiSna,loh
or from any other cause. shall ",, ue ~
as provided by law; but the phsHi hold
hia office only until the person siee'I,y
at the recall election shall lu;n,h,Sn i've
suoh officer shall not resign Win, nanau
DAYS after the suffictency ol ol,nimsa t The
nati,ion shall have been sustained. ~ =
| Governor shall make or cause 10 tit,,,r y, Of
publication OF notice Ior lhe ar,ea nv
such election. and oncernins o,,csrri elections
shall make all arrangemenis 10, M con.
election. and the same shal D. ,aren,
Jmrted returned and the result thereott
declared in all respects AS III 'As
general elections. ,, ,,.,,ion
on the official ballot at such u eiue' aon
shall be printed in not more ,n." ~, ret,.
tion for demanding his recall, anu IA nv.
more than three hundred Worus 'hu,e hir'
shall also be printed, II desireu U! !,,rsc @
the officers justification OF ms coui 80
in office. IL such officer shan resign
at any time subsequent to the .1,ae i,,ins
thereof, the recall election snail De e""eo
Notwithstanding such resignation. .,,,o,
There shall be printed on the o,.lo.'itii ',nti
ballot. as TO every officer whose .i rsoa'
is to be voted on. the worus, ,anaii
lice OF (title of the office? - FoiioWlns
such question shall be the words les
and NO." on separate lines. with p'ana ,a
space at the right of each. in when the
voter shall Indicate. by marking eros sroSs
(X). his vote for or against sucn s,,am leua,'
on such ballots under each questioii.
there shall also be printed the names
OF those persons who have been honl-
mated as candidates to succeed the per
son sought, to be recalled; & out am5,de., mo s
for such office. unless the voter also
voted for or against the recall Oh suJa nia
person sought to be rseaiieu nsnn r,oa aaainst
whom the petition Is filed shaii 10. az a.,
pear on the ballot as candidate ior the
office. ,,.,rr an .,ia
question Of the recall of any incumbent
from office shall vote ne; sara lncnm
bent shall continue In SAID onh oti,ee; incnm. II
bent shall thereupon be deemed removed
from such office upon the auaiitica'ioh
of his successor. ,...
shall recall the officer then the candi-
date who has received the highest num-
her of votes for the office thereby va
Gated shall be declared elected for tne
remainder of the term. and certificate
OF election shall be forthwith issued to
him by the canvassing board In case me
Of votes shall fail to qualify within "
teen days after the issuance OF certifi-
cate OF election. the office shall be
deemed vacant. and shall be filled accord
Candidates for the office may be nomi-
mated by petition. as now provided ny
Law which petition snn e, Pc flen non,natnn M nn
TO office are required by law to be filed
not less than fifteen days before such
recall election.
Section Z. No recall petition shall be
circulated or filed againstM "a any ,,,oa o.t'Ser cer
at least six months. save and except II
may be filed against any member OF the
state legislature at any tlms aiter i've
days from the convening and organizing
Of the legislature after his election.
After one recall petition and election.
no further petition shall be filed against
which he was elected. unless the peti.
tioners signing said petition shall equal
fifty per centum Of the votes cast at
all OF the candidates for the office held
by such officer as herein above defined.
II at any recall election the incumbent
whose recall is sought Is not recalled. he
shall be repaid from the State treasury
any money authorized by law and actu-
ally expended by him as expenses Of
such election. and the legislature shall
If the governor Is sought to be re-
called under the provisions OF this arti-
Gle the duties herein imposed upon him
shall be performed by the Lieutenant
Governor: and II the Secretary of State
is sought to be recalled. the duties here
| in imposed upon him. shall be performed
| by the State Auditor.
The recall may also be exercised by
| the electors of each county city and
county city and town of the State. witr,
reference to the elective officers there
Of. under such procedure as shall be pro-
vided by law.
| Until otherwise provided by law. tho
legislative body OF any such county city
and county. city and town may provide
for the manner OF exercising sncn recal
ties cities and towns but shall not re-
auire any such recall petition to be
signed by electors more In number thar
twenty-five per centum Of the entire vote
cast at the last preceding election. as ir
Section hereof Hiore particularly sci
forth for all the candidates Tor o1rict
which the incumbent sought to be re-
called occupies. as herein above defined
| Every person having authority to exer
else or exercising any public or govern
mental duty. power or function. shall b'
an elective officer. or one appointed
drawn or designated in accordance will
law by an elective officer or officers, Of
by some board, commission person o
persons legally appointed by an electiv
officer or Officers each OF which sal,
elective officers shall be subject to tn
recall provision of this constitution: pro
. vided that, subject to regulation by law
any person may. without compensation
therefor file petitions. or complaints II
courts concerning crimes. or do polio
! duty only in cases Of immediate DANCE
to person or property.
! Nothing herein contained shall be con
: strue- as affecting or limiting the pres
ent or future powers OF cities an
, counties. or cities having charter
adopted under the authority given by tn
. Constitution, except as In the last thre
] preceding paragraphs expressed.
In the submission to the electors c
a any petition proposed under this Articl,
8 all officers shall be guided by the Ger
. eral Laws of the State. except as othei
wise herein provided.