Gilpin observer., 1912-10-31


fSEAL.9 JAMES b. PEARCE.
Secretary of State.
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
COLORADO. INITIATED ny PET!.
AND REFERENDUM. -
Notice Is hereby given that M at 9t, the Gen, lei
a to be D. isa there eIh Win By
tn. State of Colorado; for their approval
amendment to the Constitution of the
State of Colorado. initiated by Petition
%1deh WSieh ths ihtlaed PETITION contained the
signatures of more than the required
number of legal voters. (s per cent? Of
accordance with the Law, and filed in
the office of the Secretary of State on
fhe 151s at 30 oeocH Kay A. q M a.
The authority for submitting such pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution is
Constitution OF the State of Colorado.
providing for the Initiative and Referen-
The proposed amendment to the Consu-
tuition of the State of Colorado is as fol-
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTI-
TUITION OF THE STATE OF COLO
RAPfeLh RAP8 ADR5Ns Td Be TKE6WTo KE6WE As SEM R
TICLE XXI-REcALL FROM Of
FICE."
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of
Section 1. The Constitution of the
State Of Colorado shall be amended by
as "ARTICLE XXI-RECALL FROM
OFFICE" which when ratified by a ma
valid as a part of the Constitution of the
State of Colorado. and the said amend
nent is in the following words and fig
ures:
ARTICLE XXl-RECALL FROM
OFFICE.
Section !; Every elective public off
called from office at any time by the
electors entitled to vote for a successor
and in the manner herein provided for,
which procedure shall be known as the
Recall. and shall be in ADDITION 10 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:
A petition signed by electors entitled
to vote for a successor of the incumbent
sought to be recalled equal in number to
twenty-five per centum of the entire
vote east at the last preceding election
the incumbent sought to be recalled oc-
cupies. demanding an election of the sue
ton. shall be filed in the office in which
petitions for nominations to office held
by the incumbent sought to be recalled
more than one person is required by law
to be elected to fill the office of which
the person sought 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
the Incumbent sought to be recalled was
elected one OF the officers thereof.
said entire y9te being dyaed by 5ae
office, at the last preceding general cleo
tion and such petition shall contain
hundred words, Of the ground grounds
on which such recall is sought, which
statement is Intended for the informa-
tion of the electors. and the electors
shall be the sole and exclusive judges OF
TIE legality. reasonableness and suffi-
signed for such recall. and said ground
or grounus shall not be open 10 review
Section D. Any recall petition ,,a may S be
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 petit
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 ALI 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, II my, should he reside in
town or oIty. The person circulating
such sheet must make and subscribe an
oath said sheet that the signatures
thereon are genuine, and Il false oath.
wilfully SO 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
signers, and such sgners shall be deemed
and held 10 be qualified electors. unless
a protest in writing under oath shall be
filed In the office In which such peti-
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 copy or such
protest to the person or persons named
In such petition as representing the sign
ers thereof, together with IA notice fix
ing Il 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
guch protest Is filed. and all testimony
shnll be under oath. Such hearings shall
be summary and not subject to delay. and
must be concluded within thirty days af-
ter such petition is filed. and the result
thereof shall be forthwith certified to the
person or persons representing the sign
ers of such petition. In case the petition
is not sufficient It may bo Withdrawn by
roprcsentlng the slguers of such petition,
and may, within fifteen days thereafter
be amended and rcfiled ns an original pc
tItion The finding ns to the sufflcency
Of nny petition may be reviewed by any
state court OF general jurisdiction In the
county In which such petition IL filed.
,.no, a unnIirafIon of tho person q n