The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-17
Proposed AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
COLORADO, INITIATED BY PEE!-
TON UNDER THE NliAA' f.
Exl y III

Nntice Is hereby given that at the Cen
sral Election to be held on the Fifth IN, dhy ~
Of Noye%oep A. tbe o. ouaied ushI 'nefe electors Of
he Stats Of Colorado. for their approval
or rejection, the following proposed
amendment to ,he ,oi,ia,ad o1nsttu'tU by Petition
under the Initiative and Reierehuain IN
which Initiated petition contained me
signatures Of more than ~ tne me cent s.u,ie Of
the State Of Colorado, duly verified: in
accordance with the Law, and filed In
the the TTtWSfsNTyNNTa TtSfs Fl NJ DAY JGNE
D 1919 at 1890 o'clock. A. NJ
The authority for submitting suon pro-
posed amendment TO the r,;cns I1hse.oeipn az the
Constitution Of the state OF Golorauo.
providing for the Initiative and Referen-
The proposed amendment to the Con:ti-
tuition OF the State OF Colorado Is as fol-
'0~s 0~csoNsr1rur1oNAL AMENDMENT
AN AMENDMENT TO THE CoNSTI-
TUITION OF THE STATE OF COLO
RADIO. ADDING THERETO A NEW
TiCLE xXI-RECALL FROM OF
FICE."
b 1t Enacted by the People of the State Of
yo Section l. The Constitution of the
State OF Colorado shall be amended by
adding thereto a new Article to be known
A "ARTICLE XXI-RECALL FROM
$nritv Of those voting thereon shall be
valid a. a part of the Constitution of the
Tent IL in the following words and fig
ARTICLE xxl.-REcALL FROM
Section l. Every elective public OFF,
eer Of the State Of Colorado may be re-
called from office at any time by the
electors entitled to vote for successor successor
and In the manner herein provided Tor.
which procedure shall be known as the
Recall. and shall be in addition to and
without excluding any other method Oh
removal provided by law,
The procedure hereunder to effect the
recall Of an elective public officer shall
a petition signed by electors entitled
to vote for a successor of the incumbent
sought to be recalled equal IN number 70
vote cast at the last preceding election
for all candidates for the position which
cupies. demanding an election Of the sue
cessor to the officer named In said petit
ton, shall be filed in the office In which
by the incumbent sought 10 be recalled
are required to be filed: Provided. II
more than one person Is required by law
the person sought to be recalled Ii an
incumbent, then the said petition shall
be signed by electors entitled to vote tor
q successor to the incumbent sought TO
be recalled equal in number to twenty
live Der centum of the entire vote cast
at the last preceding general election
the incumbent sought to be recalled was
elected a. one Of the officers thereof
said entire vote being DIVIDE divided by tine the
office, at the last preceding general cleo
ton; and such petition shall contain 9
general statement, in not more than ~.
hundred words, of the ground or Eroundt
statement Is Intended for. the informa.
Gs the .e sna ueses
tue legality, reasonableness and suffi
cheney of such ground or grounds as
or groun.s shall not be open 10 review.
Section 3. Any recall petition may b.
circulated and signed In sections. pro
and accurate copy of the title. and tex
o. the petition; and such recall petitiol
shall be filed in the office in which peti
tions for nominations to office held b
the incumbent sought to be recalled ar
required to be filed.
The signatures to such recall petltio
need not ali be on one sheet OF papel
but each signer must add to his signatur
the date Of his signing said petition. an
his place Of residence, giving Ms stree
town or oAty. The person circulatin
such sheet must make and subscribe a
oath ON said sheet that the sisnatnte 9s oa,s
wilfully 10 made and subscribed. by suc
person. shall be perjury and be punishe
~ 80cn. AL petiSoue bhah pc uSSaAie
and held to be sufficient II they appea
to be signed by the requisite number {
eiKners, and such signers shall be deeme
and held to be qualified electors, unle,
4 protest In writing under oath shall |
filed in the office in which such pet
tion has been filed. by come qualifit
elector. within fifteen days after such p.
tition il filed, setting forth specifical
the grounds of such protest. whereupc
the officer with whom such petition
filed shall forthwith mail copy OF sue
protest to the person or persons name
IN such petition as representing the sig
ers thereof, together with a notice H.
ing a time for hearing such protest ~
iess than five nor more than ten da,
alter such notice is mailed. All hearinI
shali he before the officer with who
snch protest is filed and all testlmoI
shall be under oath. SUCH hearings shs
Ia summary and not subject to delay. al
must be concluded within thirty days a
ter such petition is filed. and the resl
thereof shall be forthwith certified to Il
nerson or persons representing tne sig
ers OF such petition. In case the petit,
4. not sufficient 1t may be Withdrawn
The nerson or q majority of the perso
renresenting the signers OF such petitlo
and NAV. within fifteen days thereaftt
r. a merided and refiled as an original p
,if,on The finding as to the sufflcien
OF any petition may be reviewed py al
state court of general jurlsuiction N y
county In which such petition 10 ne
Snon application OF the person or m