Gilpin observer., 1912-10-17
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PROPOSED LAW OF THE STATE or
COLORADO, INITIATED BY PETI-
TION UNDER THE INITIATIVE


PROPOSED LAW OF THE STATE OF
TION UNDER THE INIfIATivE
AND REFERENDUM
Notice Is hereby given that at the Cen
cral Election to be held on the Fifth day
of November. A. ID. 1912, there will be
saf f oIorodo 20 @ fnr tSef ol the
rejection. the following proposed Law OF
the State of Colorado. initiated by Peti-
which initiated petition contained the
signatures of more than the required
the State of Colorado. duly verified, in
accordance with the Law, and filed in the
office of the Secretary Of State on the
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The authority for submitting such
proposed Law is found in Section ! OF
of Colorado. providing for the Initiative
and Referendum.
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THE PURPOSES HEREOF.
Be 1t Enacted Jv the People Of the State Of
Colorado:
entitled AN Act to provide for the ap-
pointment of State Highway Commits
sion and defining It's powers and duties
tenance and repairs of public Highways.
by extending state aid for that purpose
to the several counties therein and maxi
ing an appropriation therefor" be and
the same Is hereby amended SO as to read
as follows:
passage of this Act the Governor shall
appoint Board of three commiss toner's,
representing the eastern, central and
western portion of the state, to pe known
as the State Highway Commission. pro-
vided that the three commissioners here
tofore appointed shall be the commission
ers hereunder for the terms for which
they were respectively appointed, and
every two years thereafter one commits.
sioner shall be appointed for the term OF
six years. The Governor shall fill all
vacancies and make removal of a mem
lect of duty. majority of said commits
sion shall constitute a quorum and be
empowered to act on AL, all matters CERTAIN
The Chairman of said Commission
shall receive a salary not to exceed
per annum and the other two members
of said Commission shall each receive
salary not TO exceed Twelve Hundred
Dollars Isl 100000 per annum, to be paid
in equal monthly payments, and each
commissioner shall devote all the time
Of said office The members of said
| Highway Commission shall also receive
their actual and is Necessary aiGe expense Pc ser
discharge of their duties, and the same
shall be audited and allowed by the said
commission before the state auditor shall
be authorized to issue a warrant for the
\ same"
| is hereby amended to read as follows:
| ''Section Q Said Highway Commission
shall elect one of it's number chairman
and shall have a common seal. The mem
ister oaths. and it shall be provided with
shall hold regular meetings not less thar
once in each month; and said office shall,
SO far as is practicable. be kept open
during business hours.
said commission shall employ a secre-
tary who shall be a civil engineer and
practical road builder. who shall hold
| his office subject to the pleasure OF said
| Commission. and who shall have sal
ary of not to exceed three Thousand DOL
| lars (S3.000.00) per annum. and IT may
also employ a stenographer at salary
| of not to exceed one hundred dollars
| pleasure of said Commission. The Com
mission may from time to time when it
deems necessary employ S yii W1 enrineeps
and experienced in road building. ano
who shall receive n per diem while actu-
sion. of not to exceed six dollars $4,000
per day and their actual and necessary
expenses. to be audited by the Commis-
.'The Commission shall keep a record
of every vote and official act of said
! all maps and papers belonging to It. II
shall be the duty of the said Highway
Commission and their assistants d n,s,N,' TO g,Vo
with regard to road construction. I'M
provement and maintenance throughout
| the State time and conditions will ner-
nit. and as the rules and regulations of
the Commission may prescribe
| addition to the salaries herein provided
for. be allowed and paid their actual and
necessary expenses while away from
| of their duties and under the direction OF
said Commission.
IAN the files and records of said Com
mission shall. under reasonable regula-
and certified copies thereof shall be rs-
ceived in evidence in any Court.
shall be ex-offcio attorney for the Com
mission. and shall render to It such le-
may from time to time require"
is hereby amended to read as follows:
| "Section g. For the purpose of Stats
aid in the construction. Improvement ano
maintenance of public highways under
| this Act there is hereby appropriated as
continuing appropriation the sum Of
twenty-five thousand dollars (s25 900. oo)
| annually from any moneys In the treas
rry not otherwise appropriated, and tho
same shall be known ns the State Road
/ Fund,
| provided further that all moneys re-
l'maining In the Internal Improvement
| Permanent Fund and the Internal I'M
provement Income Fund shall be and
are hereby transferred and appropriated
| to the State Road Fund.
And be It further provided that an
moneys arising from the leasing or sale
| OF Internal Improyement lands donated
| to the State by Congress of the United
| States or from the five per centum t6g5)
| OF the sale Of agricultural public lands
within the State as provided by tho En-
| abling Act OF the State OF Colorado. ana
| which shall be creditable either to the
| Internal Improvement Income Fund or
| the Intnrnnl ImnrnYemenf Permanenl