The daily sentinel., 1912-10-17
RECALL FROM OFFICE.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO TIE
CONSTITUTION OF TIE SIAIE nE
COLORADO. INITIATED BY TEL liiIS
UNDER THE INITIATIVE AND REF
ERENDUM.
Notice is hereby given that at the Gen
eral Election to be held on the tlitn any
of November, A. d. l9l2, there VIII ~. pc
State of Colorado, for their approval or
rejection, the following proposed amend
ment to the Constitution OF the
state of Colorado, Initiated by fetltloh
under the Initiative and Referendum
which initiated petition contained the SIG
natures of more than the required mum ,L.
ber of legal voters, ts per cent OF tne M
cordnnce with the Law, and filed IN inc me
office OF the Secretary OF State on ny
TWENTY NINTH day of JUNE. A. D.
1912. at IL 80 o'clock, A. NJ.
The authority for submitting such pro
nosed amendment to, the Constitution Is
fonnd in section 1 of Article OF the con
stitution OF the state q cGIofsuS fsTenapm p1''"
The proposed amendment to the Cohstlu-
t,on OF the State of Colorado Is as ioi'
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENOMGNT MEo,s.I;N,l 7.
An AMESDMENT TO THE CONsTlIo-
TI0N OF THE STATE OF CoL0mADo,; ,,
ADDING THERETO A NEW ARTICLE
no BE KNOWN AS ARTICLE AM
"RECALL FROM OFFICE ,,. S.,,o
Be it Enacted by the People OF the sta'e
SECTION i The Constitution of the state
OF Colorado shall be amended oy huu'ns p,s
thereto new article 10 re
Known as ARTICLE NXI-REcAhL
FROM OFFICE which when an raur'ee a,oi, u"
majority of those voting thereon sha',
he valid as part OF the Constitution o,
tho state of Colorado. md the saiI
amepdment is In the following words anu
figures: r,on oc
FICE. ,,
,or ~ the Stntc OF Colorado may ne re-
coi,ed from office at any time by the elect
ors entitled to vote for n successor OF s"tl, ~,
incumbent through the procedure hnn ~,
the manner herein provided ior' a,i
nrocednre shall he known as the hecall.
and shall he I'm addition to nnd without
excluding any other method OF remoVal PEo-
Tbe nrocedurc hereunder to effect me
recall Of an elective public otiicer sh"''
be as follows: .,.,, A..
A netItion signed by electors entitled TO
vote for successor of the Incumbent
sought to be recalled equal In number 70
twenty-five per centum OF the shtre VII ~
cast at the last preceding election for All
candidates for the position which the IN
cumbent sought to be recalled occupies
demanding an election OF the successor 10
the officer named In said petition, shalI M
nominations to office held by the lncum-
bent sought to be recalled nre required to
he filed; Provided, II more than one per
son is required by inw to ] be elected ,tt 10
to be recalled Is an incumbent, then the
said petition shnll he signed by electors
entitled to vote for successor to the In
cumhent sought to be recalled equal In
number to twenty-five per centum of the
entire vote cast at the last preceding gem
eral election for NIL candidates for the Of
flee, to which the incumbent sought to
be recalled was elected ns one Of the off
GERS thereof. said entire vote being divided
by the number of all officers elected to
such office, at the last preceding general
election: and such petition shall contain
general statement, In not more than two
hundred words, Of the ground or grounds
on which such recall Ia sought. which state
ment Is intended for the Information Of
the electors. and the electors shall he the
sole and exclusive judges of the legality,
rcnsonableness and sufficiency Of such
ground or grounds assigned for such recall.
and said ground or grounds shall not be
open to review.
Section 2. ANY recall petition may he
circulated and signed in sections provided
each section shall contain full and ac-
curate copy of the title and text of the
petition; and such recall petition shall he
filed In the office In which petitions for
nominations to office held by the incum-
bent 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, II any, should he reside In n town
or city. The person circulating such sheet
must make and subscribe an oath on
said sheet that the signatures thereon are
genuine, and false oath. wilfully so made
and subscribed, by such person, shall be
pertnry and be punished as such. All
petitions shall be deemed and held to
be sufficient II they appear to be signed
~ the requisite number OF signers and such
signers shall be deemed and held to be
qualified electors. unless protest in writ
ing under oath shall be filed In the office
In which such petition has been filed. by
some qualified elector. within fifteen days
after such petition Is filed, setting forth
specifically the grounds of such protest,