The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-18

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
TON UNDER THE INITIATIVE
AND REFERENDUM.
Notice is hereby given that at the Cen
erni Election to be held on the Fifth Gay
OF November. A. D. 1912. there will be
rubmittad to the qualified electors OF
amendment 10 the Constitution of the
State OF Colorado. initiated by Petition
under the Initiative and Referendum.
which Initiated petition contained the
signatures OF more than the required
the State OF Colorado, duly verified, in
accordance with the Law. aud filed In
The The GfSfs f tSf day OF 9 N sss
d. 1919. at 1850 o'clock A. NJ.
The authority for submitting such pro-
found In Section l of Article of the
Constitution OF the State of Colorado.
providing for the Initiative and RefereD-
The proposed amendment to the Consti-
tuition OF the State of Colorado is as fol-
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTI-
TuTaoN 9p1Nd sc ME TgERETo STAuE or cSE4 SE&
TIccLE xxI-REcALL FROM Of
Be II Enacted by the People Of the State Of
Colorado:
Section j. The constitution OF the
State OF Colorado shall be amended by
adding thereto a new Article TO be known
as 'ARTIcLE XxI-REcALL FROM
jority OF those voting thereon shall be
valid as n 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
Section i. Every elective public OFF,
Ger OF the State of Colorado may be re-
called from office at any time by the
of such incumbent through the procedure
and in the manner herein provided for.
which procedure. shall be known as the
Recall. and shall be in addition TO 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 successor of the incumbent
sought to be recalled equal in number to
twenty-five per centum OF the entire
FOR ali candidates for the position which
the incumbent sought to be recalled oc-
cupies. demanding an election OF the sue
cessor to the officer named In said petit
tion, shall be filed in the office In which
petitions for nominations to office held
are required to be filed. Provided. If
more than one person is required by law
to be elected to FIJI the office Of which
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 ahe last sd & senere r to heh
the incumbent sought to be recalled was
elected as one of the officers thereof,
number Of all officers elected TO such
office. at the last preceding general cleo
on and sa9n not sna mor thnn two
hundred words, OF the ground or 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
the legality. reasonableness and suffi-
cheney of such ground or grounds
signed for such recall. and said ground
or groun.s shall not be open 70 review
Section 2. Any recall petition may be
circulated and signed in sections. pro.
vfded each section shall contain full
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
but each signer must add to his signature
the date of his signing said petition. and
his place OF residence, giving gh,a. ms stree.
town or city. The person circulating
such sheet must make and subscribe an
thereon are genuine. and a false oath.
wilfully made and subscribed, by such
person, BhaH be perjury anu De puuisHeu
ms 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 signers shall be deemed
and held to be qualified electors, unless
a protest In writing under oath shall be
filed In the office In which such reu.
tion has been filed. by some quaiified
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 OF such
protest to the person or persons named
In such petition as representing the sign
ers thereof. together with a notice fix
ing 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
such protest is filed. and all testimony
shall 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
il not sufficient 1t may be Withdrawn by
the person or a majority OF the persons
representing the signers OF such petition,
and may within fifteen days thereafter.
be amended and refiled as an original pc
tition. The finding as to the sufficiency
Of any petition may be reviewed by any
efafc court of general Jurisdiction in the
county in which such petition Is filed.
upon application OF the person or ma