The Greeley tribune., 1912-10-10
PA0eosED LAW OF THE STATE or
COluhADO, INITIATED ny PETI-
TON UNDER THE INITIATIVE
AMI REEERENDlM

T!0N UNDER THE INITIATIVE
HMh REFERENDUM.
Notice IS hereby given that at the
Qeneral Election to be held on the
EiItni day of November. a. ID. 1912.
I hers viii be submitted to the qualified
clectoIs OF the state Of Colorado. for
their approval or rejection. the follow
Ing proposed Law of the State of Colo
rado. Initiated by Petition under the
itiatsd petition. contained the sigma
lures OF more than the required num-
Der o. ,egal ga votes. Cs per cent? OF the
cordance with the Law. and filed in
the office OF the Secretary OF State on
the SEVENTH day of June. A. ID. 1912.
at TSs i;so sS,bSlI,Y SfISsk p N, NJ ,ubm,tt,r c,
proposed Law is found in Section l OF
Article 5 of the Constitution of the
state OF Colorado. providing for the
The proposed law of the State of
Colorado IS as follows:
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC
rs bGTlEs Ut fAsfsipsi ms PSwERsi W. htlNb aNb
TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGILA-
TION OF PUBLIC SERVICE CORPO-
iIc A!IGNs sERyiSE ANp GoMIssiuN &c GKEsTE rSb rSR
4iTlEp IF % An HEheTl: AeT 70 "A NMESp hS AND NN
A. A. AMENpEp hHIpI En To RErENAcT ~ :Eo An
ULATE COMMON CARRIERS IN
THIS STATE. TO CREATE A STATE
RAlLRoAD CQMMissIoM. TO PRE-
coMMIssiQNERs AND oFTHE EN-. M
PLQYEs OF THE COMMISSION. TO
EsEyEST E,ssEEEEsosARIE The 1NR9sETsoN Z 4 Z oP +
CHARGES. TO PREVENT UNJUST
DETERMINATIONS, TO INsU RE
AN ApEoTATE, RAILWAY sERY-
RECEIVING OF REBATES. TO PRE-
SCRIBE THE MODE OF PROCEED
EIcF TRE ANP p THE RInH RTLEs r,1, OF EyI- Eyd
To PREscRiBE PENALTiEs FoR
ExERCIsE A GENERAL sUPERvI-
cFHRaTGRs ed4N 2nGR r6F oF c9Np1Sr eoMnoS cAK AMP
AcTs OR PARTs OF AcTs iNcoN- N
sISTENT snnE BENZ TaEKhM1TH:s GHxPrH:R T Z dE F
oRDfNARY Session OF THE GEN
ERAL ASSEMBLY IN 1910. AND
alcn N1aE or wAn THE EihER sEeRErAkT Il AKE OFF Of
STATE OF COLORADO. NOVEMBER
le. 1910, WITHOUT THE APPRoNA
Or DIsAPPRovAL OF THE G0Y-
MENTARY THERETO. AND ALL
OTHER ACTS OR PARTS OF ACTS
Be II Enacted by the People of the Stote Of
Colorado:
Section /. This act shall be known
q the public Utilities ,i. At" and shall &
Ito services herein described and to the
commission herein referred to.
Section 2. (a) The term "eommis. Is .
Puhlc Service. Commission of the
:. Tss term :commias,onss., ~hsn
members Of the commission.
(cl The term Corporation" when
used In this act. includes corpora
joint stock association.
(d) The term person. when useo
In this act. includes an individual
firm and a copar.nersnip;, t,on ot nsr-
sons" when used in this act. includes
every service in connection with or IN
cidental to the safety. comfort OF con :,
the receipt. carriage and delivery OF
such person and his baggage: =,
~ Tho term "transp9r,tationt ,n, ,ot ot
cludes every service in connection with
or incidental to the transportation OF
including in particular its re
asltxsTY carTare essaiHi ssaiation refrg
Grafton. icing. dunnage, storage ana
and the transmission OF
credit HS express corp. enrporailpnsd ra poad" when
used In this act includes every ran
way. and each and every branch or ex
tension thereof. by whatsoever power
operated. being mainly upon. along
aboys or below any street, avenue inn.
road, highway. bridge or public place
within any city and county, or city OF
town, together with all real estate, fix-
.ures and personal property OF every
kind used In connection therewlth'
owned, controlled. operated or man
aged for pgbe use n ims bn the
ERIN "street railroad, when useu IN
his act. shall not include railway.
sh Ihe term str street IT ra,isoae ihis act e IN
heir lessees, trustees. receivers or
-rustees appointed by any cour. atin,- Mnau
,r managing any street railroad Tor
within this state. a,
IL The term arailroad' a,sr comeereiai wnem uiar
and other railway otheI
han q street railroad. and each ana
very branch or extension thereoa;; ,ey py
With all tracks. bridges. trestles. rights
# way, subways. tunnels, stations, De
'ots. union depots. ferries; ys,,as EaTas
rouaas; terminalI and ali Other
state, fixtures and personal properly
4 every kind used in connection there
sith, owned. ,t c1ntrol,sa' opsra'tn the trans
'ortation of persons or properly. :.
% The term railroad corporation,
When used in this act. incluaes eSers
rustees, receivers or trustees ap
ointed by any court whatsoever. OWL
ng, controlling. operating or manns
nE any railroad for compensation
(k) The term express corporation.
,hen used In this act. includes every
or person. their lessees.
Iustees receivers or trustees appoint,
d by any court whatsoever. engaged
1 or transacting the business or trans
orting any freight. merchandise or
ther property for compensation on tne
ne OF any common carrier or stage
+ auto stage line within this state :,
(n The term common carrier.
hen used In this act. includes every
express corporation, dis
atch. sleeping car. dining car, draw
,g room car, freight, refrigerator OIL
lock. fruit, car loaninS. car renting,
ar loading and every other car cor
grafton or person, their lessees, trus.
ses. receivers or trustees appointed py
ny court whatsoever, operating ior
within this state.
tml The term pipe line, when USED
this act, includes all real estate, TN
ires and personal property, owheu,
operated or managed IN
with or to facilitate tns
storage. distribution or
elivery of crude oil or other fluid SUD.
iances except water through pipe