The Monte Vista journal., 1912-10-19

tsEAA' Secretary Of State
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
PROSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
COLORADO. INITIATED by PETIT
Notice is hereby given that at the Cen
sral Election to be held on the Fifth day
submitted to the qualified electors of
,Se State of Colorado. for their approval
or rejection, the following proposed
sase on coo2ado e initiated by Petton
Under the Initiative and Referendum,
which Initiated petition contained the
signatures of more than the required
lumber of legal voters, ,(s per cent? OF
the State of Colorado. duly verified, in
accordance with the Law. and filed in
the office of the Secretary of State on
he TWENTY day of JUNE, A
i1,' 1912 at 1880 o'clock. A. NJ
The authority for submitting such pro-
nosed amendment to the Constitution Is
found in Section ! Of Article 3 of the
providing for the Initiative and Referen-
The proposed amendment to the Consti-
tuition of the State of Colorado is as fol-
'0S INSTITUTIONAL. AMENDMENT.
AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTR.
TUITION. OF THE STATE OF COLO
ARTICLE TO BE KNOWN AS AR
TicLE XXI-REcALL FROM OF
Be It Enacted BY the People of the State of
Section 1. The Constitution of the
State of Colorado shall be amended by
adding thereto new Article to be known
as "ARTICLE XXI-RECALL FROM
OFFICE" which when ratified by ma
jority of those voting thereon shall be
valid as a part of the Constitution of the
State of Colorado, and the said amend
&c n the fl lie wing words and fig
ures:
ARTICLE Xxx. RECALL FROM
OFFICE.
Section /. Every elective public Off
Ger of the State of Colorado may be re-
called from office at any time by the
electors entitled to vote for a successor
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
DO as follows:
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
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
petitions for nominations to office held
by the incumbent sought to be recalled
are required to be filed; Provided, If
more than one person is required by law
to be elected to fill the office of which
the person sought to be recalled Is an
Incumbent. then the said petition shall
be signed by electors entitled to vote for
successor to the incumbent sought to
five per centum of the entire vote cast
At the last preceding general election
ior all candidates for the office. to which
me incumbent sought to be recalled was
said entire vote being divided by the
number Of al officers elected to such
office. at the last preceding general cleo
uon; and such petition shall contain
general statement, in not more than two
hundred words, of the ground or grounds
on which such recall Is sought, which
statement is intended for the informa-
tiol of the electors. and the electors
snail be the sole and exclusive judges OIL
l1e legality. reasonableness and suffi-
ciency of such ground or grounds as,
or groun-s shall not be open 10 review.
Section 2. Any recall petition may be
circulated and signed in sections. pro,
yided each section shall contain a full
and accurate copy of the title and text
9, the petition; ana such recall petition
s sall be filed In the office in which petit
IONS Tor nominations to office held by
required to be filed.
Inc signatures to such recall petition
need not all be on one sheet OF paper.
out each signer must add to his signature
S M cate OF his signing said petition, ana
lumber, If any. should he reside IN
Town so or city. The person circulating
sueh sheet must make and subscribe an
Vath on said sheet that the signatures
neteon are genuine, and false oath,
Nlliully SO made and subscribed. by such
pefsoh' shall be perjury and be punlshe9
as such; All petitions shall be deemed
ana held to be sufficient II they appear
70 be signed by the requisite number OF
tshers, and such siEners shall be deemed
ana held TO be qualified electors, unless
q d protest In writing under oath shall DC
uoh has been filed. by Some qualifleu
hector within fifteen days after such pc
utlon is filed. setting forth specifically
me officer with whom such petition IS
neu shall forthwith mail u copy OF such
R,vlest TO the person or persons haIneu
U ~ soyh petition as representing the sign
Us thereof, together with n notice TX
ns a time for hearing such protest not
YES than five nor more than ton days
Islyf such notice Is mailed. All hearings
,nai be before the officer with whom
.Hch protest Is filed. and all testimony
tsnau be under oath. Such hearings shhl,
ue summary and not subject to delay ana
must be concluded within thirty days az.
st such petition Ii filed, and the result
thereof shall be forthwith certified to the
petton or persons representing the sign
rs OF such petition. In case the petition
~ not Hufficient II may be Withdrawn ny
ne person or majority or the persons
IepfcnontlnR tho signers OF such petition.
aanu may, within fifteen days thereafter
,' n. amended and relied as an original pc
ZION. The finding Ms to the sufficieney
tate Nate court of general Jurisdiction In the
oun'y In which such petition 10 filed.
,a pon application of the person or a ma