The Greeley tribune., 1912-02-08
TO REDUCE
COST OF
PRINTING

The editors of Colorado have tak
en- II upon themselves TO draft and
circulate proposed bill to reduce
the cost OF printing the constitutions
al amendments and Initiated and
referred laws.
The present law provides that
such measures shall be published 80
DAYS IN some newspaper of general
circulation published in each county
IN the state. The practice has been.
IN compliance with this law, to pub
llsh the amendments five times in
those counties where no daily papers
are printed, and 80 times in every
county where there are daily news
papers.
so long as there were few amend
ments and no referred or initiated
laws to be printed, the present law
was reasonably satisfactory. Inas-
much, however, as the pepole have
taken to themselves the task of di-
rect law making, the present law
has become burden, and the bill of
the editors is the result of an effort
to better matters, while still giving
the greatest amount of publicity to
all measures at the least possible
cost.
The new law, if it becomes such,
provides for one publication only in
each of two papers of opposite po-
litical faith in each county which
represent the two principal political
parties in that county. 1t further
provides more convenient form for
the amendments that the ordinary
blanket style, thus making il pos
sible to preserve them for future
reference.
The cost of publication under the
proposed law will be practically the
same as by the Oregon pamphlet
law, and it is believed will give more
publicity than the latter.
The bill follows in full:
An act to provide for reducing the
cost of publishing constitutional
amendments. initiated and referred
laws; also providing for publishing
arguments for and against the same.
Be it enacted by the people of the
State of Colorado
Section l. Not later than thirty
days, nor earlier than sixty days be-
fore any general or special election
at which any law, part of a law, or
amendment to the constitution is to
be submitted to the people, the sec
retary of state shall cause to be pub
lished once in full in two newspap-
ers. of opposite political faith, II
such there be. in each county in the
state, compactly and without unnec-
essary spacing, a true copy of the
title and the text of each law, part
of law, or constitutional amend
ment to be submitted. with the num-
ber and form in which the ballot
title thereof will be printed on the
official ballot, together with argu-
ments for and against the same. as
hereinafter provided. Any person.
committee or organization interested
for or against any constitutional
amendment, initiated or referred
law, or part of law. may file with
the secretary of state not later than
seventy days before any general or
special election at which said con-
stitutional amendment, initiated or
referred law, or part of law, is to
be submitted. arguments either for
or against said constitutional amend
ment, initiated or referred law, or
part of law. Providing that pay
ment for the publication of argu-
ments shall be made by the parties
presenting the arguments for publ
cation: and the secretary OF state
shall refuse to have any arguments
either for or against any constttu-
tional amendment, initiated or refer
red law, or part of a law, published
until the amount of money required
to pay for the same shall have been
deposited with him.
Section 2. Said constitutional
amendment or amendments. initiat-
ed and referred laws and arguments
shall be published in a separate part
of said newspaper and the greater
part of said separate part or section
of said newspaper shall be devoted
to said amendments, initiated and
referred laws, and arguments. The
size of the pages in the section oil
said newspaper devoted to said CON
stitutional amendments, initiated
and referred laws, and arguments,
shall not be larger than eleven tlll
by fifteen (15) inches nor smaller
than nine 90 by twelve tl2l
inches. and it is further provided
that If said constitutional amend
ments. initiated and referred laws
and arguments, are printed in type
larger than nonpariel in size, pay
ment shall be made upon the same
basis as II the said constitutions
amendments, initiated and referred
laws, and arguments had been print
ed in nonpariel size type.
Section 8. 1t is further provid-
ed. that the two newspapers referred
to in Section 1 of this act shall De
the two newspapers representing the
two political parties polling the lars-
est number of votes at the last pre-
ceding state election.