The Meeker herald., 1912-10-19
AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
COLORADO, INITIATED BY PI1TI~
TON UNDER THE INITIATIVE

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
CONsTlTUTIoN OF THE STATE OF
TON UNDER THE INITIATIVE
AND REFnRENDUA
ersi Election 10 be held on the Fifth day
submitted to the qualified electors OF the
rejection, The following proposed amend.
Colorado. Initiated by Petition under the
Initiative and Referendum. which initi-
ated petition contains the signatures o.
more than the required number OF legal
voters Is per esn. of the State OF c1 ith
Secretary Of state on the SECOND day
q July. A D. 1912, at s;+S o'clock
The authority for submitting such pro
posed amendment to the CONSTITUTION u
CONSTITUTION OF the State of Colorado.
providing for the Initiative and Referen-
A PROPOSAL. TO AMEND SECTION 6
TuTioN OF THE STATE OF COLO
rs 1922 ePrl tx a AND T1Ws HOME RULE
Be II Enacted BY the People Of the State Of
That Section of Article Xxx Of the
and the same is hereby amended to read
Section .; The people Of each city ,s or
Of two thousand Inhabitants as deter
mined by the last preceding census taken
nndes the authority Of the United n stste y.
town. are hereby vested with. and they
shall always have. p9wsr TIC to cb mane
OF ssaad e aas OF TO town. or shieh H.
organic law and extend to all It's local
and municipal matters. ~
Such charter and the ordinances made
pursuant thereto in such matters shall
supersede within the territorial limits and
other Jurisdiction of said city or town
any law OF the State In conflict there
with. ,.u
be submitted by the city tydS S Or 6oa abs
shall then be vested, at special elections.
tie tions. Upon n'I petitions filed by qualified
electors. all in reasonable conformity
with Section of this article. and al
be ia reasonable conformity with Sections
4 and 6 OF this article.
From and after tn: esr,fy, sss.e 20 Of fha
charter framed and approved In reason
able conformity with the provisions OF
sh Article sSfh shat. sk Or has ew
set out In Sections l, and OF this ar
ticIe, and all other powers necessary. re.
and administration of Its local and muni-
cipaI matters, including power to leRis-
late upon. provide. regulate. conduct
a. The creation and terms Of munlci-
pal offices. agencies and empl1ymenIts,
the definition. regulation and alteration
terms or tenure of all municipal officers.
agents and employees;
b. The creation of police courts; the
definition and regulation of the 1urisdtc-
ton powers and duties thereof. and the
election or appointment Of police magis-
c. The creation of municipal courts;
the definition and regulation of the juris.
dictIon, powers and duties thereof. and
the election or appointment of the Off
GERS thereof;
d. All matters pertaining to munich.
paI elections in such city or town. and
to electoral votes therein on measures
submitted under the charter or ordi-
nances thereof including the calling or
notice and the date of such election or
vote, the registration Of voters, nominal
lions nomination and election systems,
Judges and clerks of election, tho form
of ballots, balloting. challenging, can
certifying the result. securing
the purity of elections, guarding against
a buses OF the elective franchise. and
tending to make such elections or cleo
toral votes non pa tisan In character:
e. The issuance, refundinK and llqui-
dalton Of all kinds of municipal obliga-
lions, Including bonds and other obliga-
lions of park, water and local Improve
ment districts: .
of mark or water districts In such cities