Gilpin observer., 1912-10-17
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
COLORADO, INITIATED by PETI-
TION UNDER THE INITIATIVE IL


AND REFERENDUM.
Notice is hereby given that at the Cen
or efa to be D. nea 1871 there WIN By
submitted to the qualified electors of
tn. State of Colorado for their approval
amendment to the Constitution of the
State of Colorado initiated by Petition
under the Initiative and Referendum,
signatures of more than the required
number of legal voters. Is. 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
the TWENTY NINTH day of JUNE. A.
d, 1912, at 1880 O'clock A NJ.
The authority for submitting such pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution is
found in Section l of Article 8 Of the
providing for the Initiative and Referen-
dunn.
tuition of the State of Colorado is as fol-
lows: s: -
TUITION OF THE STATE OF COLO
RADIO ADDING THERETO A NEW
TicLE XXi-RECALL FROM Or
Be 1t Enacted by the People of the State of
section section /. The Constitution of the
State of Colorado shall be amended by
adding I thereto = new ATtiele hsH to be knoWn ,i
OFFICE" which when ratified by a ma
1ority of those voting thereon shall be
valid as a part of the Constitution of the
State of Colorado, and the said amend
nent is in the following words and fig
ures:
ARTICLE XM-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 successor
of such incumbent through the procedure
and in the manner herein provided for.
rr,l,i inI, oh he ms ha
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 a 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
the incumbent sought to be recalled &C.
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. II
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
be recalled equal in number to twenty
five per centum of the entire vote cast
for all candidates for the office. to which
the incumbent sought to be recalled was
elected as one of the officers thereof,
said entire vote being divided by the
number of all officers elected to such
office. at the last preceding general cleo
ton; 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-
tion of the electors, and the electors
shall be the sole and exclusive judges of
tlie legality. reasonableness and suffi-
cheney of such ground or grounds as,
signed for such recall and said ground
or groun-s shall not be open 20 review.
Section 2. Any recall petition may be
vided each section shall contain full
and accurate copy of the title ana text
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.
need not all be on one sheet OF paper
but each signer must add to his signature
the date of his signing said petition. and
his place of residence, giving his street
number, II any. should he reside In "a
town or city. The person circulating
such sheet must make and subscribe an
oath said sheet that the signatures
thereon genuine. and false OATH
wilfully SO made and subscribed. by such
person, shall be perjury and be punished
as such, All petitions shall be deemed
and held to be sufficient If 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 petit
tlon has been filed, by some qualified
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
crs thereof, together with Il notice fix
ing a 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
is not sufficient IL may be withdrawn by
the person or n majority OF the persons
representlng the signers of such petition.
and may within fifteen days thereafter.
be amended and refiled as an original pc
rition. The finding as to the suffclency
of any petition may be reviewed by any
state court OF general jurisdiction In the
county in which such petition In filed,