The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-25
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
COLORADO. INITIATED BY PETE
TION UNDER THE INITIATIVE
AEn REIERENDUM.


AND REFERENDUM.
Notice is hereby given that at the Cen
OF ora November. on " 4. " d. 1919. there win be
submitted 10 the qualified electors OF
the State of Colorado; for their approval
amendment TO the Constitution OF the
State OF Colorado. initiated by Petition
which initiated petition contained the
signatures Of more than the required
number of legal voters. Is per cent? Of
accordance with the Law. and filed In
the office of the Secretary OF State on
D. 1912. at 11::o O'Clock. A. NJ.
The authority for submitting such pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution is
Constitution of the State of Colorado.
providing for the Initiative and Referen-
The proposed amendment to the Consti-
tuition OF the Stats of Colorado is as fol-
cSoNsTITUTIoNALA AMENDMENT.
AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTI-
TUITION OF THE STATE OF COLO
RAP2 HAPfeLh ADR5Ss Td Be TKE6EFo KN6WN As SKw R
TIcLE XxI-REcALL FROM Of
Be II 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 a ma
valid ms a part of the Constitution OF the
State OF Colorado, and the said amend
-nent Is in the following words and fig
ures:
ARTICLE xxl.-REcALL FROM
OFFICE.
Section l.. Every elective public Off
called from office at any time by the
electors entitled to vote for a successor
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
be as follows:
petition signed by electors entitled
to vote for successor OF the incumbent
twenty-five per centum of the entire
vote cast at the last preceding election
the Incumbent sought to be recalled oc-
cupies, demanding an election OF the sue
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
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
FOR all candidates for the office. .S 70 %nlen NJ
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
tion. and such petition shall contain a
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-
shall be the sole and exclusive Judges OF
t.le legality. reasonableness and suffi-
signed Tor such recaIi. and said ground
or groun.s shall not be open 70 review.
Section. 2. ANY recall petition may DC
yided each section shall contain a full
and accurate copy of the title. and text
Shall ST III be ' filed in the the office in which peti-
tions for nominations to office held by
the Incumbent sought to be recalled are
The signatures to such recall petition
need not all be on one sheet OF paper
the date OF his signing said petition. and
his place of residence. giving his street
number. II any. should he reside In Q
such sheet must make and subscribe ar
oatn on said sheet that the signatures
wiifuily 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 II they appear
10 be signed by the requisite number OF
eigners and such signers shall be deemed
and held to De quhiiIieu tiectofs, unicse
a protest In writing under oath shall be
filed in the office In which such peti,
tion has been filed. by some qualified
eiector. within fifteen days after such pc.
tition is filed. setting forth specifically
the grounds of such protest. whereupon
the officer with whom such petition u
filed shall forthwith mail copy OF such
protest TO the person or persons ramed
IN such petition as representing the sign
ers thereof. together with a notice fix.
ing a time for hearing such protest not
leas 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 70 delay, and
must be concluded within thirty days al
ter such petition is filed, and the result
thereof shall be forthwith certified to the
nerson or persons representing the sign
ers Of such petition. In case the petition
a. not sufficient IL may be Withdrawn by
the person or majority of the persons
renresenting the signers of such petition
and may. within fifteen days thereafter
he amended and refilcd as an original PEE
tition. The finding as to the sufficiency
STATE court of general jurisdiction in the
county in which such petition is filed
upon Application OF the person or ma