The Springfield herald., 1914-10-23
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
OF COLORADO. INITIATED by
PETITION UNDER THE INITlA-
TIVE AND REFERENDUM.


caSosn; Notice II hereby given that at the
there viii be submitted to the quail
Tor their approval or rejection. the fol-
lowing proposed amendment to tho
initiated by Petition tic ssn1s Under " the % Tnitia.
tive and Referendum. which initiate
petition contained the signatures of
wit: S96l of the legal voters of the
state Of Colorado. duly verified; in ac-
the office of the Secretary Of State on
the Eighteenth day of June. A. d. 1914.
At rhs 40 ,1,hoei 0Gioek; p m s,,,,..,n, ,,c,
tion is found in Section l of Article
hs for OF the the sate
and referendum.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION OF
ARTICLE v OF THE CONSTITU-
TIoN OF THE STATE OF COLO
RADIO RELATIVE TO THE INITIA-
TIVE AND REFERENDUM.
Be 1t Enacted Ov the People of the State Of
Colorado:
seGtion l. That Section Of Arti.
Gle of the Constitution of the state
of Colorado be and the same is here
by amended SO as to read as follows:
Section l.. The legislative power of
sral Assembly consisting Of a Senate
pie reserve to themselves the power to
propose laws and amendments to the
Constitution and to enact or reject the
same at the polls Independent OF the
General Assembly. and also reserve
power at their own option to approve
or reject at the polls any act Item.
eral Assembly.
The first power hereby reserved, by
q he
least eight per cent. of the legal vot-
ers shall be required to propose any
petition shall Include the full text Of
the measure SO pronosed lnitiatixe Init 1--we
Secretary ,of state IT. at least ,vh1Ub -four
that whenever any measure initiated
shall be. rejected at such election. such
measure or any other measure OF the
same substance. character or purpose; .'s
end. either directly. or Indirectly. and
either, by. state legislation or BY
tion therefor be filed. for submission
from the election at which the rejected
measure was submitted ..
the phs haG e may be
dered. except as to laws necessary Tor
the immediate preservation OF the pub
lie peace. health or safety. and appro-
priations for the support and mainte,,
nance of the department of state and
state institutions. AGAINST any act; eci sec
tlon or part of any act of the Generai
by five per. cent of the legal voters
endum petitions shall be addressed to
and filed with the Secretary of State
nSs than ninety days afteg the
General Assembly. that passed the bill
on which the referendnm Is demanded; mar ed
any act. shall not delay the remainder
The veto power of the Governor shall
not extend to measures initiated by or
to- the qe9'e to the peeeie
the State shall be held at the biennial
regular general election and all such
part of the Constitution when ap-
proved by a majority of the votes easi
take effect from and after. the date
of the official declaration of the vote
by bnt net ater tan thrs
days after the vote has been canvassed.
This, section shall not be construed to
right to enact any measure; The whole
number OF votes cast for Secretary of
last preceding the filing of any petit
tion for the initiative or referendum
such petition shall be counted.
Except as hereinabove, prohibited;
measures Initiated by or referredAo the
people for adoption or rejection at the
tpGis titon m shs eonsiss Of sheet. having
such general form printed or written
at the top sy tbs ss
State: such petition shall be signed by
qualified electors in their own proper
tached the residence address of such
person and the date of signing tho
bsh may mo sonsy Of of such che er mors
sheets. shall be attached an affidavit
OF some qualified eieetor. that each
be. be- and that 70 the best Of the knowl-
Of the persons sisnins said petition
was at the time Of signing. qualified
sieGepT ss prima faeie eYidenee that the % ss
natures thereon are genuine and true
and sieseos. hs feat e or
iished as constitutional amendments
ssme abd rs al matters n ee
the form of all petitions the Secretary
euded 81 stafe by snd the m general @ laws and the he
iegisiation leg shall be especially provid-
The stvie of all law. adopted by the
people through the Initiative shall be.
The Initiative and referendum pow
ers reserved to the people by this sec
tion are hereby further reserved to the
legal voters of every CITY. town and
municjpality as to all local. special
and municipal legislation of every
charactef in or for their respective
Municipalities. The manner of exercis-
ing said powers shall be prescribed by
general laws. except that cities. towns
and municipalities may provide for the
manner of exercising the initiative and
referendum powers as to their munich
nal legislation. Not more than ten per
cent Of the legal voters NAV be re-
quired to order the referendum. nor
any measure by the initiative in any
city town or municipalitv.
IL two or more Legislative measures
or amendments to the Constitution. as
the case may be. shall be adopted at
the same election. the measure or
amendment receiving the greatest
nurkber of affirmative votes shall pre-
vail in all particulars as to which
This section of the Constitution shall
be in all respects self-executinE.
We, the petitioners. hereby desis-
nate the following named persons.
whose addresses are set oppostte their
respective names. who shall represent
fecting this petition: C. B. Hamilton,
Denver. oxford Hotel: E. r. Conway,
I746 California street. Denver; Harry
N Burhans, 221 McPhee Bldg, Denver.
The BALLOT-TITLE under which the
aforesaid Initiative amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Colorado
shall appear on the official ballot at
foil