The Springfield herald., 1914-10-16
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
OF COLORADO, INITIATED BY
PETITION UNDER THE INITIA-
TIVE AND REFERENDUM.

General Election to be held on the
there viii be - submitted ~ to the quail
lied electors of the State OF Colorado.
Tor their approval or rejection. the fol
Constitution of the State of Colorado.
Initiated init by Petition under the inttia,, IA
psttan and IT.. wheh
more than the required number (to-
S,n; %it: s9sl Of the legal votsIs Of the the
the office o1she Secretary Of State on
the Eighteenth day of June. A. d. 1914.
The authority for ssbmittins such
propcaei amendment to the Constitu
tion y found in Section of Article v
of the Constitution of the State of
Colorado. providing for the Initiative
and Referendum.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1 OF
ARTICLE v OF THE CONSTITU-
RADIO RELATIVE TO THE INITIA-
TIVE AND REFERENDUM.
Be 1t Enacted BY the People of tho State of
Colorado:
Section 1. That Section l of Arti-
OF Colorado be and the same Is here
by amended SO SO as to read d. as follows; 8
the. State shall be vested In the Cen
,eral Assembly consisting of Senate
and House of REPRESENTATIVES. both to
pie reserve to themselves the power TO
propose laws and amendments to the
same at the the polls independent Of the
General Assembly. and also reserve
power at their own option to approwe
section or part Of any act OF the Cen
eral Assembly. bali
the The seaps sfs i ss: sna
least eight per cent. of the legal vot-
ers shall be required to propose any
petition shall inciude the full text OF
the measure 80 pronosed Initiattvds TIVE
0f to sfs's she sha
Secretary OF state at least four four
they are to be voted upon: provided;
that whenever any measure Initiated
sha be ehe eeee,eS such
measure or any other measure of the
same substance. character or purpose
end. either directly. or Indirectly. and
either by. state legisla,tion or By 4
nat Ss to the pea
tion therefor be filed. for submission
at any election held within. six years
from the election at which the rejected
measure was submitted.
,, The sesSnd ,op i1 29Tsr hereby reserved S r is
dered. except as to laws necessary for
the immediate preservation of the pub
lie peace. health safety. and appro-
nance of the department of state and
state institutions. against any act. Sec
tion or part Of any act OF the Genera,
by five per cent of the legal voters
or by the General Assembly: Refer
and filed with the Secretary Of state
not more than ninety days after the
q hae aee passsd the
on which the referendum Is demanded
The filing Of referendum petition
any act shall not delay the remainder
of the act from becoming operative:
referred to the people All elections
on measures referred to the people of
regular general election. and all such
measures shall become the law or n
Dso1ed q the oft Wotes
thereon. and not otherwise. and shall
take effect from and after the date
of the official declaration. of the vote
thereon by the proclamation of the
Governor. but not. later than thirty
This section shall not be construed to
deprive the General Assembly of the
right to enact any measure; Tho whole
State at the regular general election
last preceding the filing of any petit
shall % be be- the . basis on which the mum.
ber of legal voters necessary to sign
such petition shall be counted.
the Secretary of State shall submit all
measures initiated by or referred to the
people for adoption or rejection at the
tition shall consist of sheets having
such general form printed or written
m mated ed or JS prescribed BY the Secretary Of
State: such petition shall be signed by
pase1,s' peTsons oniy t to Which shall r be op at
tached the residence address of such
which may consist of one or more
sheets. shall be attached an affidavit
signature thereon is the. signature of
the person whose name It purports to
edge and belief of the affiant. each
Of the persohs signing said petition
was at the time of signing. a qualified
sIi be prima facie evidence that the Sig M
natures thereon are genuine land true
and that ths psss1ns s,ssfn, signing the same
measures to be submitted shall be pub
lished as constitutional amendments
same and in all matters pertaining to
the form of all petitions the Secretary
of State and A all other SiI. officers shall be
act submitting. this amendment. until
legislation shall be especially provid-
eo The fa' stvie of all laws adopted bv tn.
people through the Initiative shall be.
BE 1t Enacted Dy tn6 TeOpl6 OF the
State of Colorado"
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
municipality as to all local. special
and municipal legislation of every
character 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
pal legislation. Not more than ten per
cent of the legal voters NAV be re-
auired to order the referendum. nor
any measure by the initiative in any
city, town or municipality.
II 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
vail in all particulars as to which
there Is conflict
This section of the Constitution shall
be In all respects self-executing.
We. the petitioners. hereby desie-
whose addresses are set opposite their
respective names. who shall represent
the signers hereof in all matters af-
fecting this petition: c. 3. Hamilton,
Denver, oxford Hotel: e. r. Conway,
1746 California Street, Denver; Harry
NJ Burhans, 221 McPhee Bldg, Denver.
The BALLOT-TITLE under which the
aforesaid initiative amendment to the
shall appear on the official ballot at
cold aIection shall be as follows: