Gilpin observer., 1914-10-22
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
Submitted to the People of Colorado by
the Nineteenth General Assembly.
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Submitted to the People of Colorado by
the Nineteenth General Assembly.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, tina!
on on the Third dre day Aas'iS Of No1ember nj ' A. p b
ausfieS ss sseetor. @ q q the State Of colo
Cons tut suesGn Of said stase the
The authority for submitting SUCH
question is found In House Bill No.
teenth General Assembly. which House
Bill was filed in the Office of the Sec
retary of State on the Second day of
and which IL. in words and figures. as
follows:
House Bill No. 453.
BY Mr.. Wright and Cunningham.
AN ACT TO SUBMIT TO THE QUAIL
FLED ELECTORS OF THE STATE
OF COLORADO AN AMENDMENT
TO ARTICLE xI OF THE CONSTI-
TUITION OF THE STATE OF COLO
RADIO.
Be IT Enacted BY the General Assembly Of
the State Of Colorado:
Section l. That there shall be sub
mitted to the qualified electors of the
State of Colorado at the next General
Election for members of the General
ton. the following amendment to the
Constitution of the State of Colorado,
which. when ratified by a majority, OF
a part Of the Constitution.
Section 2. Section of Article XII
Of the Constitution of the State of
Colorado shall be amended to read as
Section s. No city or town shall
y any asst e
shall be irrepealable until the indebt-
edness therein provided for shall have
ing the purposes to which the funds to
be raised shall be applied and provid-
Ing for the levy of tax. not exceed
Of valuation of taxable properly With
In such city. or town sufficient to pay
the annual interest and extinguish the
principal Of such debt within sixty. but
not less than ten years from the Gre
lected shall be applied only to the pur;
the Indebtedness shall be paid or dis
charged. But no such debt shall be
ring the same shall at a regular elsc
tion for councilmen. aldermen or off,
GERS of such city or town be submitted
to vote of such qualified electors there
of as shall in the year next preceding
have paid property tax therein. and
a majority Of those voting on the ques-
ballot box. shall vote in favor of ere
| ating such debt: but the aggregate
with the debt existing at the time oil
such election. shall not at any time ex.
ceed ten per cent of the valuation last
aforesaid. Debts contracted for supply
ing water to such city or town are ex-
| tion. The valuation in this section
mentioned shall be in all cases that OF
the assessment next preceding tho las,
assessment before the adoption of such
| ordinance"
Section s. Each elector voting a,
such election and desirous of voting for
or against such amendment. shall de-
| posit in the ballot-box his ticket
whereon shall be printed the words:
For the amendment concerning city
or town Indebtedness" and Against
the amendment concerning city OF
| town Indebtedness"
Section 4. All votes cast for tn,
adoption or rejection of said amend.
ment. shall be canvassed and the re.
suit be determined by the laws of the
State of Colorado for the canvass oi
votes for Representatives in Congress
In Testimony Whereof; I have here
unto set my hand and affixed the
Great Seal OF the State of Colorado
at the City of Denver. this twenty
sixth day of September. A ID. 1914
| JAMES 3. PEARCE.
(SeaD Secretary of State.