The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-10-22

constitution of the state Of Colorado,
tive iss and y Esfer.. rs.i,tCn under the !nitia,
Psition contained the signatres OF
1Urs Than the required number to-
stat. % q cnioliS. Sf the legal voters Of the
tas Sifics Gis Of the Secretary Of state on
EiGhte enth day Of June. A. D. 1914.
o'clock. .. n
,rope..c authority 70. submittins such
Epose3 anne ndment to the Coaotitu
s,Sh ls found in Section l Of Article v
Co,ne me Sonstitution OF the state ef
An ACT 10 AMEND SECTION I OF
ARTiCLE v OF THE cONSTlrU-
TiON OF THE STATE OF COLO
RADo RELATIVE TO THE INiTIA.
1--WE AND REFERENDUM
- 10 ksscfst sv sAs Pessis Of the State sf
CsisrsSe:
Section /. That Section 1 Of Artl-
e!s OF the Constit, tion Of the state
colorado be and the same 70 here
sy amended 80 a. to read - foilows:
the state shall bs vested in the Gen
sna ra assembly consisting Of . Senaes
pie reserve to Themselves the power to
pfopone laws and amend nents to the
constitution and to enact or reject the
General Assembly. and also reserve
power At their own option to approve
Or reject At the polls anv act. item.
ersfi1n ersf n..rp or part Of any act Of the Gen
the people IL the INITIATIVE. and at
Least .. ,sa,; eight per ] cent Of the lss.! vot
Measure by petition, and every such
petition shall Include the full text of
pes,on: fer SO state .sS
smsndments to the Constitution shall
Be addressed to and filed with the
%"rst. Secretary ., Of state At least r;Ys fcus
they are to be voted uDon: provided;
under .ss, the % authority Of this section sios
measure or any other measure Of the
same substance. character or purpose.
or designed to accomplish the same
either by state LEGISLATION or By
amendment 70 the Constitution. shall
not not be Initiated nor nor shall an any pet, psti,
At any election held within six year.
from the election at which the rejected
measure was submitted
the s REFGRhRoUM sfSS T sGs asd Il msy s.so BE- or
dered. except as to laws necessary for
the immediate preservation of the pub
lIC pCACc, ueAllu Ut 8Alcly, anu hppEo-
priations for the support and mainte:
nance of the department OF state and
state Institutions. AGAINST any act. sec;
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 davs after the
final adjournmsnt Of the session Of tn; IA
on which the referendum j. dema nded.
The filing Of = referendum petition
against any Item. section or part of
81 the act so% hs
The veto power of the Governor shall
not extend to measures Initiated by. or
on to the seS. 10 s psee.
the state shall be held at the biennial
regular general election. and all such
part Of the constitStion. When ap-
proved by q majority Of the votes cast
thereon. and not otherwise. and shall
Of the official deciaratio.. 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 The whole
ssase q. ths 0tss res1ar e esneTsi @ secslon %
last preceding the filing of any petit
tion for the Initiative or referendum
snail De tno OA1Io On WnlCu tn0 num-
ber of legal voters necessary to sign
such petition shall be counted
Essspt as = esEs!n.eGys s,.,. orSnIb,'eG
people for adoption or rejection at the
polls. In compliance herewith. The pc
tition shall consist Of sheets having
.ves he aon be dsss
mated or prescribed by the Secretary Of
State: such petition shal! be signed BY
persons only: =. i. iS w which shall g =.
person and the date Of signing the
.ssh mS sssn Of Of 'us@ che ct more
sheets. shall be attached an affidavit
Of some GpSsiifisd G,Salaa. = eiestor; ss that each
s" the peqsen whose whose name @ it purports nas to 70
edge and belief Of the affiant. each
OF tse At the t%e Of snnnx sad
elector. Such petition so verified shall
be prima facie evidence that the sig
and ths, ese sienins the ' same
are qualified electors. The text Of ali
measures to be submitted shall be pub
are published. and in submitting the
same and in all matters pertaining to
the form of all petitions the Secretary
guided. by the general laws. and the
act submitting this amendment. until
legislation shall be ,speciaily provid-
The stvie of all laws adopted bv the
people through tho Initiative shall be.
"Bc 1t Enacted b. the People Of the
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 OF for their respective
municipalities. The manner of exercis-
ing said powers shall be prescribed by
general laws. except that cities. towns
q d 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-
ouired to order the referendum. nor
more than fifteen per cent. to propos.
any measure by the initiative in any
sity. town or municipality
If 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
mendment receiving the greatest
number of affirmative votes shall pre
vail in all particulars as to which
there IL a conflict.
This section Of the Constitution shall
he in all respects self-executinE.