The Springfield herald., 1914-10-16
OF COLORADO. INITIATED by
PETITION UNDER THE INITIA-
TIVE AND REFERENDUN

Notice Is hereby given that at tn,
General Election to be held on the
| third day of November. A. ID. 1914
there will be submitted to the quail.
fled electors of the State of Colorado
lowing, proposed Law Of the State OF
! Colorado. initiated by Petition under
the Initiative and Referendum. which
| initiated petition contained the sigma
lures OF more than the required mum.
| ber. 6to-wit; go of the legal voters OF
| accordance with the Law. and filed in
the office of the Secretary of State on
the Twentieth day of June. A. D. 1914,
The authority for submitting such
proposed Law is found in Section OF
Article v Of the Constitution Of the
Initiative and Referendum.
AN ACT CONCERNING PROBATION
OF PERSONS PR C E E d e d
AGAINST FOR CRIME. AND
PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINT
MENT OF PROBATION OFFICERS.
BE 1t Enacted bv tho People Of the State OF
Colorado:
Section 1. This Act shall be con-
strued to be in the interest of Justice
state. The provisions of this. Act shalt
extend to minors and to all persons
who are proceeded against for misde-
meanors. They shall also extend to
any person accused of a felony. but
not to one accused of crime punish
| able by death or life Imprisonment or
accused of rape accompanied by force
or violence or of highway robbery or
arson, Provided. probation shall not b.
to who nf
felony. '
All such persons shall have the
rights now existing under the constitu-
tion and laws of this state to the same
kind of hearing and trial as now or
may hereafter be provided by law. and
no person shall be subject to the terms
of probation imposed by the Court un-
der the provisions of this act. without
his consent. Any person shall be pre- :
sumed to have consented unless objec-
tions to the action of the Court shall
be, made in writing at the time it is
taken.
Section 2. All Courts of Record of
this State before which any case COM
ing within the provisions OF this Act
iudicate that the same is proper one
for the application of the provisions
hereof. They shall have the right to
continue or adjourn the case from
time to time to suspend the sem
tence or execution thereof and place
the accused on probation. and commit
of probation officer. Any order in
any case coming under this Act may
chambers before or after the adjourn
ment of any Court term or at time
Jurisdiction of the CourtN shall not be
ended or interfered with on account of
any continuance or order entered here
under. but shall continue throughout
the entire period of probation or time
during which such cause is continued,
with the same force and effect as that
existing. during the term when such
cnuse Is filed at any other time
when the same is heard or considered
under the provisions of this Act or the
laws Of this State. The Court may; in
applying the provisions of this Act,
dttions of probation in each case as
shall seem best calculated to do jus
tiee and secure the reformation Of the
accused. Where, in the opinion of the
Court and the district Attorney, the
case Is a proper one for. the applica-
ton of the provisions Of the, law of
this State providing for the redemption
der the chancery Jurisdiction OF the
court. the cause may be dismissed Mt
any time before trial and re-filed under
such law.
Section g. The term of probation un-
der this Act in cases where persons
have been convicted shall not exceed
four years from the date of entry OF
the order suspendinE sentence or exc
cution thereof and comrnittingi tho de-
fendant to probation: Provided. that
such term may be extended by the