The Springfield herald., 1914-10-09
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
OF COLORADO. INITIATED ny
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
for their approval or rejection. the f9l-
Constitution Of the State OF Colorado.
inltiaied mt Iy Petition under the InitIa;
petition contained the signatures OF
more than the required number (to-
State s OF ns Ss si1 ys9ssa o see
the office of the Secretary of State on
the Eighteenth day of June. A. u. 1914,
The authority for submitting such
spises sioh Is found nehe IN Section e Of Article
sne of the
AN ACT TO AMEND sEcTIoN OF
ARTICLE OF THE CONSTITU-
TIoN OF THE STATE OF COLO
RADIO RELATIVE TO THE INITIA-
TIVE AND REFERENDUM.
Be 1t Enactcd by the People of the State Of
Colorado:
Section /. That Section 1 of Arti-
Gle Y OF the Constitution of the State
Of Colorado be and the same Is here
by amended SO as to read as follows:
Section /. The legislative power of
the. State shall be vested In the Cen
and House OF representatives. both to
be elected by the people. but the peo-
pie reserve to themselves the power to
propose laws and amendments to tne
Constitution and to enact or reject the
same at the polls independent OF the
power at their own option to approve
or reject at the polls anv act Item.
erai 1 assembly. @ BY AA' A -
the people is the INITIATIVE ,1 "a, and dat at
erS shall be required to propose any
measure by petition. and every such af
the measure SO pronosed. initiative
petitions for State legislation and
to the s %th shf the
hhsry mehshs before ha's sha election Ct at which
that Whenever any measure Initiated
under the authority Of this section
measure or any other measure Of the
same substance. character or purpose.
or designed to the sams anna
amendment to the Constitution. shall
ton o 9s sserefor be flea Ha for saSmissio
at any election held within ~ six years years
from the sieston ,bmitssd at Which the rejected
The second power hereby reserved Is
the REFERENDUM. and it may be or
the Immediate preservation OF the pub
lie peace, health or safety. and appro-
nance M isof Of the the department Of state and
state institutions. against any act sec,
tion or part of any act of the General d
Assembly. either by a petition signed
by five per cent of the legal voters
or by the General Assembly; Refer
endum petitions shall be addressed to
and filed with the Secretary of State
not more than ninety days after the
General Gene Assembly. that passed the bill
d. which the referendum. IL demandeG-
The filing of referendum petition
any act. shall not delay the remainder
of the act from becoming operative
not extend to measures initiated by. or
referred to the people. All election. +.
the State shall be held at the biennial
regular general election. and all such
measures shall bsS9me the sSsr law or
proved by n majority of the votes casl
thereon. and not otherwise. and shall
Of the official deeiaratio. of the vote
thereon by the proclamation of the
Governor, but not, later than thirty
This section shall not be construed to
deprive tho General Assembly of the
right to enact any measure. Tho whole
number of votes cast for Secretary of
state at the regular general election
ton FOR the initiative or referendum
shall be the basis on which the num-
sseh ese OF petition shs be
Except as hereinabovee, prohibited
the Secretary of State shall submit all
people for adoption or rejection at the
polls. in compliance herewith. The pc +.
such general form printed or written
at the top thereof as shall be desig.
mated or prescribed by the Secretary Of
adalified electors in their own proper
persons only. to which shall be at
same, TO each Of such petitions.
sheets. shall be attached an affidavit
of some qualified elector.. that each
signature thsreon is the sisnatn.s Of
edge and Fbeiief Of the affiant. each
was at the time Of signing. a qualified
slector. Such petition SO verified shall
natures thereon are senuine and true
and that the persons signing the same
measures to be admitted shall be pub
lished as constitutional amendments
are published. and in submitting the
the the form Of ali petitions the seeretary
of state and all other officers shall be
ss nnd
legislation shall be especially provid-
" The % stvie of al, laws adopted by til.
people through the Initiative shall be.
:.Be It ENACTED TsYa..,I! BY tho 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
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 mum icipalities 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 tho legal voters NAV be re-
ouired to order the referendum. nor
any measure by the initiative in any
civ town or unicipalitv.
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
number of affirmative votes shall pre-
vail in all particulars as to which
there is a conflict
This section of the Constitution shall
be in all respects self-executing.
We, the, petitioners. hereby dssig-
nate the following named persons.
whose addresses are set opposite their
respective Names who shall represent
the siEners hereof in all matters al
fecting this petition: G. y. Hamilton,
Denver oxford Hotel: r. r. Conway.
1746 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
said election. shall be as follows: