The Elbert County tribune., 1914-10-16

Third day of November A. D. 1914.
there wiz be sobm'tted 10 the quail
fer thesf spprovsI or rejection. the fol
lowing proposed amendment to the
constttutton OF the State or Colorado,
enfttetci by Petition under the Initia..
tive sud Referendum. which initiate
S,etU'ou contained the signatures OF
wit sss, OF the legal yciers OF the
state Of Colorado. duly verified. In nc
ei,c offifc OF the Secretary Of State o.,
thc Eighteenth d1y OF June. A. D. isi4,
nt 10 O'Clock. o. m.
srercsed a,oendne1t 1 g ', the ccnstitu
lion Y. found IN Section OF Article Y
Of tbc. Constitution OF the state Of
So1S,5do, proyidsne for the iuitintivs
AN hcr 10 AMEND SECTION / OF
ARTICLE OF THE CONSTITU-
WON OF THE STATE or COLO
RApo RELATIVE 10 THE iNrrIAs
tive hNo RErEsENoUM.
Nc - rnactrd tp fhe People OF the state Of
Colorado
section A. That Section OF Artl-.
c,c OF the constlt. ton OF the STATE
81 Colorado be aud the same is here
sy amended .. as 70 read as follows;
the state shalt be vented In the Cen
crsi nssembiy consulting OF cennte
HHt tiourc OF REPRESENTATIVE both "
0s clrcted by the people, but the PEG
eie rescfye 10 themselves the power 10
nrop"rc laws and amend .ncnts to the
co'r.t,tuti0n aud TO enact or reject the
a. me ~ the POLLS Independent OF the
drnrrht Assembly. and also reserve
d reject 81 the polls anv act. item
.sect,3r-pr. part .of nsls netsot tue Gen
RVS f's.s9 power ftercws reserved by
!hc peopte. IL tt,v rSf,nfNT1vE. and ut
tuest eight per cent OF. the iegnt vot-
,rsasure sure w ts sctitl"r' ssu @ every ve such
Oetition shSfl include tho full text OF
the measure SO pronosed; Initiativc
asBcndmcnts to the Constitution shall
sc addressed to and fileg with the
yuontha before the election Mt which
they see TO be voted upor; provided:
that whenever amy measure initiated
shsli he rejected ut such election. such
mcssure. or any other measure of the
Or DESIGNED 10 nccoinpiish the same
end, either directly. or !ndirecty. and
c,sie, by sta,e lcgisIa,ioG or bH
-. Il sISs t.ss ss sss sS,asso pn @
from thc election nj which the rejected
sieasurr was submitted
ena s nsseiy % Ss IS
dercd. except as TO laws necessary for
the immediate preservation OF the pub-
Wv Hthtts nttitAf Vf Hitittts anu tppfo-
priatiops FOR the support aud mninte-
nance OF the department OF state and
state '"stitutions. against any act. sec.
ti"n or part Of any net OF the General
AsscmbIy. either by petition signed
nv five per cent OF the legal voters
endun petitions shall be addressed TO
and filed with the Secretary or Statc
rot more than ninety dass after the
General "A Assctnbly. that passed the bill
.ss,sss sster fccczltlpip is siemruded.
nsasnsts any item. section or bart of
any. act shalt not delay tho rcma nder
Or mr the act from beso'aing opernt,tve,;;
nct' extend "a. mensures Initiated by. or
referred TO the pcope All elections
tbe state shail be held at the biennial
regular general eicction. aud NIL such
part Of the Constitution. when ap,
proved by a majority OF tho votes Gag.
fi:rccn. and not otherwise and shall
of the official deciaratio OF the vote
thereon by the proclamation of the
dava affcr the vote has been canvassed
deprive the General Assemb,s OF the
Gtiinbtf Of votes cast for Secretary. OF
Stnte nt the vegutar gcaoral election
tior for the inttIattvc or referendum
ahail he tho beats on which the num-
her Of ieEaI VOTERS necessary, to Sign
lcxcept as hereinabove prohibited.
tho Secretary OF State shall submit ali
sncssures initiated by or referred to the
poiis in compliance herewith. The pc
tition siaii consist OF sheets having
such general form printed or written
mated ~ ed or I prcscri6ed by the % secretary @ s' Ct
state, such petition shall be signed by
pcrsons only. to which shall be at
factied the residence address OF such
person m Tnd The ths date OF offs, signing the
Sssaa s'ss sS Sns astaeSsa aS HI Sis
signature thereon Is the signature OF
the person whose name IL p,irports to
& as spa saa st Dss, sse atfnnt SSs6
Of the persons signing said petition
was AZ the time Of signing. a qualified
ne priria facic evidence that the sig
natures thereon ARE genuine and true
arc arc anaifed a" led eicetors The iext ue Of same al
sneasurcs to be submitted shall be pub
asshcd ns constitutional amendments
ssamc and IN all matters pertaining to
the form of all petitions the Secretary
nf State and NIL other officers shall be
act submitting this amendment. until
legislation shall be s,necially provid-
The sfvie OF all laws adopted hv the
people through the initiatiye shnll be.
'-lic II lIfbtttu Dt tnt icoptt OF the
&,fatc OF Colorado"
The initiative and referendum now
ers reserved to the people by this Sec
efon arc hereby further reserved to the
0egai voters OF every city. town and
: snpnlcipaItty as to all local. snecial
and municipal legislation of every
character In or for their respective
municipalities. The manner OF exercls-
tHE said powers shall be prescribed by
general laws, except that cities. towns
n d municipalities may provide for the
manner of exercising the initiative and
referendum powers AS to their nunici
nal legislation. Not more than ten per
cent of the legal voters mev be re-
uuircd TO order the referendum. nor
suorc than fifteen per cent. to propos.
amy measure by the Initiative In any
Cjty. town or municipality
Yf two or more legislative measures
or amendments 20 the Constitution. as
the case may be. shall be adopted at
tlie same election. the measure OF