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section The ieeisia;ive power Of
e"s state snail Ice vested IN the tseb-
e4~i AsssmDiy coasistiBe Of q .sesate
sha House OF Representatives. both 10
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bi"S"se laws ana amend nents 10 the
t"nstitsl.on and to enact or reject the
General Assembly. and also reserve
power at their own option 10 approSe
or reject at the polls anv act. item.
sral AsssuIbly
The first power HEREBY reserved bv
the people rs the fNfTIATINE and At
feast eight per cent. of the legal Not
srs shall be REQUIRED to propose any
measure BY petition. and every such
petition shall include the fun text OF
The measure 80 pronosed Initiative
petitioDs for state lsgislation and
amendments To the Constitution shall
secretars Of state a, Ieast four
months before the election at which
They are TO he voted upon: provided:
under the authority Of this section
ehall be rejected at such election. such
measure or any other measure OF the
or designed TO accomplish the same
end. either directly or Indirectly. and
sssr sna, by s,",s 'ss,sis,,sn ;,,s,,o or .,sl sH
tion therefor be filed. for submission
at any election held within six wears
from the election at which the rejected
measure was submitted
The second power hereby reserved is
the REF tERENDJM and II may be or
dered. except as to laws necessary for
he immediate preservation of the pub
lie peace. health or safety. and appro-
priations for the support and mainte-
nance Of the department of state and
state Institutions. against anv act. sec.
lion or cart q any act Of The Genera,
Assembly. either by a petition oigned
by five psr cent Of the legal voters
or by the General Assembly Refer
eldum petitions shall be addressed to
and filed with the secretary Of State
not more than ninety davs after the
final adjournment Of the session OF Z n :
ON which the referendum 10 dema nded
The Filing Of referensAsm petition
sss "s ss .s.n s"s sssH *. "r
- the act tFo0 DecosainR operative
Tle veto poser Of the Hovsrnor shall
NS the people. All eleet4on .
on Ihsassrs2 4 yfcrrr~ 70 the people of
the state shall be he'd at the biennial
measures shall become the Law or a
part OF the Constitution. when ap-
proved by a majority of the votes cas-
thereon. and not otherwise, and shall
take effect from and after the dat e
Of the official declaratio- of the vote
Governor. but not later than thirty
DAYS after the vote has been canvassed
This section shall not be construed to
right to enact any measure The whole
number OF votes cast for Secretary Of
state at the regular general election
last preceding the filing OF any petit
tion Yer the Initiative or referendum
shall be the basis on which the num-
ber Of legal voters necessary TO sign
such petition shall be counted
Excem as hereinabove prohibited
the SECRETARY Of state shall submit all
measures initiated by or referred to the
people for adoption or rejection at the
volis. in compliance herewith The pc
titiOn shall consist OF sheets having
euch general form printed OF written
mated or prescribed by the secretary of
State; such petition shall he signed by
qualified electors in their own proper
persons only. TO which shall be at =
tached the residence address Of such
person and the date of signing the
s,sh sv ms easn e"n,. 1 ue@ ON. er
sheets shall be attached an affidavit
of some qualified elector. that each
the person whose name II purports to
be and that to the best of the knowl-
edge and belief of the affiant. each
Of the persons signing said petition
was at the time of signing. qualified
q elector such petition SO verified shall
he prima faeie evidence that the sig
natures thereon are genuine and true
and that the persons sirnne the came
are qualified electors. The text of all
measures to be submitted shall be pub
iisbed as constitutional amendments
are published. and in submitting the
same and in all matters yertaining TO
the form of all petitiors the Secretary
of State and all other officers shall he
Guided by the general laws and the
act submitting this amendment. until
legislation shall be speciaily provid-
, The stvIe of all laws adopted hv the
people through the Initiative shall be
sRe Il Enacted by the People of the
state of Colorado"
The initiative and referendum pow
ers reserN ed 10 the people by this eec-
tien are hereby further reserved to the
legal voters OF every cIfv. town and
,u,Inicipalitv as to all local speciai
and municipal legislation OF every
character in or for their respective
uunicipalitier The manner of exercis-
ing said powers shall be prescribed by
peneral laws except that cities towns
q q Municipalities may provide for the
manner of exercising the initiative and
referendum powers as to their nlunici
nal Legislation. Not more than ten per
20 MT of the legal voters NAV he re
uuired TO order the referendum. nor
more than fifteen per cent to propos.
sny measure bv the initiative in snv
,ity town or rnunicipslity.
Jf two or more Legislative measures
or amendments TO the Const tuition. as
The case may he. shall be adopted al
the same election. the measure
amendment receiving the greatest
number of Affirmative votes shall pre-
Vail in all particulars as TO which
there is conflict .
This section of the Constitution shall
bs in all respects self f-eNrcut
W. the petitioners. herehv desig
mai. the following named persons
Who's addrt sses are set ouposite their
,esDertivp ua mes. who shall represent
The signers hereof in 81 rne tiers al