The Glenwood post., 1915-05-29


sixty days after it has been filed
in the office of the clerk of the
said court. Within sixty days
referendum petition, signed by not
less than per cent of the qualified
electors of such city or city and
county, addressed to and filed with
the legislative body of said city or
city and county may request that
such charter OF amendment thereto
be submitted to the people of such
city or city and county for their
adoption or rejection. 1t shall be
the duty of said legislative body to
publish the text of such charter or
amendment thereto as initiative
ordinances are published as near rs
may be and submit such charter
or amendment thereto to the people
of such city or city and county at
an election to be called by said leg
islative body not less than sixty
days after the filing of said peti-
tion, unless there should be under
the charter of said city or city and
county a regular election to be held
for the election of officers of said
city or city and county within said
sixty days in which event such
charter or amendment thereto may
be submitted to the vote of the
people at such regular election.
''All such charters or amend
ments thereto so submitted AS here
in provided when approved by
majority of the votes east thereon
in said city or city and county
shall be and become the law of this
state and of said city or city and
county, notwithstanding the deci-
sion of the supreme court
Following this election q case knowl
as the People VS.. Provost was carried
to the supreme court from Pueblo cOun
ty to test the validity of the home rule
as adopted in 1912 which
made valid the commission forms Of
government of Grand Junction, Pueblo
Denver and Colorado Springs and which
gave all the other towns and cities OF
> 900 inhabitants the right to establish
similar governments, and the court up
held the new constitutional provision
At that time an effort was made tc
have that portion of the constitution
recalling judicial decisions declared in
valid, but the court held that the ques
ton was mot before the court.
Last fall the people adopted the pr"
hibition constitutional amendment
which read as follows:
poi "From and after the first day of
January, 1916, no person, associa-
tion or corporation, shall, within
this state, manufacture for sale or
gift any Intoxicating liquors; and
no person, association or corpora
tion shall import into this state
any Intoxicating liquors for sale or
gift; and no person, association or
corporation shall within this state,
sell or keep for sale any intoxicat-
ing liquors or offer any intoxicat-
ing liquors for barter or trade.
Provided, however, that the hand
ling of intoxicating liquors for
medicinal or sacramental purposes
may be by statute.
"Section 2. All provisions of
the constitution in conflict here
with are hereby repealed
When the Denver election was to b;
held this spring the vets proposed Al
amendment to the city charter, pro
viding that Denver shall be wet. L
was so worded as to give the commits
sioners of the city the right to gran
licenses to sell whisky. The charte
amendment was adopted. The vets ex
pect that it will be carried to the su
preme court and they. expect the cOur
to hold that Denver cannot sell whisky
Immediately they will act under tn
provision of the recall which gives tn
towns and cities the right to recall
decision of the court and under tn
provisions of the home rule amendment
which has been sustained by the su
preme court, and secure a petitioI
signed by per cent of the citizens o
Denver and submit the question Of re
calling the court 5 decision. If the de
cision is recalled by vote then the dry
will take the matter to the suprem
court on the ground that the recall G
judicial opinions is, in this case, uncon
stitutional. The drys will claim tha
the prohibition amendment adopted las
fall supersedee all other provisions q
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