Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-12

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION or THE STATE OF
COLORADO. INITIATED ny PETI-
TION UNDER THE INITIATIVE
AND REFERENDUM.
General election to be held on the
Fifth day of November. A D. 1879
there Will be submitted to the quail
fled electors of the state of icoioraoo'
for their approval or rejection. the fol
lowing proposed amendment TO the
Constitution of the state of COLORADO.
tive and Referendum. which initiated
petition contained the signatures OF
wSre wf sg shah OF the tb reHuea ra voters Of the
state of Colorado. duly verified: in ac-
cordanee with the law. and filed In
the Fifth day of July. A. D. 1918. at
1880 o'clock. A. NJ.
The authority for submitting such
proposed amendment to the Constitu :
tion is found in Section l of Article v
of the Constitution of the state OF
Colorado providing for the Initiative
The proposed amendment to the Con-
stitution of the State of Colorado. to
be adopted. is to be known as Article
MI. Section Is, and is follows:
BE Il enacted by the People of the
Stnte of Colorndoi
Appointments and smployments IN
and promotions to offices and places of
trust and employ ment in the classified d
civil service of the State shall be made
according to merit and fitness TO De
competence. the person ascertained to
be the most fit and of the highest ex-
cellence TO be first appointed Al ap
the State of Colorado. except as to
those offices or positions held by tho
Civil Service Commission to require
special training and technical aualir-
cations, in which cases competitive
tests need not be limited to qualified
II ,t.r. nd hA hall
State.
The classified civil service of the
State shall comprise all appointiye
places which they hold. except the fol.
lowing: Judges of courts of record and
one stenographer of each Judge. one
appointed to perform judicial func-
tions, receivers. turcrs. members OF
boards or commissions appointed by
the Governor and serving without pay.
members of the State Industrial Com
mission. OF the Public Utilities Com
mission and of the State Civil Service
secretary and three confidential en-.
pioyees of his office. appolntees to fill
deputy OF each elective officer. the po-
sition involving the duties Incident at
present to the position OF that deputy
of the Secretary Of state, know as
Deputy Commissioner OF Labor and the
incumbent thereof. officers and teach
ers In educational institutions not re-
formatory or charitable in character.
ali attorneys at law serving as such.
and the officers and employees Of the
General Assembly.
Persons in the classified service shall
hold their respective positions during
efficient service and shall be graded
and compensated according to stand
ards OF efficient service which shall be
the same for all persons having ike
duties. They shall be removed or dis
which may be filed by the head OF a
department or by any citizen of the
State, for failure to comply with such
standards, or for the good of the scrv-
ice. to be finally and promptly deter
mined by the Commission upon inquiry
and after an opportunity to be heard.
No person shall be discharged for a
political or a religious reason. In cases
of emergency or for employment of an
Commission may authorize temporary
employment without competitive
test.
Laws shall be made to enforce the
provisions OF this section and to estab-
lish a State Civil Service Commission
to consist OF three members who shall
be appointed for overlapping terms by
the Governor alone and who shall be
persons of known devotion to the merit
ers appointed hereunder shall hold for
two. four and six years respectively.
Thereafter the term of n commissioner
s6ft pont6snt ii is mad. R to ri % an use.pasd
term. A salary OF not less than $1,000
per annum shall shall be paid to each com
ment of rules to carry out the pur-
poses of this amendment and OF the
laws enacted In pursuance hereof. the
alteration and resctssion of such rules.
the conduct of all competitive tests.
the determination of all removal or
disciplinary cases. the Standardization
of all positions. the determination of
standards of efficient service and tho
determination of the grades of all po-
sitions in the classified service shall
be vested In the Commission. No per-
son In the classified service shall be
the Commission that the appointment
has been made pursuant to law.
Adequate appropriations shall be
made to carry out the purposes of this
Section and In the absence of such nde-
quate appropriations the salaries and
expenses of the Commission shall be
paid are the salaries and expenses
government.
All persons holding positions in the
classified service herein defined
when this section takes effect shall re-
tain their positions until removed under
the provisions of the laws enacted In
pursuance hereof.
This section shall be sclf-executing.
The following are tho names and nd
dresses of tho three persons designated
In all matters affecting II:
l. william w. Grant, Jr.. 1000 q.
Twelfth Avenue. Denver. Colorado.
2 Hugh Mclean. 1859 Pontiac Street.
Denver, Colorado.
g. James II. Pershlng. 1870 Race
Street. Denver. Colorado.
The baliot-titie OF the Initiated
amendment is as follows:
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