Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-08

ayhe following is the petition pre-
pared by the committee of eighteen.
in revising the present charter of the
City OF Pueblo, for signatures of
voters asking for a special election to
determine the attitude of the citizens
of Pueblo on the proposed change IN
government Ed
To the Council of Pueblo:
We, the undersigned. qualified
electors residing in the City OF
Pueblo. County of Pueblo, and state
of Colorado. comprising in number
not less than ten 1O) per cent of the
next preceding gubcrnatorial vote in
said City, do hereby petition the
Council of the City of Pueblo to
cause the annexed proposed amend
ment to the present existing Charter
OF the City of Pueblo 10 be submitted
to vote of the qualified electors or
said City of Pueblo at a special cleo
tion to be held not less than thirty
days nor more than sixty days after
the date of filing this petition, in ac-
cordance with the provisions OF Ar
ticle Xxx of the Constitution OF the
Su,te of Colorado.
We. the undersigned, have each
severally subscribed our respective
names to this petition, with the cor
rect residence of each set opposite
our respective names.
CHATTER OF PUEBLO; PRO
VIDING A MORE REPREsEN-
TATIvE AND EFFECTIVE CITY
GOVERNMENT AND PRONlD-
ING FOR A CITY MANAGER:
AND REPEATING SECTIONS OF
THE CHARTER IN CONFLICT
WITH SUCH AMENDMENT.
Be it enacted by the qualified cleo
tors of the City of Pueblo that the
Charter of said City be amended as
follows:
1. That Section /. of Article II,
of the Charter of Pueblo be and the
same is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Section l. Officers: That the cleo
tive officers under the Charter shall
be the members of the council, as
hereinafter provided, all of whom
shall be nominated and elected by the
qualified electors of the City, as here
matter provided.
. That Section 1, of Article III.
of the Charter of Pueblo be and the
same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Section 1. Membership-Rules:
The Council shall consist of ten b0)
members to be designated as repres-
entatives, one OF such representatives
to be elected by the qualified electors
OF the entire city from each of the
districts hereinafter described. The
Council shall be the judge of the
election qualifications OF its own
members, shall determine its own
rules. shall punish its own members
for disorderly conduct. may compel
the attendance of members. Tho
Council may from time to time, by "A
two-thdrds (,-3) vote of all its MEM
bers. change the boundaries of the
representative districts hereby crcat-
cd. said districts until so changed by
tho Council shall be designated and
described as follows:
District A shall contain and in
ciude all that portion of the City OF
Pueblo now included within city vot-
ing precincts numbered one Cd and
two t2).
District shall contain and :n-
cludc all that portion of the CITY of
Pueblo now included within city vot-
Ing precincts numbered three t5).
four a. and five go.
District shall contain and includf
all that portion of the City of Pueblo
now included within city voting
precincts numbered six 90, seven
90. eight 90. nine 90. and eleven
I'D.
District p shall, contain and in
eiude all that portion OF the City OF
Pueblo now Included within city vot-
ing precincts numbered ten Go),
twelve Gei. thirteen G3). fifteen
tl5) and siuecn ts).
District r shall contain and include
all that portion of the City OF Pueblo
now Included within city voting pre-
oancts numbered fourteen 90
seventeen an and eighteen ts).
District f shall contain and include
all that portion of the City of Pueblo
now Included within city voting pre-
cfncts numbered ninScen C9.
event ty-onc f31). twenty-threc CAD
and twcnty-scvcn t,7)-
M wh.f tai nd .rr ~ -
All thai portion OF the City OF Pueblo