The Dolores star., 1922-10-06

initiated by petition under the Initia-
tive and Referendum which initiated
petition contained the signatures OF
more than the required number. tto-
VII. SCI Of the legal voters OF the
state Of Colorado. duly verified. in oc-
cordance with the law. and filed in the
office of the Secretary Of State on the
Sixth day Of July. y. ID. l9-- at 2;la
f.. NJ.
proposed law is found in Section of
Article Of the Constitution OF the
state OF Colorado. providing for the
Initiative and Referendum
AN ACT TO ALTER THE SENATOR
IAI. AND REPRESENTATIVE DIS
TRICTS AND REVISE THE AP-
PORTIONMENT OF MEMBERS OF
THE GENERAL. ASSEMBLY.
lie IL enacted by the People of the
state Of Colorado;
Section l. The General Assembly OF
the State Of Colorado shall consist Of
one hundred members, and the Senate
thereof shall consist of thirty-fiye
members and the House Of Representa-
tives of siNty-five members. Provided
that no senatorial or representative
district shall embrace the same terri
tory within any other senatorial or
representative district
Section .. Until otherwise provided
by law the State Of Colorado shall be
divided into senatorial districts, num-
bered and entitled to the number Of
senators as follows:
The City and County Of Denver shall
constitute the first senatorial district
and be entitled to nine senators.
The County of Pueblo shall constitute
the second senatorial district and be
entitled to two senators.
The County of El Paso shall con-
stitute the third senatorial district and
be entitled to two senator's.
The County of Las Animas shall con-
stitutc the fourth senatorial district
and be entitled to one senator.
The County of Boulder shall consti-
tute the fifth senatorial district and
be entitled to one senator.
The Counties Of Grand. Summit. Gil
pin. Clear Creek. Park. Lake. Eagle
and Pitltin shall constitute the sixth
senatorial district and be entitled to
The County of Weld shall constitute
the seventh senatorial district and be
entitled to two senator's.
The Counties Of jefferson and
Douglas shall constitute the eighth
senatorial district and be entitled TO
one senator.
The Counties Of Fremont. Teller and
Custer shall constitute the ninth sem
atorial district and be entitled te one
The County gf i.arlmar shall con,
stitute the tenth senatorial district and
be entitled to one senator.
The Counties of Delta. Gunnison and
Chaffee shall constitute the eleventh
senatorial district and be entitled to
one seuat II.
The Counties Of Logan, Scdgwick
and Phillips shall constitute the
twelfth senatorial district and be en-
titled TO one senator.
The Counties of Moffat, ROutt, Jack
SON Rio Blanca and Garfield shall con-
stitute the thirteenth senatorial dis
trict and be entitled to one senator.
The Counties Of COstilla and Huer-
fano shall constitute the fourteenth
senatorial district and be entitled to
one senator.
Grande. Alamosa and Cunejos shall con
stitute the fifteenth senatorial district
and be entitled to one senator.
The County of Mesa shall constitute
the sixteenth senatorial district and be
entitled to one senator.
The Counties of Montrose, San
Miguel. Dolores and OuTay shall CON
stitutc the seventeenth senatorial dis
trict and be entitled to one senator;
Plata. Hinsdale, Mineral. San Juan
eighteenth senatorial district and be
entitled to one senator.
The Counties Of Adams and Morgan
shall constitute the nineteenth sena-
torial district and be entitled to one
The Counties Of Arapahoe and Ell
bert shall constitute the twentieth
senatorial district and be entitled to
one senator
The Counties of Washington and
Yuma shall constitute the twenty-first
senatorial district and be entitled to
on" senator
The Counties of Kiowa, Bent. Baca
ana 1lb"tlS SNAIL tOISlllAl' the
twenty-second Sc ratorial district and
be entitled to one senator.
The Counties Of Otero and Crowley
shall constitute the twenty-third sem
atOrial district and be entitled to one
senator.
The Counties of Lincoln, Kit Carson
and Cheyenne shall constitute the
twcnty-fourth senatorial district and
be entitled to one senator.
Section 3. Four senators shall be
elected from the first senatorial dis
t,t.. ha Dtfpf al
district and one each from the second.
third, fourth. fifth eighth, ninth.
eleventh. thirteenth. nineteenth, TWEEN
ty-first. twenty-third and twenty
fourth districts at the general election
held in November. 1924, and their sue
ccssors shall be elected every four
years thereafter.
Five Senators shall be elected from
the first senatorial district and one
each from the second third. sixth,
tenth. twelfth. fourteenth. fifteenth.
sixteenth. seventeenth. eighteenth,
twentieth and twenty-second districts
at the general election held in Now
ember 1926, and their successors shall
be elected every four years thereafter.
Section 4. Nothing in this act shall
be construed to work the removal of
any senator from his office for the
term for which he may have been
elected Provided. That in case of
vacancy caused by the death. resigna-
tiOn or otherwise of any such senator
or senator's the vacancy shall be filled
in this act. and in the event that any
1 " county is created at any time after
the passage Of this Act and the legisla-
ture has not provided for the attaching
of said new county to n specifically
mentioned district, then such new
county shall be deemed to be in the
senatorial and representative districts
that said territory was in prior to its
creation.
Section 3. The members of the House
/ of Representatives shall be divided
among the several counties of the state
as follows:
The City and County of Denver shall
| have sixteen.
The County of Pueblo shall have
| four.
The County of El Paso shall have
three.
The County of Weld shall have four
! The County of Boulder shall have
two.
| The County of Larimer shall have
| two.
| The County Of Lornu -Nall have one.
The Counties oI SaIgwick and
| Phillips shall have one.
The County of Yuma shall have one.
The County of Washington shall
| have one.