Phillips County herald., 1922-10-05
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
COLORADO. INITIATED III rETl-
TI0N UNDER THE tNirIATIvE
AND REEElRE.NOlrI.

TION UNDER TIE INirIATIvE
AND Rf;FERENDUM.
Notice is hereby given that at the
General election to be held ON the
Seventh day of November. \. d. 1922
there Will be submitted To the qualified
electors OF the state of Colorado. for
their approval or rejection the follow
ing proposed amendment to the Consti-
tu.iDnNof the state OF Colorado. initiut-
ed by petition under the Initiative and
referendum, which initiated petition
contained the signatures of more man
the required number. tto-wit: Sec) of
the legal voters of the state OF Colo
rndo. duly verified. In accordance with
the law. and tiled in the office of the
July. a. u. 1922, 1t 2:05 y. M.
Tho authority for submitting such
proposed amendment To the Constitu-
tion Is found in Section of Article V
Of the Constitution of the State uf Coll
orado. providing for the Initiative and
Referendum.
CONSTITUTIONAL. AMENDMENT
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
gc II Enacted by the People of the
state Of Colorado;
Section 4. a Public Utilities Com
mission IL hereby created. to consist of
three tsI members. who snali be ap-
pointed by the governor by and with
the advice and consent of the senate,
and which shall Il: We the iull. sole and
exclusive power and Jurisdiction to
regulate the husf.icss. charges. service
and facilities. of II public utilities op-
ciatins at amy place within the state
Of Colorado. or wholly within OF patty
within and partly 1ithout the city and
county of Denver o- any other city.
city and county or other municipality.
whether such city. city and county OF
other municipality hgs been or shall be
Organized by oi under the constitution
or other laws of Colorado. and whc-
ther operated by natural persons or
corporations and said Commission shall
"A leA IN In NIL I.ar N
legislature may confer.
Section :. The terms of office of the
public utilities commissioners appoint
I'd pursuant to statute. aud who are in
office at the time this amendment IL
adopted. shall Immediately terminate.
and pnid commissioners shall rcspcc-
lively become commi ssioncrs under this
article. and shall continue In office for
their RESPECTIVE l.. ms as fixed by stat
ute. and for two t:) years thereafter.
and upon the expiration Of said rcspec-
tive tcrnia of office as hereby provided
and extended. appointments snail be
made FOR the run term OF six tG) years.
except where an appointment IL made
to fill an uneNpired term. aud In that
event the person appointed to fiji the
vacancy shall hold office for the re-
mainder OF the term only: provided,
that not more than Two OF th. three
commissioners appointed hereunder
shall be members OF the same political
party. and no two commissioners shall
tricts. The salary OF each commissioner
shall he not less than Four Thousand
yi.nov Dollars per annum. to be paid
at the same tim. and from the sam-
fund as the salaries OF the executive
officers OF the state are paid.
Section 2. No court. except tho SUI
premc court. shall have Jurisdiction to
nnnul, vaeats. stay or otherwise modify
any order. finding or Judgment OF the
commission. and the supreme court only
MS To matters of law aud by writ OF re-
View TO be prosecuted In tn. manner 10
be prescribed by the legislature. or In
the absence OF such icrislation. In the
manner provided by the code OF civil
procedure Tor reviews by the supreme
court uf the Judgment Of inferior
eourts: but nothing herein shall he
construed ms comforting any lcgisiatis"
powers upon the supreme court
Section 4. The ipfin "rubiic utiiiiirs''
Us nsrd In this sftieIr shall Include ~.
",y person. naiutnI Dr nrlficial. nprt-
nting rail, -. telegraph. telephone.
electric High. or power lines. strr'i
iullwnyr motor vehicles frndcfirs
snrvlco similar L. thnt afforded by ia..-
ways or street railways. guR works nd
piled 10 municipalities aud thrlr inhab.
itnrta for domestic purposes. but shall
not include any municipality owned'nill- Z
ity
section .. This nriiric IL declared TO
be tVlf-cNrcuiins. bat IL shall be the
duty ~ the lggislatar" tn pafs all laws
and maize nN npprnrrlnilnnf n"ceHsary
fniiy 10 as. s.ointurh thr rufpoAer ex-
pressed In this article. i'an.ilng ru.h
ireiflAtlon Tie commission shall havr
TIE prWor t. ADOPT nj. nocrsHHfy fuids
not inennElaient With the laws of the
state, providing the procedure fof the
Performance of their duties,
The Secretary Of State. Attorney Gem
crui ara tht iiegnrtnr OF the supreme
court do hereby drHignnte aud tx na
IL" ballot title and submission clnune
to The proposed constitutional amnnd-
mcnt heron. the foilowinEi