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PROPOSED AMENDMENT To THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
COLORADO. INITIATED Bi rETl-
TION UNDER THE INITIATIVE Il
AND REEERENDUM

TIoN UNDER THE INITIATIVE
AND REFERENDUM.
Notice is hereby given that at the
General election to be held on the
Seventh day of November, A. d ly22
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 Constl-
tuition of the state of Colorado. Initial,
ed by petition under the Initiative and
Referendum. which initiated petition
contained the signatures OF more than
the required number. lto.wit; $50 OF
rado. duly verified, in accordance with
the law. and filed in the office Of the
Secretary of State on the Sixth day of
July. A. D. 1929. at 2:O5 p. m.
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 Coll
orado, providing for the Initiative and
Referendum
CONSTITUTIONAL. AMENDMENT
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
BE Ii Enacted by the People of the
State of Colorado:
Section /. A Public Utilities Com
mission is hereby created to consist of
pointed by the governor by and with
the advice and consent of the senate,
and which shall ht We the fun. sole and
exclusive power and jurisdiction to
and facilities OF I'll public utilities op-
Grating at any place within the state
AOiOTdGOs OF wholly WllHlH Ot parity
within and partly '7ithout the city and
county of Denver or any other city,
city and county or other municipality,
whether such city. city and county or
other municipality has been, or shall be
organized by or under the constitution
or other laws of Colorado. and whe-
corporations, and said commission shall
also have such other powers the
legislature may confer.
Section 2. The terms of office of the
,l.Ii glrnr, rtnt-
ed pursuant to statute. and who are in
office at the time this amendment is
adopted. shall Immediately terminate
and said commissioners shall respec-
lively become commissioners under this
article. and shall continue in office for
their respective t, ms As fixed by stat
and upon the expiration of said respec-
tive terms of office as hereby provided
and extended, appointments shall be
made for the full term of six (6) years.
except where an appointment is made
to till an unexpired term. and in that
event the person appointed to fill the
vacancy shall hold office for the re-
mainder of the term only; provided,
that not more than two of the three
commissioners appointed hereunder
shall be members of the same political
party and no two commissioners shall
be selected from the same judicial dis
tricts. The salary of each commissioner
\ ts4.000) Dollars per annum. to be paid
at the same time and from the same
I fund the salaries of the executive
officers of the state are paid.
Section g. No court. except the su-
| pr-mc court, shall have Jurisdiction to
annul. vacate. stay or otherwise modify
| any order. finding or Judgment of the
| commission. and the supreme court only
| as to matters OF law and by writ Of re-
| view to be prosecuted in the manner to
he prescribed by the legislature. or in
the absence of such legislation. in the
| manner provided by the code of civil
| procedure for reviews by the supreme
| court of the Judgment of inferior
| courts: but nothing herein shall be
| construed as comforting any legislative
| powers upon the supreme court.
Section 4. The term public utilities
| as used in this article shall include ey-
cry person. natural or artifcial.s oper-
| atine railN ly. telegraph. telephone
| electric light or power lines, street
| railways. motor vehicles rendering
| service similar to that afforded by rail-
| ways or street railways, gas works and
water works, where the water is-eup-
! piled 10 municipa lities and their inh a b
| itauts for domestic purposes. but shall
| not include any municipality owned util-
Ity.
Section 8. This article Is declared to
| be scif-executing. but it shall be the
! duty of the legislature to pass all laws
| and make all appropriations necessa ry
| fully to accomplish the purposes ex-
| legislation the commission shall have
| the power to adopt all necessary rule.
| not inconsistent with the laws of the
4 state. providing the procedure for the
performance of their duties. ga
The Secretary of State, Attorney Cen
eral and the Reporter of the Supreme
| Court do hereby designate and fix as
the ballot title and submission clause
to the proposed constitutional amend
ment herein. the following: