Gunnison news-champion., 1922-10-13
CDEsggIC AMENDMENT
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lie It Enacted by the People OF th.
sIlIr OF Z lnLlrndnE

Niai" OF = "l1Fnduf
scion l. a Public UGHuos Com
Ula..-.p Do hereby ,g'atrd q consist af
iHE.. NaI u- laHrr-. s. no EHalI ur a >
pointed D. iu. HHFgruur ~ ana with
the advice and ,auarut oG the senate.
and Which shall Dc sr the Eull sole and
nE.lEaHEHC power aUI luElHIlgtiHn 20
TrH sIa.s tho bu#.uHzH. Charge. trEytCr
ard fasHlrlsr uf 20 public utilities up-
% o".HFatH. OF holly within 0E partly
" Thin and partly "-tAuut the o.gy and
county OF Denver or any other city,
riig and county or other muultl pAlity.
uth1g UsUuir.g .gallIy lEa been or shAil h.
erEGulE-a lE "f under the constitution
th'r operated hy natural persons or
''TpurauuUH. aud said commission stall
also have rH.h other powers a. the
Legislature Esay confer,
Section =. Tho terms uf office Of the
public utilities gummlszlHna.a appoint
ID pursuant to statute. as. ha are IN
uIfIg" at the time this amendment BIZ
adopted. shalt immediately terminate.
and said commissioner shall rUsprc-
lively brgHIu" commissioners under This
article. and shall continue In Etucr for
their re- gprfiHvr t. ms as flNci by stat
Ute. and for two 90 years thereafter.
and upon the expiration uf said rs-p.C-
bNr tufUa OF uiEis" as hereby provided
and extended, appointments stall be
mad" Tor the fun term 81 six 90 years.
except where an appointment IL made
to ftlI an uneNpiF"d term. and In that
event the person appointed To- fiu the
vacancy shall hold office for the re-
mbiudvr 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 tn" same judicial dis
tttcts- Thr salary Of each commissioner
shall be not less than -Four Thousand
$4,000 Dollars per annum. To be paid
at the same time and from the same
fund as the salaries OF the executive
officers Of the state are paid.
Section J. No court except the su-
pTomc court. shall have Jurisdiction TO
annul vacAts, stay or otherwise modify
any order. finding or Judgment OF the
Hs to matters OF law and by writ Of re-
view to be prosecuted in the manner to
be 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 I. The term public utilities
= used in this article shall include ev-
cry person. natural or artificial. oper-
electric light; or power lines, stree;
railways motor vehicles rendering
service similar to that afforded BY rail-
water works, where the water Is sup
piled to municipalities and their inhab-
itants for domestic purposes. but shall
not include any municipality owned util-
ity.
Section 5. This article is declared to
be self-eSecuting. but IL shall be the
duty Of the legislature to pass all laws
and make all appropriations necessary
fully to accomplish the purposes e1-
pressed in this article. Pending such
legislation the commission shall have
the power TO adopt all necessary rules
not Inconsistent with the laws of the
state. providing the procedure for the
performance OF their duties.
The Secretary of State Attorney Gen.
erni and the Reporter of the Supreme
Court do hereby designate and ftx as
the ballot title and submission clause
to the proposed constitutional amend
meut herein, the following: