The Ordway new era., 1922-10-06

will be submitted to the qualified elec-
Approval or rejection. the following pro-
posed Law OF the state OF Colorado.
Initiated by petition under the iniua,
petition contained the signatures OF
more than the required number. uo-
wit: $50 of the legal voters OF the
cordance with the law. and filed in the
office of the Secretary OF state on the
Sixth day of July. A. d. 1879 at 2;iS
The authority for submitting such
proposed law Is found In Section i OF
Article Of the c9re,i1n,,en ov,sInS for OF ths hs
Initiative and Referendum
AN ACT TO ALTER THE SENATOR
IAI. AND REPRESENTATIVE DIS
PORTIONMENT OF MEMBERS OF
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
he IL enscted 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-five
members and the House of Representa-
tives OF sixtyfive 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
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 Ell Paso shall con-
stitute the third senatorial district and
be entitled to two senators.
The County of Las Animas shall con-
stitute the fourth senatorial district
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The County of Boulder shall consti. .
tute the fifth senatorial district and
be entitled to one senator
The Counties of Grand. summit; Gil
pin Slsar cresk hs paTk hak the sikts
senatorial district and be entitled 10
one senator.
The County of Weld shall constitute
the seventh senatorial district and be
entitled to two senators.
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 SEN
atoriaI district and be entitled to one
senator.
The County Of Larimer 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 10
The Counties OF Logan. sedgwiek
and Philips 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-
senatorial district and be entitled to
one senator
Grande. Alamosa and Conejos 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 ouray shall con
stitute the seventeenth senatorial dis
trlct 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 md FL
senatorial district and be entitled To
one senator.
Yuma shall constitute the twenty-first
senatorial district and be entitled to
one senator.
The Counties of Kiowa. Bent. Baca
and Prowers shall constitute the
twenty-second Sc natorial district and
be entitled to one senator.
The Counties of Otero and Crowley
shall constitute the twenty-third SEN
atorial district and be entitled to one
senator.
and Cheyenne shall constitute the
twenty-fourth senatorial district and
be entitled to one senator.
elected from the. first senatorial dis
trict two from the seventh senatorial
district. and one each from the second
eleventh. thirteenth. nineteenth. TWEEN
ty-first twenty-third and twenty
fourth districts at the general election
cessors shall be elected every four
years thereafter.
Five Senators shall be elected from
the first senatorial district aud one
tenth. twelfth, fourteenth. fifteenth.
sixteenth, seventeenth. eighteenth,
twentieth and twenty second districts
at the general election held in Nov
ember, 1926, and their SUCCESSORS shall
be elected every four years thereafter.
Section 4. Nothing In this act shall
any senator from his office for the
term for which he may have been
vacancy caused by the death. resigna-
tion or otherwise of any such senator.
senators. the vacancy shall be filled
from the new district. provided for
in this act and in the event that any
new county is created at any time aft er
the passage of this Act, and the legisla-
ture has not provided for the attaching
of said new county to 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 5. The members OF the House
Of Representatives shall be divided
among the several counties of the state
follows:
The City and County of Denver shall
have sixteen.
The County of Pueblo shall have
four