The Lamar register., 1922-10-11

COLORADO. INITIATED ny PETI-
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. 1922
| there will be submitted to the qualified
/ their approval or rejection the follow
| ing proposed amendment to the Consti-
| tuition OF the state of Colorado, initlat-
ed by petition under the Initiative and
| Referendum. which Initiated petition
/ contained the signatures NJ more than
the required number. ,tc-wit; s per
/ Of Colorado. duly verified, IN accordance
| with the law. and filed in the office OF
the Secretary OF State on the Sixth day
Of July. A. ID. 1922. at 2:oj p. m.
The authority for submitting such
proposed amendment to the Constitu-
| tlon is found in Section of Article V
| OF the Constitution OF the State OF Colo
rado. providing for the Initiative and
Referendum.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
He IL Enacted by the People of the
state of Coiorndot
Section l. \ Public Utilities Com
mission is hereby created to consist OF
three (3l members. who shall be ap-
pointed by the governor by and with
the advice and consent Of the senate.
and which shall have the full. sole and
exclusive power and Jurisdiction to
regulate the business. charges. service
and facilities OF all public utilities OPP
Grating at any place within the state
OF Colorado. or wholly within or partly
within and partly without 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-
ther operated by natural persons or
corporations. and said commission shall
also have such other powers as the
Legislature may confer.
Section 2 The terms OF office OF the
public utilities commissioners appoint
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 terms as fixed by stat
ute. and for two (2) years thereafter
tive terms Of office as hereby provided
and extended. appointments. shall be
made for the full term of six t6D years.
except where an appointment is made
to fill 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
shall be not less than Four Thousand
| Cs4 0OO) 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 3. No court. except the su-
preme court. shall have Jurisdiction to
annul vacate. stay of 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
| 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 4. The term public utilities
as used in this article shall include ey-
| cry person. natural or artificial oper-
ating railway. 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 IL sup
piled to municipalities and their inhah-
not include any municipality owned utii-
ity.
Section 5. This article ls declared In
be self-executing, but IL shall be the
duty of the legislature to pass an laws
and make all appropriations necessary
fully to accomplish the PURPOSES eg-
pressed in this article. Pending such
legislation the commission shall have
the power to adopt all necessary rule
not Inconsistent with the laws of mo
state, providing the proasdurs ror tha