The Glenwood post., 1922-10-05

I'hoPoSED AhE@-. DMENT 10 THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
COLORADO. INITIATED BY PETI-
TI0N 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. 1929
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-
tuition of the state of Colorado, initiat-
ed by petition under the Initiative and
Referendum. which initiated petition
contained the signatures of more than
the required number, (to-wit: 500 of
the legal voters of the state of Colo
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; 1922. 1T 2:05 p. M.
The authority for submitting such
proposed amendment to the Constitu-
ton is found in Section / of Article v
of the Constitution of the State of Col
orado, providing for the Initiative and
Referendum.
CoNSTiTuTloNAL AMENDMENT
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
he II Enacted by the People of the
Stnte of Colorado:
Section l. A Public Utilities Com
three (3( members. who shall be ap-
pointed by the governor by and with
the advice and consent of the senate.
and which shall hi We the full, sole and
exclusive power and Jurisdiction to
regulate the business, charges, service
and facilities of Ill public utilities op-
eratins at any place within the state
of Colorado. or wholly within or partly
within and partly Yithout 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 :. 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 becolIe commissioners under this
article. and shall continue in office for
their respective | ms as fixed by stat
ute. and for two % years thereafter
and upon the expiration of said respec-
tive terms ul Office as hereby provided
and extended, appointments shall be
made for the fun term Of six t6) years
except where an appointment is made
to fill an uneXpircd 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
tSi,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-
prcme 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
be prescribed by the Legislature, or in
tho = bscnce Of such legislation, in the
procedure for reviews by the supreme
court OF the judgment of inferior
/ courts; but nothing herein shall be
construed as conferting any legislative
powers upon the supreme court.
Section 4. The term public utilities"
as used in this article shall include ev-
cry person. natural or artificial, oper-
atlns rally y teieGraph' a.p ,,I telephone,
railways motor vehicles rendering
service similar to that afforded by rail-
ways or street railways, gas works and
winter 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-eXecuting. but 1t shall be the
duty of the legislature to pass all laws
and make all appropriations necessary
fully to accomplish the purposes ex-
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 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: