The Delta independent., 1922-10-13

viii be submitted to the qualified elec-
tors Of the state Of cSioTadfE h 1o1fcwine rE1 pro
nppe1vff nppeS f..W Of the State Of Colorado.
initiated BY petition petition "nSsr %sch n initiated
petition % contained the signatures OF
more than the required number, ITO
wit: sa) Of the issnl ss,H vepified, vqiet in aee
Office Of the Secretary Of state on the
sixth day of July. A y. is|S ~
The authority for submitting such
proposed law is found IN See.ion, ,ba
Initiative and Referendum.
AN ACT TO ALTER, THE THE SEN SEMAT0Rs 3Is-
PP66RGTISNMERr P6fGTs Men OF Of MEMBERs OF
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
he II enscted BY the People o.
Section /. The General Assembly OF
the State OF Colorado shall consist OF
one hundred members. and the the-txhfave Sena.e
members, and the House Of Representa-,
tives of sixty-five members. Providea
that no senasopia sbrace or the sams terri
tory within any other senatorial or
representative district. ,...N
bv law. the State of Colorado shall be
d;vtded into senatorial distrtcts, num-
bored and entitled to the numoer OF
The City and County of Denver shall
constitute the first senatorial oistric'
and be entitled to nine senators.
The County of Pueblo shall constitute
the second senatorial district ana Dc
entitled to two senator's
The County of Ell Paso shall con,
stitute the third senatorial districe anu
be entitled to two senator's.
The County of Las Animas shall con-
stitute the fourth senatorial distr'c'
and be entitled to one senator.
t.n11 n.
tute the fhth senatorial district and
be entitled to one senator
The Counties Of Grand, SUMMIT sunni EsHI. GiI,
PIN Siear Creek cdn.i;uts pnTk; nak tSe siI,S
senatorial district and be entitleo 10
one senator.
The County Of Weld shall 1l,s, s9nssisuss .ns 10
the seventh senatorial district anu "
entitled to two senators.
The Counties of Jefferson ana
Douglas shall constitute the eiShtn
senatorial district and be entitled TO
one senator.
The Counties of Fremont. Teller and
Custer shall constitute the ninth sen
atorial district and be entitled 10 ono
senator.
stitute the tenth senatorial district and
be entitled to one senator;
The Counties OF Delta. Gunnison ana
chaffee shall constitute the eleventh
senatorial district and be entitled TO
The Counties OF Logan. sedgwiek
and Phillips shall constitute the
twelfth senatorial district and be en-
The Counties OF Moffat. Routt. Jack
son, Rio Blanca andfGarfield shall con
stitute the thirteenth senatorial dis
trict and be entitled to one senator
The Counties OF costilla and Hucr-
fano shall constitute the fourteenth
senatorial district and be emitted To
The Counties of saguache. Rio
Grande. Alamosa and Conejos shall con.
stitute the fifteenth senatorial district
and be entitled 10 one senator.
The County OF Mesa shall e9nsu,u.s d ne
the sixteenth senatorial district ana DC
entitled to one senator.
The Counties OF Montrose, sah
Miguel. Dolores and ouray shall con
,rict and be entitled to one senator;
Plata, e nG" HinsSais. M!nerai. 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
senator. -,
bert shall constitute the. twentieth
senatorial district and be entitled to
The Counties OF Washington and
Yuma shall constitute tho twsnty-first
senatorial district and be entitled to
The Counties OF Kiowa. Bent. Baen
and Prowers shall e9nsu,u,s ,,1s, s .hs
be entitled to one senator,
The Counties of Otero and Crowley
shall constitute the twenty-third SEN
atorial district and be entitled TO one
The Counties OF Lincoln. Kit Carson
and Cheyenne shall constitute the
twenty fourth senatorial district and
be entitled to one senator.
Section 3. Four Senator's shall be
elected from the first senatorini dis,
district. and one each from the second
third. fourth. ntth. eighth; ninth
ty-first. twenty third and twenty
fourth districts at the general election
held in November. 1894 and their sue
cessors shall be elected every four
years thereafter.
Five Senators shall be elected from
the first senatorial district and one
tenth. twelfth. fourteenth. fifteenth.
sixteenth, seventeenth. eighteenth.
twentieth and twenty ty-sccond districts
at the general elc cstion held in Nov
ember. 1926. and their successors shall
be elected every four years thereafter
be construed TO work the removal OF
any senator from his office for the
term for which he may have been
vacancy caused by the death, rcsigna-
tion or otherwise OF any such senator,
or senators, the vacancy shall be filled
from the now district. as provided for
in this act. and In the event that any
new county is created ut any time after
tnc pnsSaRc OF thls ACT, ana the legtrIn-
turc has not provided for tho attaching
OF said new county to n specifically
mentioned district. then such new
county shall be deemed to be In the
senatorial md representative districts
that said territory was in prior to it's
creation.
Section 8. The members of tho House
OF Representatives shall be divided
among the several counties Of the state
as follows:
The City and County OF Denver shall
have sixteen.
The County of Pueblo shall have
four.
The County of FL Paso shall have
three.