Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-10-12
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
COLORADO. INITIATED nf PETIT
TION UNDER THE INITIATIVE
AND REFERENDUM.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
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
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: 8fo) of
the legal voters of the state of Colo
rsdo duly nI fileS IN ,hs ofane WIN I'm
Secretary Of Stnte on the Sixth day OF
July. a. d. 1929. 1t 2:O5 p. m.
The a .nf the sHS
tion is found in Section l of Article V
Of the Constitution of the State of Col
orado, providing for the Initiative and
Referendum.
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
lie II Enacted by the lseOple of the
state of COiOrnsios
Section /. a Public Utilities Com
three tSl members. who shall be APP
pointed by the governor by and with
the advice and consent of the senate.
and which shall ht We the fuil. sole and
regulate the business. charges, service
and facilities of I'll public utilities op-
Grating at any place within the state
of Colorado. or wholly within or partly
within and partly '7ithout 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 o.
corporations. and said commission shall
also have such other powers as thc
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 rcspec-
lively become commissioners under this
article. and shall continue in office for
their respective t. ms 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 t6) years.
except where an appointment is made
to fill an uncNpired 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
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, yacate. 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-
Hyia fO ha nrOSpcntpd in tho 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:
as used in this article shall include ev-
atins rally ". telegraph. II, TELEPHONE;
electric light or ebclr pGWer lines strsee
service similar to that afforded by rail-
ways or street railways. gas works and
water works, where the water Is sup
itants for domestic purposes. but. shall
not include any municipality owned util-
ity.
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
the commission shall have
the power to adopt all necessary rules
not Inconsistent with the laws of the
STATE tbnt the for the
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: