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PROPOSED
Constitutional Amendments
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at
J the general election to be held on the
fourth day of November. A. D. 1902. there
■will be submitted to the qualified electors
of the state of Colorado the question or
amending the constitution of said state.
The authority for submitting such ques
tion is found in Senate Bill No. 1. ap
proved March 21. 11*01. which is. in words
and figures, following, viz.
AN ACT
To submit to the qualified electors of the
state of Colorado, amendments to Ar
ticle X of the constitution of Colo
rado.
Be it Enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of Colorado:
Section 1. There shall be submitted to
the qualified electors of the stat-e of Colo
rado at the next general election for
members of the General Assembly, for
their approval or rejection, the following
amendments to the constitution of the
state of Colorado, which, when ratified by
a majority of those voting thereon, shall
be valid as a part of the constitution.
Sec. 2. Section 9 of Article X of the
constitution of the state of Colorado
shall be amended so as to read as fol
lows:
Sec. 9. Once in four years, but not of
tener, the voters of any county in the
state may, by vote at any general elec
tion. exempt or refuse to exempt from
all taxation for county, city. town,
school, road and other local purposes,
any or all personal property and im
provements on land: but neither the
whole nor any part of the full cash value
of any rights of way. franchises in pub
lic ways, or land, exclusive of the im
provements thereon, shall be so exempt
ed: Provided, however. That such ques
tion be submitted to the voters by virtue
of a petition therfor [therefor], signed
and sworn to by not less than one hun
dred resident taxpayers of such county,
and filed with the county clerk and re
corder, not less than thirty nor more
than ninety days before the day of elec
tion.
Sec. 3. Section 11 of Article X of the
constitution of the state of Colorado
shall be amended so as to read as fol
lows:
Sec. 11. The rate of taxation on prop
erty for state purposes shall never ex
ceed four mills on each dollar of valua
tion; but the provisions of this section
shall not apply to rights of way. fran
chises in public ways, or land, the full
cash value of which may be taxed at
such additional rate, not exceeding two
mills on each dollar of assessed valua
tion, as shall be provided by law. after
exempting all personal property and im
provements thereon from such additional
rate of taxation.
Sec. 4. Each elector voting at said
election and desirous of voting for or
against all the said amendments as a
wuiole. shall prepare and deposit his bal
lot whereon shall be printed the words
•‘For Australasian Tax System” and
“Against Australasian Tax System.” and
shall indicate his choice by placing a
cross opposite one or the other of said
group of words. Any elector not voting
as aforesaid, may express his approval
or rejection of any one or more of said
amendments by similarly designating
any amendment so approved or rejected
by number in the order in which it ap
pears in this act. The official ballot shall
be so prepared as to afford the electors
the opportunity to express their choice
as herein provided.
Sec. 5. The votes cast for the adoption
or rejection of said amendments, or ei
ther or any of them, shall be canvassed,
and the result determined in the manner
provided by the laws of the state for the
canvass of votes for representatives in
Cogress.
Approved March 21st. A. D. 1901.
In testimony whereof. I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the great seal
of the state of Colorado, at the city of
Denver, this 18th day of September. A.
D. 1902.
DAVID A. MILLS.
(Seal.) Secretary of State.
Notice is hereby given, that at
the general election to be held on the
fourth day of November. A. D. 1902. there
will be submitted to the qualified electors
of the state of Colorado the question of
amending the constitution of said state.
The authority for submitting such ques
tion is found in Senate Bill No. 2. ap
proved March 18. 1901. which is. in words
and figures, following, viz.:
AN ACT
To submit to the qualified electors of thfe
state of Colorado an amendment to
the constitution of the state of Colo
rado. by adding thereto Article XX.
entitled “City and County of Den
ver.”
Be it Enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of Colorado:
Section One. There shall be submitted
to the qualified electors of the state of
Colorado, at the next general election for
members of the General Assembly, for
their approval or rejection, the following
amendment to the constitution of the
state of Colorado, by adding to the said
constitution a new article to be numbered
and designated as “Article XX. City and
County of Denver.” which, when rati
fied by a majority of those voting there
on. shall be valid as a part of the con
stitution, to-wit:
ARTICLE XX.
CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER.
INCORPORATION.
Section 1. The municipal corporation
known as the City of Denver, and all
municipal corporations and that part of
the quasi-municipal corporation known
as the County of Arapahoe, in the State
of Colorado, included within the exte
rior boundaries of the said city of Den
ver as the same shall be bounded when
this amendment takes effect, are hereby
consolidated and are hereby declared to
be a single body politic and corporate,
by the name of the "City and County of
Denver.” By that name said corporation
shall have perpetual succession, and shall
own. possess and hold all property, real
and personal, theretofore owned, pos
sessed or held by the said city of Den
ver and by such included municipal cor
porations, and also all property, real and
personal, theretofore owned, possessed or
held by the said county of Arapahoe, and
shall assume, manage and dispose of all
trusts in any way connected therewith;
shall succeed to all the rights and lia
bilities. and shall acquire all benefits, and
shall assume and pay all bonds, obliga
tions and indebtedness of said city of
Denver and of said included municipal
corporations and of the county of Arapa
hoe; by that name may sue and defend,
plead and be impleaded, in all courts and
f daces, and in all matters and proceed
ings; may have and use a common seal
and alter the same at pleasure; may pur
chase. receive, hold and enjoy, or sell
and dispose of. real and personal prop
erty: may receive bequests, gifts, and do
nations of all kinds of property, in fee
simple, or in trust for public, charitable
or other purposes: and do all things and
acts necessary to carry out the purposes
of such gifts, bequests and donations,
with power to manage, sell or otherwise
dispose of the same in accordance with
the terms of the gift, bequest or trust:
shall have the power, within or without
its territorial limits, to construct, con
demn and purchase, purchase, acquire,
lease, add to. maintain, conduct and op
erate, water works, light plants, power
plants, transportation systems, heating
plants, and any other public utilities or
works or ways local in use and extent,
in whole or in part, and everything re
quired therefor, for the use of said city
and county and the inhabitants thereof,
and any such systems, plants or works
or ways, or any contracts in relation or,
connection with either, that may exist*
and which said city and county may de
sire to purchase, in whole or in part, the
same or any part thereof may be pur
chased by said city and county which
may enforce such purchase by proceed
ings at law as In taking land for public
use bv right of eminent domain, and
shall have the power to issue bonds upon
the vote of the taxpaying electors, at any
special or general election, in any amount
necessary to carry out any of said pow
ers or purposes, as may by the charter
be provided.
The general annexation and consolida
tion statutes of the state shall apply to
the city and county of Denver to the
same extent and in the same manner
that they would apply to the city of
Denver if it were not merged, as in this
amendment provided, into the city and
countv of Denver. Any contiguous town,
city dr territory hereafter annexed to or
consolidated with the city and county of
Denver, under aby of the laws of this
state, in whatsoever county the same
may be at the time, shall be detached per
se from such other county and become
a municipal and territorial part of the
city and county of Denver. together
with all property thereunto belonging.
The city and county of Denver shall
alone always constitute one judicial dis
trict of the state.
OFFICERS.
Sec. 2. The officers of the city and j
county of Denver shall be such as by '
appointment or election may be pro- ;
vided for by the charter: and the juris- i
diction, term of office, duties and quali
fications of all such officers shall be such
as in the charter may be provided: but j
every charter shall designate the officers 1
who shall, respectively, perform the acts I
and duties required of county officers to
be done by the constitution or by the
general law. as far as applicable. If ;
any officer of said city and county of
Denver shall receive any compensation !
whatever, he or she shall receive the 1
game as a stated salary, the amount of j
which shall be fixed by the charter, and (
paid out of the treasury of the city and ]
county of Denver in equal monthly pay
ments.
TRANSFER OF GOVERNMENT.
Sec. 3. Immediately upon the canvass
of the vote showing the adoption of
the governor of the state to issue his
proclamation accordingly.and thereupon
this amendment, it shall be the duty of
the city of Denver.and all municipal cor
porations and that part of the county
of Arapahoe within the boundaries of
said city, shall merge into the city and
county of Denver, and the terms of office
of all officers of the city of Denver and
of all included municipalities and of the
county of Arapahoe shall terminate; ex
cept. that the then mayor, auditor, engi
neer. council (which shall perform the
duties of a board of county commission
ers). police magistrate, chief of police
and boards, of the city of Denver shall i
become, respectively, said officers of the
city and county of Denver, and said en
gineer shall be ex-officio surveyor and
said chief of police shall be ex-officio ;
sheriff of the city and county of Denver; i
and the then clerk and ex-officio record- I
er, treasurer, assessor and coroner of the *
county of Arapahoe, and the justices of
the peace and constables holding office
within the city of Denver, shall become, j
respectively, said officers of the city and !
county of Denver, and the district attor- |
ney shall also be ex-officio attorney of
the city and county of Denver. The fore*
going officers shall hold the said offices
as above specified only until their suc
cessors are duly elected and qualified as
herein provided for; except that the then
district judges, county judge and district
attorney shall serve their full terms, re
spectively, for which elected. The po
lice and firemen of the city of Denver,
except the chief of police as such, shall
continue severally as the police and fire
men of the city and county of Denver un
til they are severally discharged under
such civil service regulations as shall |
be provided by the charter; and every j
charter shall provide that the depart
ment of fire and police and the depart- I
ment of public utilities and works shall
be under such civil service regulations
us in said charter shall be provided.
FIRST CHARTER.
Sec. 4. The charter and ordinances of
the city of Denver as the same shall i
exist when this amendment takes elTect. |
shall, for the time being only, and as
far as applicable, be the charter and or- ;
dlnances of the city and county of Den- |
ver; but the people of the city and I
county of Denver ure hereby vested with ,
and they shall always have the exclu
sive power In the making, altering, re- |
vising or amending their charter, and. :
within ten days after the proclamation
of the governor announcing the adoption
of this amendment the council of the city
and county of Denver shall, by ordi
nance. call a special election, to be con
ducted as provided by law. of the quali
fied electors in said city and county of
Denver, for the election of twenty-one
taxpayers who shall have been qualified
electors within the limits thereof for at
least five years, who shall constitute a
charter convention to frame a charter for
said city and county in harmony with
this amendment. Immediately upon com
pletion. the charter so framed, with a
prefatory synopsis, shall be signed by
the officers and members of the conven
tion and delivered to the clerk of said
city and county, who shall publish the
same in full, with his official certification,
in the ouicial newspaper of said city and
county, three times, and a week apart,
the first publication being with the call
for a special election, at which the qual
ified electors of said city and county shall
by vote express their approval or rejec
tion of the said charter. If the said
charter shall be approved by a majority
of those voting thereon, then two copies
thereof (together with the vote for and
against) duly certified by the said clerk,
shali. within ten days after such vote is
taken, be filed with the secretary of state,
and shall thereupon become and be the
charter of the city and county of Denver.
But if the said charter be rejected, then,
within thirty days thereafter, twenty-one
members of a new charter convention
shall be elected at a special election to
be called as above in said city and
county, and they shall proceed as above
to frame a charter, which shall in like
manner and to the like end be pub
lished and submitted to a vote of said
voters for their approval or rejection, if
again rejected, the procedure herein des
ignated shall be repeated (each special
election for members of a new charter
convention being within thirty days
after each rejection) until a charter is
finally upproved by a majority of those
voting thereon, and certified (together
with the vote for and against) to the sec
retary of state as aforesaid, whereupon
it shall become the charter of the said
city and county of Denver and shall be
come the organic law thereof, and super
sede any existing charters and amend
ments thereof. The members of each of
said charter conventions shall be elected
at large; and they shall complete their
labors within sixty days after their re
spective election.
Every ordinance for a special election
of charter convention members shall fix
the time and place where the convention
shall be held, and shall specify the com
pensation. if any. to be paid the officers
and members thereof, allowing no com
pensation in case of non-attendance or
tardy attendance, and shall fix the time
when the vote shall be taken on the
proposed charter, to be not less than
thirty days nor more than sixty days af
ter its delivery to the clerk. The charter
shall make proper provision for continu
ing, amending or repealing the ordin
ances of the city and county of Denver.
All expenses of charter conventions shall
be paid out of the treasury upon the
order of the president and secretary
thereof. The expenses of elections for
charter conventions and of charter votes
shall be paid out of the treasury upon
the order of the council.
No franchise relating to any street,
alley or public place of the said city and
county shall be granted except upon the
vote of the qualified taxpaying electors,
and the question of its being granted
shall be submitted to such vote upon de
posit with the treasurer of the expense
(to be determined by said treasurer) of
such submission by the applicant for said
franchise. The council shall have power
to fix the rate of taxation on property
each year for city and county purposes.
NEW CHARTERS. AMENDMENTS OR
MEASURES.
Sec. 5. The citizens of the city and
county of Denver shall have the exclu
sive power to amend their charter or to
adopt a new charter, or to adopt any
measure as herein provided:
It shall be competent for qualified elec
tors in number not less than five per
cent, of the next preceding gubernatorial
vote In said city and county to petition
the council for any measure, or charter
amendment, or for a charter convention.
The council shall submit the same to a
vote of the qualified electors at the next
general election not held within thirty
days after such petition is filed: when
ever such petition is signed by qualified
electors in number not less than ten per
cent, of the next preceding gubernato
rial vote in said city and county, with a
request for a special election, the council
shall submit it at a special election to be
held not less than thirty nor more than
sixty days from the date of filing the pe
tition: provided, that any question so
submitted at a special election shall not
again be submitted at a special election
within two years thereafter. In sub
mitting any such charter, charter amend
ment or measure, any alternative article
or proposition may be presented for the
choice of the voters, and may be voted on
separately without prejudice to others.
Whenever the question of a charter con
vention is carried by a majority of those
voting thereon, a charter convention shall
be called through a special election ordi
nance as provided in section four (4) ■
hereof, and the same shall be constituted
and held and the proposed charter sub
mitted to a vote of the qualified electors,
approved or rejected, and all expenses ■
paid, as in said section provided.
The clerk of the city and county shall
publish, with his official certification, for
three times, a week apart, in the official
newspaper, the first publication to be
with his call for the election, general
or special, the full text of any charter. |
charter amendment, measure, or propo
sal for a charter convention, or alterna
tive article or proposition, which is to
be submitted to the voters. Within ten
days following the vote the said clerk j
shall publish once in said newspaper the
full text of any charter, charter amend
ment, measure, or proposal for a charter |
convention, or alternative article or prop
osition. which shall have been approved
by a majority of those voting thereon,
and he shall file with the secretary of
state two copies thereof (with the vote
for and against) officially certified by
him. and the same shall go into effect
from the date of such filing. He shall
also certify to the secretary of state,
with the vote for and against, two copies
of every defeated alternative article or
proposition, charter, charter amendment,
measure or proposal for a charter con
vention. Each charter shall also provide
for a reference, upon proper petition
therefor, of measures passed by the coun
cil to a vote of the qualified electors, and
for the initiative by the qualified electors
of such ordinances as they may by peti
j tion request.
! The signatures to petitions in this
amendment mentioned need not all be on
; one paper. Nothing herein or elsewhere
shall prevent the council, if it sees fit.
from adopting automatic vote registers
for use at elections and references.
No charter. charter amendment or
measure adopted or defeated under the
provisions of this amendment shall be
amended, repealed or revived, except by
petition and electoral vote. And no
such charter, charter amendment or
measure shall diminish the tax rate for
state purposes fixed by act of the Gen
eral Assembly, or interfere in any wise
i with the collection of state taxes.
I CITIES OF THE FIRST AND SECOND
CLASS.
I Sec. 6. Cities of the first and second
class in this state, are hereby empow
ered to propose for submission to a vote
of the qualified electors, proposals for
charter conventions and to hold the same,
and to amend any such charter, with the
j same force and in the same manner and
have the same power, as near as may be.
I as set out in sections four (4) and five (5)
hereof, with full power as to real and
j personal property and public utilities.
| works or ways, as set out in section one
; (1) of this amendment.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS CONSOLIDATED.
| Sec. 7. The city and county of Denver
shall alone always constitute one school
district, to be known as District No. 1.
but its conduct, affairs and business shall
be in the hands of a board of education
consisting of such numbers, elected in
such manner as the general school laws
I of the state shall provide, and until the
! first election under said laws of a full
board of education which shall be had at
i the first election held after the adoption
; of this amendment, all the directors of
■ school district No. 1. and the respective
| presidents of the school boards of school
districts Nos. 2. 7. 17 and 21, at the time
; this amendment takes effect, shall act as
j such board of education, and all dis
tricts or special charters now existing
i are hereby abolished.
j The said board of education shall per
i form all the acts and duties required to
I be performed for said district •by the
! general laws of the state. Except as in
! consistent with this amendment, the gen
eral school laws of the state shall, unless
i the context evinces a contrary intent, be
\ held to extend and apply to the said
“District No. 1.”
Upon the annexation of any contiguous
municipality w’hlch shall include a school
district or districts of any part of a dis-
I trict, said school district or districts or
part shall be merged in said "District
No. 1.” which shall then own all the
I property thereof, real and personal, lo
i cated within the boundaries of such an
: nexed municipality, and shall assume and
i pay all the bonds, obligations and indebt-
I edness of each of the said included school
, districts, and a proper proportion of
those of partially included districts;
Provided, however. That the indebted
ness. both principal and interest, which
any school district may be under at the
I time when it becomes a part, by this
amendment or by annexation, of said
"District No. 1.” shall be paid by said
school district so owing the same by a
special tax to be fixed and certified by
the board of education to the council
which shall levy the same upon the prop
erty within the boundaries of such dis
trict, respectively, as the same existed at
the time such district becomes a part of
said "District No. 1.” and in case of par
tially included districts such tax shall be
equitably apportioned upon the several
parts thereof.
Sec. 8. Anything in the constitution of
this state in conflict or inconsistent with
the provisions of this amendment is
hereby declared to be inapplicable to the
matters and things by this amendment
covered and provided for.
Section Two. Each elector voting at
said election and desirous of voting for
or against said amendment, shall deposit
in the ballot box his ticket whereon shall
be printed the words "For Home Rule
for Cities” and "Against Home Rule for
Cities” and shall indicate his choice by
placing a cross opposite one or the other
of said groups of words.
Section Three. The votes cast for the
adoption or rejection of said amendment
shall be canvassed and the result deter
mined by the laws of the state for the
canvass of votes for representatives in
Congress.
Approved March 18. 1901.
In testimony whereof. I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the great seal
of the state of Colorado, at the city of
Denver, this 18th day of September. A. D.
1902
DAVID A. MILLS.
(Seal.) Secretary of State.
Notice is hereby given, that at
the general election to be held on the
fourth day of November. A. D. 1902. there
will be submitted to the qualified electors
of the state of Colorado the question of
amending the constitution of said state.
The authority for submitting such ques
tion is found in Senate Bill No. 21. ap
proved April 27. 1901. which is. in words
and figures, following, viz.:
AN ACT
To submit to the qualified electors of the
state of Colorado an amendment to
Section One (1) of Article Seven (VII)
of the constitution of the state of
Colorado.
Be it Enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of Colorado:
Section 1. That there shall be submit
ted to the qualified electors of the state
of Colorudo. at the next general election
for members of the General Assembly,
for their approval or rejection, the fol
lowing amendments to the constitution
of the state of Colorado, which, when
ratified by a majority of those voting
thereon, shall be valid as a part of the
constitution, namely: Section one (1) of
Article seven (VII) of the constitution
of the state of Colorado shall be amended
so as to read as follows:
Section 1. Every person over the age
of twenty-one years, possessing the fol
lowing qualifications, shall be entitled to
vote at all elections: He or she shall be
a citizen of the United States, and shall
have resided in the state twelve months
immediately preceding the election at
which he offers to vote, and in the coun
ty, city, town, ward or precinct, such
time as may be prescribed by law'.
Sec. 2. Each elector voting at said
election and desirous of voting for or
against said amendment, shall deposit in i
the ballot box his ticket on which shall
be printed the words “For the Amend- j
ment Concerning Qualification of Voters, i
to Section One (1) of Article Seven
(VII)" and "Against the Amendment
Concerning Qualification of Voters, to
Section One (1) of Article Seven (VII)”
and shall indicate his or her choice by
placing a cross opposite one or the other
I of said groups of words. .
I Sec. 3. The votes cast for the adoption
or rejection of said amendment shall be
canvassed and the result determined by
the laws of the state for the canvass of
votes for representatives in Congress.
Approved April 27. 1901.
| In testimony whereof. I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the great seal
of the state of Colorado, at the city of
Denver, this 18th day of September. A. D.
DAVID A. MILI.S,
! (Seal.) Secretary of State.
Notice is hereby given, that at
the general election to be held on the |
fourth day of November. A. D. 1902. there j
will be submitted to the qualified electors
of the state of Colorado the question of ,
amending the constitution of said state, j
The authority for submitting such ques
tion is found in Senate Bill No. 89. ap- |
proved March 14. 1901, which is. in words -
and figures, following, viz.:
AN ACT
To submit to the qualified electors of the
state of Colorado an amendment to
Article Five (V) of the constitution of ,
the sta'te of Colorado by adding there- I
to a new section, to be known as Sec
tion Twenty-five a (25a). directing the
General Assembly to provide by law
and prescribe suitable penalties for
the violation thereof, for a period of ;
employment not to exceed eight (8) ,
hours within any twenty-four (24)
hours (excepting in cases of emer
gency where life or property Is in 1m- ;
mlnent danger), for persons employed
in underground mines or other under- ;
ground workings. blast furnaces, j
smelters; and any ore reduction works
or other branch of industry or labor j
that the General Assembly may con- j
aider injurious or dangerous to health, j
life or limb.
Be it Enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of Colorado:
Section 1. That there shall be submit- |
ted to the qualified electors of the state
! of Colorado, at the next general election ,
for members of the General Assembly. ;
for their approval or rejection, the fol
lowing amendment to the constitution of
the state of Colorado, which, when rati
fied by a majority of those voting there
on. shall be valid as a part of the consti
tution. namely: Article five of the con
stitution of tne state of Colorado shall 1
be amended by adding a new section I
thereto, to be known as section twenty
five a (25a), which section shall read as
follows:
Sec. 25a. The General Assembly shall
provide by law’, and shall prescribe suit
able penalties for the violation thereof.
; for a period of employment not to ex- ;
| ceed eight (8) hours within any twenty
four (24) hours (except in cases of emer
gency where life or property is in immi
nent danger), for persons employed in
underground mines or other underground
workings, blast furnaces, smelters; and
any ore reduction works or other branch
i of industry or labor that the General j
• Assembly may consider injurious or dan-
I gerous to health, life or limb.
Sec. 2. Each elector voting at said
i election and desirous of voting for or '
’ against said amendment, shall deposit in
■ the ballot box his ticket, whereon shall
I be printed the words. "For the Eight (8) 1
. Hour Amendment to Article V of the
s Constitution” and "Against the Eight (8)
Hour Amendment to Article V of the
Constitution,” and shall Indicate his
j choice by placing a cross opposite one or
the other of said groups of words.
, j Sec. 3. The votes cast for the adoption
* or rejection of said amendment shall be
canvassed and the result determined by
the laws of the state for the canvass of
, votes for representatives in Congress.
, Approved March 14. 1901.
[ In testimony whereof. I have hereunto
j set my hand and affixed the great seal
i of the state of Colorado, at the city of
i Denver, this 18th day of September, A. D.
. 1902.
r DAVID A. MILLS.
t (Seal.) Secretary of State.
IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at
- 1 the general election to be held on the
1 fourth day of November. A. D. 1902. there
- will be submitted to the qualified electors
1 of the state of Colorado the question of
f amending the constitution of said state.
i The authority for submitting such ques
tion is found in Senate Bill No. 317. ap
i proved March 25. 1901. which is. in words
j and figures, following, viz.:
* AN ACT
J To submit to the qualified electors of the
1 state of Colorado an amendment to
1 ] Sections Twenty-one and Twenty-two
\ i of Article Six of the constitution of
1 the state of Colorado.
■ 1 Be it Enacted by the General Assembly
■ | of the State of Colorado:
t Section 1. There shall be submitted to
r the qualified electors of the state of Col
‘ orado at the next general election for
members of the General Assembly, for
1 their approval or rejection, the following
amendments to the constitution of the
r state of Colorado, which, when ratified
1 by a majority of those voting thereon
s shall be valid as a part of the constitu
s tion. that is to say. section twenty-one
1 i of article six of the constitution of the
| state of Colorado shall be amended to
‘ read as follows:
r i Sec. 21. There shall be elected by the
t qualified electors of each judicial dis
-1 trict, at the general election in the year
e nineteen hundred and four, and every
T r four years thereafter, a district attorney
y for such district, whose term of office
r shall be four years, and whose duties and
salary or compensation, either from the
® fees or emoluments of his office or from
1 the general county fund, as shall be pro
' vided by law.
e No person shall be eligible to the office
of district attorney who shall not. at the
time of his election, be at least twenty
five years of age and possess all the
° qualifications of judges of the district
‘ courts, as provided in this article. The
" term of office of the district attorneys
’■ serving in the several districts, at the
time of the adoption of this amendment,
is hereby extented [extended] to the sec
ond Tuesday of January, in the year A.
“ D. 1905.
t Sec. 2. Section twenty-tw’o of article
e six of the constitution of the state of
e Colorado shall be amended to read as
s follows:
p f Sec. 22. There shall be elected at the
general election in each organized county
in the year nineteen hundred and four,
and every four years thereafter, a county
judge, who shall be judge of the county
court of said county, whose term of of
fice shall be four years, and who shall
be paid such salary or compensation, ei
ther from the fees and emoluments of
his office or from the general county
fund, as shall be provided by law.
The term of office of the county judges
serving at the time of the adoption of
this amendment is hereby extended to
the second Tuesday of January in the
year A. D. 1905.
Sec. 3. Each elector voting at said
election and desirous of voting for or
against* both or either of said amend
ments shall deposit in the ballot box his
ticket, whereon shall be printed the
words “For the Amendment in Relation
to District Attorneys" and "Against the
Amendment in Relation to District At
torneys.” and "For the Amendment in
Relation to County Judges" and "Against
the Amendment in Relation to County
Judges,” and shall indicate his choice
by placing a cross opposite one or the
other of said groups of words.
Sec. 4. The votes cast for the adoption
or rejection of said amendments shall be
canvassed and the result determined by
the laws of the state for the canvass of
votes for representatives in Congress.
Approved March 25. 1901.
In testimony whereof. 1 have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the great seal
of the state of Colorado, at the city of
Denver, this 18th day of September. A.
D. 1902.
DAVID A. MILLS.
(Seal.) Secretary of State.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at
the general election to be held on the
fourth day of November. A. D. 1902. there
will be submitted to the qualified electors
of the state of Colorado the question of
amending the constitution of said state.
The authority for submitting such ques
tion is found in Senate Bill No. 318. ap
proved March 25th. 1901. which is. in
words and figures, following, viz.:
AN ACT
To submit to the qualified electors of the
state of Colorado an amendment to
Sections Six. Eight and Eleven of Ar
ticle Fourteen of the constitution of
the state of Colorado.
Be it Enucted by the General Assembly
of the State of Colorado:
Section 1. There shall be submitted to
the qualified electors of the state of Col
orado at the next general election for
members of the General Assembly, for
their approval or rejection, the following
amendments to the constitution of the
state of Colorado, which, when ratified
by a majority of those voting thereon,
shall be valid as a part of the constitu
tion, that is to say. section six. of article
fourteen of the constitution of the state
of Colorado, shall be amended to read aa
follows:
Sec. 6. In each county having a popu
lation of less than seventy thousand
there shall be elected, for a term of four
years each, three county commissioners
who shall hold sessions for the transac
tion of county business as provided by
law; any two of whom shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business.
Two of said commissioners shall be elect
ed at the general election in the year
nineteen hundred and four, and at th®
general election every four years there
after; and the other one of said commis
sioners shall be elected at the general
election in the year nineteen hundred and
six. and at the general election every
four years thereafter; Provided. That
when the population of any county shall
equal or exceed seventy thousand, th®
board of county commissioners may con
sist of five members, any three of whom
shall constitute a quorum for the trans
action of business. Three of said com
missioners in said county shall be elected
at the general election in the year nine
teen hundred and four, and at the gen
eral election every four years thereafter:
and the other two of said commissioners
in such county shall be elected at the
general election In the year nineteen hun
dred and six and every four years there
after; and all of such commissioners
shall be elected for the term of four
years.
The term of office of the county com
missioners in each county that expires in
January. 1904, is hereby extended to the
second Tuesday in January. A. D. 1905.
and the term of office of the county com
missioners that expires' in January. 1906.
is hereby extended to the second Tuesday
in January. A. D. 1907; and in counties
having a population of more than seven
ty thousand, the term of office of th®
commissioners that expire in 1904 shall b®
extended to the second Tuesday in Jan
uary. 1905. and the term of office of th®
county commissioners that expire in 1906
is hereby extended to the second Tuesday
in January. 1907. This section shall gov
ern, except as hereafter otherwise ex
pressly directed or permitted by constitu-
I tional enactment.
Sec. 2. Section eight of article four
! teen of the constitution of the state of
| Colorado shall be amended to read as fol
lows:
Sec. 8. There shall be elected in each
, county, at the same time at which mem
bers of the General Assembly are elected,
commencing in the year nineteen hundred
and four, one county clerk, who shall be
ex officio recorder of deeds and clerk of
the board of county commissioners; one
sheriff: one coroner; one treasurer, who
shall be collector of taxes, one county
superintendent of schools: one county
surveyor; one county assessor: and on()
county attorney, who may be elected, or
appointed, as shall be provided by law;
i and such officers shall be paid such sal
ary or compensation, either from the
fees, perquisites and emoluments of their
respective offices, or from the general
county fund, as may be provided by
law. The term of office of all such offi
cials that expire in January. 1904. is here
by extended to the second Tuesday in
January. A. D. 1905.
This section shall govern, except as
hereafter otherwise expressly directed,
or permitted by constitutional enactment.
Sec. 3. Section eleven of article four
teen of the constitution of the state of
Colorado shall be amended to read as fol
i lows:
Sec. 11. There shall be elected at the
same time at which members of the Gen
eral Assembly are elected, beginning with
the year nineteen hundred and four, two
justices of the peace and two constables
in each precinct in each county, who
shall hold their office for a term of two
years: Provided. That in precincts con
taining fifty thousand (50.000) or more in
habitants. the number of justices and
constables may be increased as provided
by law. The term of offices of all jus
tices of the peace thut expires in Janu
ary. 1904. is hereby extended to the second
Tuesday In January. 1905. This section
shall govern, except as hereafter other
wise expressly directed, or permitted by
constitutional enactment.
Sec. 4. Each elector voting at said elec
tion and desirous of voting for or against
all or any of said amendments, shall de
posit in the ballot box his ticket whereon
shall be printed the words. "For th®
Amendments to Sections 6. 8 and 11 of Ar
ticle XIV. Concerning County Officers.”
and "Against the Amendments to Sec
tions 6. 8 and 11 of Article XIV. Concern
ing County Officers.” and shall indicate
his choice by placing a cross opposite
one or the other of said groups of word®.
Any elector not voting as aforesaid may
express his approval or rejection of any
one or more of said sections herein re
ferred to. by designating any section so
approved or rejected by number in the
order in which it appears in this act.
The official ballot shall be so prepared as
to aford [afford] the electors the oppor
tunity to express their choice as herein
provided.
Sec. 5. The votes cast for the adoption
or rejection of said amendments shall bfc
canvassed and the result determined by
the laws of the state for the canvass of
votes for representatives in Congress.
Approved March 25. 1901.
In testimony whereof. I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the greet seal ol
the state of Colorado, at the city of Den
ver, this 18th day of September. A. D.
1902.
DAVID A. MILLS,
(Seal.) Secretary of State.