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RPR-28-2005 07:57 FROM:GILPIN TY MGR 303 562 3906 ]:3035340310 P.3
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<br />Eualsln'r~"A.ct o:f Colw~tdo, lndepondencc. insaitute. Page l of'l
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<br />ACS
<br />A.N;~<;'' 7'O IiNARL.E THE PEOPLE .pF COLORADO 1'O FORM A CONSTITUTION AND STATE
<br />Ci0' ~ & It N:NEl7T, AbID FOR THE AD141I55ION OF TIC SAID STATE INTO T13E UNION ON AN EQUAL
<br />FOtITI!((1•A~'THTEIEORIQIN•AL:ITATES, ''~••• ~~..
<br />Ee it ectrctrd by the s:navs end house of [representatives ofthr. United States of Amerira is ooagteas iisscmbled:
<br />1. Anrls;rrq ta. faun state. That the inhabitants of the territory of Colotxdo included in the boundaries hereinafter
<br />desilin~ried, be, and they are hereby authorized to form for themselves, out of said territory, a state govettaneat, with thr.
<br />nmzu; o f thr. stt:to of folorado; which state, when formed, shall be admitted into the Utuon upon an equal footing wide
<br />rite rriilioel snaes in all naspecty tvhataoever. a4 hereinafter provided.
<br />2, Lnu,~aiddes, That the said stern of Colorado shell consist of atl rho territory included. within xbe following boundaries,
<br />Orwi t:.:c~mmarcing nu the thlrtyseveath ptitallci of north latitude where rho twentyfiRlr meridian of longitude aVe:a front
<br />tl7str:biutrtaas a?oases tins same; thence nortG, an same meridian, to the fortyfirst parallel of north latitude; thence along
<br />slue win dbsl worst to the thittysecond meridian of longitude west from Washington; ihtroce south on said meridian; to
<br />tl::e ESir itgr;vetrth parallel of north latitude; thence along said thirtyseventh parallel of north lalitnde to the place o
<br />bcgitming. •
<br />3. ['nrrr vra'ion election r~portionmewt proclanrelion. That all parsons qualified by law W vote for representatives to
<br />elae g;en a rat asn embly of said territory, et the date of the passage of this act, shalt be qualified to be elected, and they are
<br />hen:lby tntborired to vole for and choose representatives to form a convention, under such mien aztd regulations as the
<br />goveauir cif sei.d terrimry, the chief justice, and the United States attorney the:t:eof may prestrike; and also W vote upon
<br />the secYgphmct: or rejection ofsuch constihttion ns may be formed by said convention, under such atlas and sgultrdons
<br />air saidl c onvertdon mny prescribr.; and the aforesaid representatives to form the aforesadd convention shall be
<br />app:atumed ar]rong the several counties in said territory la proportion to the vote polled in each of said counties at dre
<br />first lle:uasl election as Bear u slay b0; and said apportitmment shall be made for said territory by the governor, Cfnited
<br />Stalin cEscrict nttorocq, sod ohiefjustice thcrcoP, or any two ofthem; and the govrnitar of said territory shell, by
<br />Faa:larn ati.oq ~~rder an election of the representatives aforesaid, to be held throughot# the territory at such time e-` shalt
<br />t e f ix<:~I b;r tIH: govomor, chief justice and UnBed States attorney, or say two a~f theta; which pmclematioo shall fro
<br />1:1901;4 vat)ya::+iaety flays aertt alter the first day Of 8eptt:mbey eighteen lrtmdred and eeveatyfive, and 8L least thirty
<br />d:ry t pr i x W fire time of said election; and such election shall be conducted in the sam+: manner as ie ptestxibed by the
<br />law[ of :raid mrltory:cegrilatiag r;lectiona therein, for mwben of the house ofrepresartatlves; sad the numirer of
<br />n:tw nbl:ty to said cw].veatioa shall be the same as now constitutes both branches of Wa legiahittsre of the aforesaid
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<br />4, C:nna•rlnlnouai convention reyalrements oJ'consdtutton. That the members of fire convention thus elected shall meet
<br />al: d to a: epitttl of said teaitory, on a day to be fixed by said governor, clrief justice, and United States attorney, not more
<br />i'w r si r:,y days eiibsrr;uent to the: day of election, which time of [Heeling shall be contained in rho afoortsaid
<br />S!rm:lent a6.on r:aeationed is the drird section of ibis net, and etftet o]:gatiizatioa, shall declare, On behalf of the people of
<br />srur. h rcittrry, that They aziopt the constitution o£ihe United States; whereupon the said wavention shell be and is
<br />t,er~:by~ canhoreaed to :Form a consriturion and state gavemment far said territory; proviied, that she constitution shall be
<br />n:p,cbl.i:ac in corm, and make no distraction in civil ar goliticei tights on account of tetra or color, except indiens riot
<br />t:uu:~3, ,r 3d.not be repngnaat to the cotLatittttion of the United States sad rite principles of the declaration of
<br />i:t>d~~prn9ence; end, provided fltrther, that said ronvention shaft provide by an ordinance irrevocable.withtnrtthe consent:
<br />i::ttF :l!r:! ~..or'g/l~ublirationsJColorndoConsatutioNcnenalrle.btm 12/4/03
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