tion or rejection at an election to be held in the month of July 1876, at which election the lawful voters of said new state should vote directly for or against the proposed constitution; and the returns of said election should be made to the acting governor of the territory, who, with the chief-justice and the United States attorney of said territory, or any two of them, should canvass the same; and if a majority of legal votes should be cast for said constitution in said proposed state, the said acting governor should certify the same to the President of the United States, together with a copy of said constitution and ordinances; whereupon it should be the duty of the President of the United States to issue his proclamation declaring the state admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, without any further action whatever on the part of Congress :

And whereas it has been certified to me by the acting governor of said Territory of Colorado that within the

time prescribed by said Act of Congress a constitution for said proposed state has been adopted, and the same ratified by a majority of the legal voters of said proposed new state in accordance with the conditions prescribed by said Act of Congress :

And whereas a duly authenticated copy of said constitution and of the declaration and ordinance required by said Act has been received by

me:

Now therefore, I, Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States of America, do, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress aforesaid, declare and proclaim the fact that the fundamental conditions imposed by Congress on the State of Colorado to entitle that state to admission to the Union have been ratified and accepted, and that the admission of the said state into the Union is now complete.

(August 1, 1875.)

SEC.

11. Journals to be kept.

12. No member to be questioned, &c. 13. Bills may originate in either house. 14. Enacting clause of bills.

15. Assent of a majority of all the members required, &c.

16. Restriction as to private and local bills.

17. Existing law not to be made a part of an Act except by inserting it therein. 18. Private and local bills, in what cases they may not be passed-general laws to be passed-street railroads, condition upon which they may be authorised.

19. The legislature not to audit or allow any private claim.

20. Bill imposing a tax, manner of passing.

21. Same subject.

22. Board of supervisors.

23. Local legislative powers conferred on boards of supervisors.

24. No extra compensation to be granted to a public officer, servant, agent, or contractor.

25. Sections seventeen and eighteen not to apply to certain bills.

Causes pending in court of appeals to be referred to commissioners of appeals.

5. Commissioners of appeals-vacancies how filled-chief commissioner to be appointed.

6. Supreme court-jurisdiction-justices -judicial districts, number of justices in; may be altered without increasing number.

7. Terms of supreme court.

Judge or justice may not sit in review of decisions made by him, &c.

8.

9.

Vacancy in office of justice of supreme court, how filled.

10.

Judges of court of appeals, or justices of supreme court, to hold no other office.

11. Removals

12.

to. City courts.

13.

proceedings in relation

Justice of supreme court or judges of city courts, how chosen-term of office-restriction as to age.

14. Compensation of judges or justicesnot to be diminished during term of office. 15. County courts.

16. Local judicial officers.

17. Judge of court of appeals, or justice of supreme court, election or appointment of-questions to be submitted to people.

18. Justices of the peace.

1. Canal debt-sinking fund-June 1, 1846, $1,300,000-June 1, 1859, $1,700,000.

2. General fund debt-sinking fund, $350,000; after certain period, $1,500,000.

3. $200,000 of the surplus canal revenues annually appropriated to general fund, and the remainder to specific public works-certain deficiencies in the revenues not exceeding $2,250,000, annually to be supplied from the revenues of the canalscontractors, no extra compensation to be made to.

4. Loans to incorporated companies not to be released or compromised. 5. Legislature shall, by equitable taxes, increase the revenues of the sinking fund in certain cases.

6. Certain canals of the state not to be leased or sold-expenditures, for collections and repairs, limited-funds from leases or sale, how applied.

7. Salt-springs.

8. Appropriation bills.

9. State credit not to be loaned.

10. Power to contract debts limited.

11. Debts to repel invasion, &c., may be

contracted.

12. Limitation of the legislative power in the creation of debts.

13. Sinking funds to be separately kept and safely invested.

14. Claims barred by lapse of time-limitation of existing claims.