PROCLAMATION CALLING SPECIAL SESSION. Whereas, In the judgment of the Governor of the State of Colorado, the present is one of the extraordinary occasions required in the Constitution of the State for the calling of special sessions of the General Assembly, Now, Therefore, I, Elias M. Ammons, Governor of the State of Colorado, do by this proclamation convene the Nineteenth General Assembly of said State and hereby summon the members thereof to meet in special session at the Capitol, in the City of Denver, in the State of Colorado, on Monday, the 4th day of May, A. D. 1914, at twelve o'clock noon. The purposes for which it is to assemble are specially named by me in this proclamation as follows: First-To provide for paying, either by the issuance of bonds, special tax levy or otherwise, the expenses which have been or shall be incurred in restoring and preserving peace and good order, and in suppressing insurrection with the aid of the National Guard of Colorado, during the coal miners' strike of 1913 and 1914, and to pay all expenses of the State incident thereto. Second-To enact a law submitting to the people of the State an amendment to the Constitution to empower the Legislature to enact laws for arbitration in all labor disputes and to provide for the enforcement of the decisions of the arbitration board. Third-To enact a law establishing a State Constabulary or State peace officers, and defining their powers and duties. Fourth-To enact a law or laws authorizing the Governor and other proper officers in times of internal disorder, to close saloons and otherwise to regulate or prohibit the sale, gift, purchase and use of intoxicating liquors in any specified district, where, in his judgment, it is necessary, for the public good, so to do. Fifth-To enact a law or laws authorizing the Governor, in times of internal disorder, to regulate or prohibit the sale, gift and purchase of firearms and ammunition, and the carrying thereof, except by authorized persons. Sixth-To appropriate the sum necessary to defray the expenses of the special session hereby called. In Witness, Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the great Seal of State to be affixed hereto at Denver, Colorado, this twenty-fifth day of April, A. D. 1914. CHAPTER 1. APPROPRIATION. EXPENSES OF SPECIAL SESSION. (H. B. No. 8, by Messrs. Wright, Andrew and Simpson.) AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ORDINARY AND CONTINGENT EX PENSES OF THE SPECIAL SESSION Of the nineTEENTH Per diem and expenses. traveling For print House and Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: Section 1. That for the per diem and actual and necessary traveling expenses of the members and for the per diem of the officers, clerks, sergeants-at-arms, chaplains, pages, janitors and other employes of the Nineteenth General Assembly, at the Special Session thereof, for the printing required by the Nineteenth General Assembly at said Special Session thereof, including House ing, etc. and Senate bills, calenders, roll-calls, reports, engrossing Senate blanks, session laws, House and Senate journals, and all Journals. other necessary printing, and for all other expenses of said Special Session of the Nineteenth General Assembly, or any committee thereof, there is hereby appropriated out of the General Fund, in addition to the sums appropriated in House Bill No. 741 of the regular session of said Nineteenth General Assembly, the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars ($3,500) or so much thereof as may be tion. necessary. Appropria Emergency Section 2. In the opinion of the General Assembly an emergency exists; therefore this act shall take effect clause. and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, May 16-1914, at 11:22 o'clock A. M.. CHAPTER 2. FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION. REGULATION BY GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION. When Governor finds riot, insurrection or invasion, may so declare by proclamation. Prohibiting use, disposition, etc., of firearms and ammunition. What acts forbidden. (H. B. No. 4, by Messrs. Sweet, Norvell, Hicks and AN ACT IN RELATION TO FIRE ARMS AND AMMUNITION. Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: Section 1. Whenever in the opinion of the Governor a condition of riot, insurrection or invasion exists in this state, or in any county or counties, city or cities, town or towns, district or districts in this state, he shall have the right to declare the state or any such county or counties, city or cities, town or towns, district or districts, to be in a state of riot, or insurrection, or invasion, by proclamation, and to prohibit the purchase, manufacture for sale or use, receiving, carrying or use, or the selling, giving away, transportation, or otherwise disposing of, or the permitting of others to obtain possession of, any fire arms or ammunition in the places covered by said proclamation or in any other portion of the state designated by him during the time that said proclamation remains in force. Section 2. If the governor shall at any time issue his proclamation as provided in section one of this act, declaring the state, or any county or counties, city or cities, town or towns, district or districts within the state to be in a state of riot, or insurrection, or invasion, it shall be unlawful while said proclamation is in force, for any person, firm or corporation within the territory covered by said proclamation to purchase, manufacture for sale or use, receive, transport, carry or use, any fire Right to bear written per mit. To whom permit may be issued. empt. Who is ex arm or ammunition, or to sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of, or permit others to obtain possession of any fire arm or ammunition, without a written permit from the Governor or his regularly authorized representative, arms under first had and obtained, and no such permit shall be issued by the Governor or such representative unless and until the person so desiring such permit shall satisfy the Governor or such representative that the same is to be used in defense of his home, person or property; Provided, that this section shall not apply to legally authorized peace officers, or sheriffs, designated by the Governor or such representative, or members of the National Guard of Colorado. And provided further that no permit shall be issued to allow the purchase, manufacture for sale or use, receipt, use, transportation or disposing of fire arms or ammunition by anyone not a citizen of the United States or to anyone who has not been a resident of the State of Colorado for more than one year prior to the issuance of the proclamation mentioned in Section 1 hereof. Must be U. S. citizens and of Colorado also residents more than one year. rights preserved. Section 3. Nothing in this act shall be construed so Constitutional as to call in question the right of any person to keep and bear arms in the defense of his home, person, or property, of the civil power when thereto legally or in aid summoned. Section 4. Any person, firm or corporation violating Penalty. the provisions of section two hereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not less than one hundred dollars and not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding one year, or both such fine and imprisonment. Section 5. In the opinion of the General Assembly this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety. Approved: May-16-1914 at 2:45 o'clock P. M. Safety clause. |