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sentatives. The executive and administrative 

 department is to consist of a Governor, Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor, who must be each thirty 

 years of age or upwards, Secretary of State, 

 Treasurer, Attorney-General, and superintend- 

 ent of Public Instruction, who are to be elected 

 every second year, and are to hold office for 

 two years. The Lieutenant-Governor is made 

 the presiding officer of the Senate. The judicial 

 office is made elective, and its duration is lim- 

 ited, in the higher courts, to three years, and, 

 in the lower courts, to two years. The com- 

 pensation provided for different public officers 

 is as follows : 



Governor, $2,000 per annum. 



Lieutenant-Governor, $8 per diem, during the ses- 

 sion of the Legislature, and mileage. 



Secretary of State, $1,500 per annum. 



Treasurer, $1,000 per annum. 



Superintendent of Public Instruction, $1,000. 



Attorney-General, $1,000. 



Members of Legislature, $5 per diem, during the 

 session of the Legislature, and mileage. 



Th'e judges of the Supreme Court are author- 

 ized to receive a salary to be fixed by the Leg- 

 islature, and which shall not exceed $6,000, nor 

 be less than $4,000. By a special provision, 

 the pay of members of the Legislature ceases if 

 the session exceeds forty days in duration. 

 Other clauses prohibit the establishment of 

 banks of issue, or the circulation of any species 

 of bank bills except those authorized by act of 

 Congress; vest the title of property owned by 

 religious, educational, or charitable corporations 

 in trustees ; and provide for a State University. 

 Amendments to the Constitution are to be 

 adopted by a two-thirds vote in each branch of 

 the Legislature, and subsequently ratified by 

 popular vote. The following was also passed 

 by the Convention : 



An Irrevocable Ordinance, adopting the Constitution 

 of the United States, and for other purposes. 



Wnereas, The People of Colorado, by their dele- 

 gates duly elected, in convention assembled, Lave 

 deemed it expedient to make application to Congress 

 for the admission of Colorado into the Union as a 

 State, on an equal footing with other States, and 

 have framed a constitution for said State; and 

 whereas it is deemed right and proper for this con 

 vention to declare on the behalf of the people of said 

 Territory, that they adopt the Constitution of the 

 "United States. * * * 



Now, therefore, this convention, duly elected by 

 the people of Colorado, pursuant to a call of the same, 

 being duly organized, do hereby, on behalf of, and 

 by the authority of the people of said Territory of 

 Colorado, adopt the Constitution of the United States, 

 and accept all of the following propositions, to wit : 



We do declare by authority of, and in behalf of the 

 people of the Territory of Colorado, and ordain by 

 this ordinance irrevocable, except upon the above 

 conditions, that there shall be neither slavery nor 

 involuntary servitude in the State of Colorado, other- 

 wise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the 

 party shall have been duly convicted ; that perfect 

 toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured, and 

 10 inhabitant of said State shall ever be molested in 

 person or property on account of his or her mode of 

 religious worship ; and that the people inhabiting 

 said Territory of Colorado, do agree and declare that 

 they forever disclaim all right and title to the unap- 

 propriated lands lying within said Territory, and 



that the same shall be and remain at the sole and 

 entire disposal of the United States ; and that lands 

 belonging to citizens of the United States residing 

 without the State, shall never be taxed higher than 

 the lands belonging to residents thereof; and that no 

 taxes shall be imposed by said State on lands or 



Eropcrty therein belonging to, or which may hereafter 

 e purchased by the United States. 

 It is further ordained, That all treaties of whatever 

 name or nature made between the Government of the 

 United States and any foreign power, are hereby fully 

 ratified and confirmed by this Constitution. 



The Constitution having been adopted, an 

 election for State officers took place in the suc- 

 ceeding November, which resulted in the return, 

 with one exception, of the Republican candidates 

 by large majorities. For Governor, "William 

 Gilpin, the regular Republican candidate, re- 

 ceived three thousand one hundred and twenty- 

 three votes, to one thousand eight hundred and 

 thirty-five for Scudder, independent Republican, 

 and two thousand five hundred and ninety -nine 

 for Craig, the democratic candidate. The Re- 

 publican candidate for Secretary of State was 

 elected by four thousand five hundred and 

 twenty-two votes against two thousand six 

 hundred and forty-four, given to his democratic 

 competitor. The Legislature elected was largely 

 Republican in both branches. At the same 

 time George M. Chilcott, Republican, was 

 elected representative in Congress by three 

 thousand one hundred and four votes against 

 one thousand six hundred and ninety-six for 

 Belden, independent Republican, and two thou- 

 sand one hundred and nineteen for Cavanaugh, 

 Democrat. The following represents the pres- 

 ent State Government of Colorado : 



EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. 



Governor William Gilpin, Eepublican. 



Lieutenant- Governor George A. Hinsdale, Demo- 

 crat. 



Secretary of State Josiah H. Gest, Republican. 



Treasurer Alexander W. Atkins, Eepublican. 



Superintendent Public Instruction Eufus K. Fris- 

 bee, Eepublican. 



Attorney -General U. B. Holloway, Republican. 



[All elected for two years from the first Monday in 

 January, 1866.] 



SUPREME COURT. 



William H. Gorsline, Eepublican, on all tickets. 



Allen A. Bradford, Eepublican, also on democratic 

 ticket. 



J. Bright Smith, Republican, on straight ticket. 



[To draw for terms of one, two, and three years; 

 successors to be elected for three years.] 



In compliance with an ordinance adopted by 

 the Constitutional Convention, the Legislature, 

 elected in November, 1805, convened at Golden 

 City, fifteen miles west of Denver, on the second 

 Tuesday of the succeeding December, and was 

 organized by the choice of the Republican can- 

 didates for presiding officers in both branches. 

 John Evans, the former territorial governor, 

 and Jerome B. Chaffee, recently speaker of the 

 House in the territorial legislature, both Re- 

 publicans, were elected United States Senators, 

 and early in January, 1866, in compliance with 

 a joint resolution of the legislative assembly, 

 presented the papers relating to the State or- 



