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Home My WebLink About1911-03-23 (Special) Meeting Minutes< ?r •~;/. • L f I Jr&; 0-;e I ~I <!/~' ;A-~ aa~,·b-~- ·A ,_' .Jay-~ _;lt.-1 -)},,,-/~ ~ ~ ;,,e,,._'.,;,, ~ " d....fr -C,-',._,/ e~~/ ~ 4 , ~(!~/~~ ~~~ / ~~~~/!-.: ""'-I /' • , '.... It! I ""'-""'"'. <17 t2y ~ a.<:11 (A> -/;" -~ ~~ ~~ ]w_,._~ ~ IV<-~ tU ~~ • , ~. I R. H.aL.ACKMAN L.AWYSll LITTUTON.CCK.OllADO ~rah ~3r n, 1911. To The Honorable Board of Aldermen of the City o! E n ~l ewood, ~o lorado. Cientl .. n: In repq to your requeet of thi :::-c1ate !or my or.j nion ae t o whether or not the prooe•41nge, lately taken by the Board o! C o~ty eo..1aalonera of the Count1 of .lrapeh oe, for t r. purpose of ~ro•idin g a permanent liat of the qual1fie4 ele ctor• reei di ng with in your oit71 for the urpoae of hold i ne an electi on of Cit1 off1o1ale at a genera eleotionp to be helcl in y our Ct 7 tn Ar ril Mzt, are legal and •altc!. ul ae to whether or not an election held at .. 1a ti e peraitting Olll7 noh eleotor• who• naMa are oert tfiec! to th• J u~ge• of eaic! eleotiOD ae will appear upon eai4 registration list, t o be eo oerttfiei b7 the count7 ~1erk of aa i d COUDt7, to ezeroi s e t~ei~b oti traollt• wall be a legal e lection and wulcl enti t • e !.n1~atee •oted 1 for at saic! eleotton and reoet•ing the hiGhe at n-ber of •otee to be le olarec! the le~ll.7 eleoted offiolal• of •1c1 town ~or the ennin _ hrm, I be g to aub•it the following: I baTe .. teJWine4 t t t the onl.7 step• taken by the of!ioi ala of Arapahoe count7 and of 7ou r oit7 toward proTiding a pel'11Ulent re gi •- . tratton list of tile q11alif i ed electors of 7our olty, to be uaed ae th• on~ registration of ea14 electors at the aaid election are u follow: !be 1oar4 of cnat7 Corai,ioner• of .. ii Count7 did on the 14th d l&tb ..,. of Jlarob of b 18 7enr, HQ>lo7 oan.u•ere • one tor e:!h of tM eleoUOD prectn ta wit in 7our o1ty. ~4 41~::~: -1 .. --·-n to •• aa4 c omrlet• a tull ant aocura ale rl• b - u uau•----t 1~ 1 1!1•4 •l•otor tn euo t ion of all -. .;t .::t ae t h '::11 reg1.8traUon of the qualified pnotaote, -0 1 t and onl.7 thoae qualified eleotore nailing wttbta aaid P~&~ln:o:i•trat1on list to be ,.rmttte4 ;!9:::;:1:0 ;:.~:,:~:0 h tH at said eleotion. T:-:~ ;:;!:!~;:n ~:9 .. ~;·.:=:0:P~ o~~;·:::!i!~ ::0 ~ 1894. pace 11-t. 211 .. 4•• •h• abne Motion an4 th po•r• oonferret t hereb7 apon OOD8•ft-o " t i 118 ~ent. re 1.etrat ion _.. Boarl ot Ocnm'1 00tmt .. 1on or n covt of 1• . tet• ~ :t: ::r:/~1;!:;i:f .~~'1~.~~~t!: ••· P=•. 2' Colo. 41 • -. 4eteniml u follow: •fM Hle l;r.1 cr•tUo reHntel tor oar oouttaa'1 I t tb t t81 in q•et.ton, bat tbe 1' tor, u •tber • • t e•-•ton. n. ftret ut t t ti.. i. to ~ t1-permant r •••" R . H.BLACKMAN LAWYER LITTL£TON ,COLORADO ,, . . tate providing for permanent r eg iatr ~tion in the class of citiea t he rein designated, was passed in 1891. Session laws, 1891 P . 172. I t wa s repealed in 18 94 and a new act passed in its stead. Session laws 1894, P. 68. The fir s t act provided for a permanent regietration i n the desie nated oities,of all persons who .. re then qualified electors. Under the law as i t t hen stood, only men could be qualified electo~e. an d their n ames we re p laced upon the pe!'1!l8!lent registration which wns taken in ac c ordance with the requirements of the aot of 1891. In 1893 the elective f ranchis e was conferred upon women, and proviaion W&S made by section 2 of the act of 1894, for a regiatration of •all f ema le persona who at that t ime are qualified electors in all suoh e l ection precincts." It is t hi s section which relator olaima confers upon t he board the power t o ke a permanent registration in oitiea whic h me y th ereafter c ome wi h in the class designated in section 1 as the mun i cipalities to wh:ch t he aot ia applicable. But the registrat ·on whi oh s ection 2 r-.nirea the board to make l!llJSt be commenced wt t h i n rive 487s trOl!I the firat da7 of larch, 189 4, an d be compl e ted wit hi n twcnt7 cla19 thereafter. !his section, therefo re, in so f ar as the power of the board ia ooncerned, had spe nt i t s fo rce nnd become ino erative tor a~ purpose, long before th i s c i t y cal!le Wit t in t he soor , of the aot, an4 long before the r eg istrat i on of the relator .. s made 'tlDder the aaa-...d authorit7 of t he board. Besides, this eotion limit• the regiatration to fema l e eleotora only. Both bfcauae the time ia limite4 and the registration restr i cted to wo~en, it ia olear that tb9 legtalatu.re in te nded the reb7 m rely to gi~e the boar4 of oo .. iaaionera the power to make a re ~istr ~t ion o a olaaa of voter• not tileretotore r ~ie t. .red, ao aa to e upp l ... nt tbat of the •le voter• •de 'allter t he a c t or 189 1. .l re r istration of all eleotara, both -1• and fe ale, an d for the fi r s t t ime i:'l oit 1ea 11bioh ahould OO• w1 thin srec ifi d class , a f r the puaage of the aot of 1894, oerta1n}7 cou l d not e !!la de under th e aot of 1891, tor the fol'l!ler aot "peale4 lh latter. neither cou l d t h ere be ~ade 11D4er the aot of 1894, b7 or under t ho dire c t i on of the board, a rier911ent regiatration of all ;ec t ors , both ~ale an d female, beoauae the eeotion giving pOINr to t..c bonrd t o !':ak e el'T"canent re iatration waa reatriote4 to a ccrta i olaea of ve t.er e, v is: tenale eleotara. j or ... s ther an 1ntent1on b7 this aeotion to oonfer ~on tile board of COr'lnics io ne r e t he p owo r to mal:e a permllent regiatration of an1 eloo tora when eve r t reaf ter • 01t7 aoaia come ntbin the deaignat ~ olaes, i rre peotin of tho time of ih reaohtng that ?Wik; b oauae t 1.e aec ti n 1 t sel f required a lob reg iatratlon b7 or a&er the direction o f the b oard , to be •de with i n a ayieoth .. tiee. ~r bot h of t hese r a 1>ns, w iob a M re e mination of thta -.ti• Ua- A. H.BLACKMAN L.AWYEA LITTLIETON0COLOAADO #3. oloaes, the registra t i on a ttemp ted to be mc de by t he b oard i n t he present instance wa s unauthorized, b e cause of t te or iginal lack of authority therefor, and als o because the t il!!El f or ma k inp any registration at all, of any character under t his sect i on, had l ong a1noe expired"..................................... - Prom the above, i t cmn easily be det ermined t he t the attemp t of the Board of County Comm i ssioners of Ar apahoe County to 'P r ov id e a permanent registration list of the qua l ified e l ectors of t h e precincts within your city fo r the pur ·O e a f ore s a id, wa s absolu te ly without authority, and 1n my j udgl!lent wh olly void and insu ff icient for the purpose of providing a regiatrat i on ·1 1st of the qua l i f i ed electors in said preci ncts for t he election t o b e he ld a o efor s ai d, and a~ attempted election wi thout regard to t h e re g istrat ion l aws of this State, will be a nullity. Aa to the second propos i tion, it ia my op inion that any electi on attempted to be held for the pur pose of electi llb city offi cers f or your city in ~ril next, and restricting the r i Gl t of exerc i s ing their voting tfanobiaes to t he persons only wh ose n81!1ee a ppear uron eaid registration list, and d i sfranchising t hose qualifi e d e lect ors residing in said precincts wh ose na~e• do not app ear u p on sai d list, would b e absolutely voi n and illegal, a n d candidat es for y our c i t y offices, who ~i gh t rec eive 'majority of t le vote s oas i at aa i d election, would not be le ally elected o ffi c e rs of your c i t y , an d oould not be e ntit led to h old t he off ices, f or wh i ch they we re oanUdatea. Very respect fully cubmitted , RD-BL ~ ,u ,(_ /'~< • hk •JUUU'-4 ~ ~°r '"'~ ~~ -t ~ 1-/l<,. ~ ~.L/.1 1-~~ ~-~··*7 .&..~/~ -fa. •. :.L k.6.t At.NL :i ~ ~ ~~ At.J.~" 3 .