1939 ballot measures
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California
See also: California 1939 ballot propositions
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| CICA | Proposition 1 | Welfare | The "Ham and Eggs" Act | 
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| CISS | Proposition 2 | Health | Variety of proposed changes to the state's Chiropractic Act |
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| VR | Proposition 3 | Regulations | The Shelley Act, regulations pertaining to personal property brokers (aka "loan sharks") | 
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| VR | Proposition 4 | Regulations | The Wollenberg-Phillips Act |
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| VR | Proposition 5 | Regulations | Creation of an Oil Conservation Commission |
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North Dakota
See also: North Dakota 1939 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| Issue 1 | Taxes | Diverts state gasoline and vehicle tax from highway construction to state old age assistance fund for 2 years |
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| Issue 2 | Alcohol | Provides for the sale of liquor through municipal liquor stores in towns of 150 or more having a regular police department |
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| Issue 3 | Taxes | Imposes a gross income tax of 2% on businesses, professions, and occupations with some exceptions for the various funds of the state and Counties |
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Ohio
See also: Ohio 1939 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LRCA | Referred Issue 1 | Education | State Board of Education |
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| CICA | Initiated Issue 1 | Welfare | Old age pensions |
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| CICA | Initiated Issue 2 | Direct democracy | Requirements necessary to qualify initiative petitions |
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| VR | Referendum 1 | Labor | Civil service, certification, sick leave and layoffs in the classified service |
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Texas
See also: Texas 1939 ballot measures
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LRCA | Proposition 1 | |||
| LRCA | Proposition 2 | |||
| LRCA | Proposition 3 | |||
| LRCA | Proposition 4 |
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