Article XIV, Oregon Constitution

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Article XIV of the Oregon Constitution is entitled Seat of Government and consists of two sections.

Section 1

	Text of Section 1: Seat of Government Repealed.

Amendments

• Repeal proposed by S.J.R. 41, 1957, and adopted by the people Nov. 4, 1958 (present section 1 and former 1958 section 3 of this Article adopted in lieu of this section and former original section 3 of this Article).

Section 1

	Text of Section 1: Seat of Government The permanent seat of government for the state shall be Marion County.

Amendments

• Created through S.J.R. 41, 1957, and adopted by the people Nov. 4, 1958 (this section and former 1958 section 3 of this Article adopted in lieu of former original sections 1 and 3 of this Article).

Section 2

	Text of Section 2: Erection of State House Prior to 1865 No tax shall be levied, or money of the State expended, or debt contracted for the erection of a State House prior to the year eighteen hundred and sixty five.

Section 3

	Text of Section 3: Limitation on Removal of Seat of Government; Location of State Institutions Repealed.

• Amendment proposed by S.J.R. 1, 1907, and adopted by the people June 1, 1908.
• Repeal proposed by S.J.R. 41, 1957, and adopted by the people Nov. 4, 1958 (present section 1 and former 1958 section 3 of this Article adopted in lieu of this section and former section 1 of this Article).

Section 3

	Text of Section 3: Location and Use of State Institutions Repealed.

• Created through S.J.R. 41, 1957, and adopted by the people Nov. 4, 1958 (this section, designated as “Section 2” by S.J.R. 41, 1957, and present section 1 of this Article adopted in lieu of former original sections 1 and 3 of this Article).
• Repeal proposed by S.J.R. 9, 1971, and adopted by the people Nov. 7, 1972.

See also

• State constitution
• Constitutional article
• Constitutional amendment
• Constitutional revision
• Constitutional convention
• Amendments
  • Initiated constitutional amendment
  • Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
  • Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
  • Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
  • State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

External links

Suggest a link

• Oregon State Legislature, "Constitution of Oregon"
• State of Oregon Blue Book, "Constitution of Oregon: 2011 Version"

Additional reading

• Johnson, David Alan. (1992). Founding the Far West: California, Oregon, and Nevada, 1840-1890, Berkley, California: University of California Press
• Carey, Charles Henry. (1922). History of Oregon, Portland, Oregon: The Pioneer Historical Publishing Company