California Appropriations for Incurred Debt, Amendment 5 (1892)

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The California Appropriations for Incurred Debt Amendment, also known as Amendment 5, was on the ballot in California on November 8, 1892, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The measure would have provided for the manner in which a state officer could incur debt and prohibited the legislature from appropriating money to pay debts otherwise incurred.

Election results

California Amendment 5 (1892)
Result		Votes	Percentage
d No		87,708	55.87%
Yes		69,286	44.13%

Election results via: California Statement of the Vote, 1892

See also

Suggest a link

• California 1892 ballot propositions
• 1892 ballot measures
• List of California ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in California

External links

• California Statement of the Vote, 1892