Minnesota Amendment 5, Expenditures for Forest Fire Prevention and Environmental Protection Amendment (1924)
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| Topic Parks, land, and natural area conservation and Revenue allocation |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
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Minnesota Amendment 5 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Minnesota on November 4, 1924. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the Minnesota Constitution to authorize state expenditures to prevent forest fires, including compulsory taxation, clearing and improvement of public and private wild lands. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the Minnesota Constitution to authorize state expenditures to prevent forest fires, including compulsory taxation, clearing and improvement of public and private wild lands. |
Election results
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Minnesota Amendment 5 |
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460,965 | 76.26% | ||
| No | 143,518 | 23.74% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 5 was as follows:
| “ | "Amendment to the constitution by adding thereto a new article, to be known as article 17, permitting the state and its political subdivisions when authorized by the legislature to contract debts and pledge the public credit for and engage in any work reasonably tending to prevent or abate forest fires, including the compulsory clearing and improvement of wild lands (whether publicly or privately owned) and the assessment against such lands of the value of all benefits so conferred and the payment of damages so sustained in excess of such benefits." "Yes No " | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Minnesota Constitution
A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Minnesota State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 68 votes in the Minnesota House of Representatives and 34 votes in the Minnesota State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
Ratifying an amendment requires a 'Yes' vote from a simple majority of all voters casting a ballot in the election, rather than a simple majority of those voting on the question.
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