Minnesota Single Liability for Corporations, Amendment 2 (1876)

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The Minnesota Single Liability for Corporations Amendment, also known as Amendment 2, was on the November 7, 1876 ballot in Minnesota as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated. The measure would have established single liability for stockholders in all corporations except banks

Election results

Minnesota Amendment 2 (1876)
Result		Votes	Percentage
d No		22,830	51.24%
Yes		21,721	48.76%

Election results via: Minnesota Legislative Reference Library

Text of measure

The text of the measure can be read here.

Similar measures

• Minnesota Exempt Railroad Stock, Amendment 1 (1870) d
• Minnesota Single Liability for Corporations, Amendment 4 (1875) d
• Minnesota Liability of Stockholders, Amendment 3 (1926) d
• Minnesota Liability of Stockholders, Amendment 2 (1928) d
• Minnesota Liability of Stockholders, Amendment 3 (1930) a
• Minnesota Limit Liability for State Banks, Amendment 4 (1954) a

See also

Suggest a link

• Minnesota 1876 ballot measures
• 1876 ballot measures
• List of Minnesota ballot measures
• History of direct democracy in Minnesota

External links

• Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
• 1876 Laws of Minnesota

Footnotes

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