Missouri Amendment 4, General Assembly Salary Measure (1914)

Missouri Amendment 4
Election date November 3, 1914
Topic Salaries of government officials
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Missouri Amendment 4 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Missouri on November 3, 1914. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported amending the Missouri State Constitution to establish an annual salary of $1,000 for General Assembly members.

A "no" vote opposed amending the Missouri State Constitution to establish an annual salary of $1,000 for General Assembly members.

Election results

Missouri Amendment 4
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		89,629	20.14%
No		355,326	79.86%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 4 was as follows:

“

The fourth constitutional amendment was proposed to provide for change of compensation of members of General Assembly from per diem during session to annual salary of $1,000.00.

”

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Missouri Constitution

A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Missouri General Assembly to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 82 votes in the Missouri House of Representatives and 18 votes in the Missouri State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1914 Measures

• 1914 Measures
• Salaries of government officials on the ballot
• 1914 legislative sessions

Missouri

• Missouri ballot measures
• Missouri ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
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External links

• Missouri State Archives - The Blue Book