Nevada Question 6, Taxation of Federal Government Property Amendment (1956)
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| Topic Constitutional wording changes |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Nevada Question 6 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nevada on November 6, 1956. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported allowing the Nevada Legislature to tax federal government property if authorized by Congress. |
A "no" vote opposed allowing the Nevada Legislature to tax federal government property if authorized by Congress. |
Election results
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Nevada Question 6 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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54,303 | 77.36% | ||
| No | 15,895 | 22.64% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 6 was as follows:
| “ | Shall—Senate Joint Resolution amending the ordinance of the Constitution of the State of Nevada reading as follows: Resolved by the Senate and Assembly of the State of Nevada, jointly, That the ordinance of the constitution of the State of Nevada be amended to read as follows: Ordinance In obedience to the requirements of an act of the Congress of the United States, approved March twenty-first, A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to enable the people of Nevada to form a constitution and state government, this convention, elected and convened in obedience to said enabling act, do ordain as follows, and this ordinance shall be irrevocable, without the consent of the United States and the people of Nevada: First. That there shall be in this state neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment for crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted. Second. That perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured, and no inhabitant of said state shall ever be molested, in person or property, on account of his or her mode of religious worship. Third. That the people inhabiting said territory do agree and declare, that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within said territory, and that the same shall be and remain at the sole and entire disposition of the United States; and that lands belonging to citizens of the United States, residing without the said state, shall never be taxed higher than the land belonging to the residents thereof; and that no taxes shall be imposed by said state on lands or property therein belonging to, or which may hereafter be purchased by, the United States, unless otherwise provided by the congress of the United States.—be approved? | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Nevada Constitution
A simple majority vote is required during two successive legislative sessions for the Nevada State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 22 votes in the Nevada State Assembly and 11 votes in the Nevada State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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Footnotes
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