Nevada State Question 1, Patented Mines Taxes Amendment (1906)
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| Topic Property taxes |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Nevada Question 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nevada on November 6, 1906. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported requiring patented mines be taxed at a minimum of $500, with exemptions for mines with $100 in labor, and maintaining uniform property tax rates. |
A "no" vote opposed requiring patented mines be taxed at a minimum of $500, with exemptions for mines with $100 in labor, and maintaining uniform property tax rates. |
Election results
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Nevada Question 1 |
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5,450 | 80.04% | ||
| No | 1,359 | 19.96% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 1 was as follows:
| “ | No. XII.—Assembly Concurrent Resolution, relative to amending Section 1 of Article X of the Constitution of the State of Nevada, pertaining to the assessment and taxation of patented mines. (Proposed and passed by the Twenty-First Session of the Nevada Legislature, March 16, 1903, and passed and agreed to by the Twenty-Second Session of the Nevada Legislature, March 3, 1905.) Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended so as to read as follows: Amend Section 1, Article X of the Constitution of the State of Nevada, so that the same shall read as follows: Section One. The Legislature shall provide by law for a uniform and equal rate of assessment and taxation, and shall prescribe such regulations as shall secure a just valuation for taxation of all property, real, personal and possessory, except mines and mining claims, when not patented, the proceeds alone of which shall be assessed and taxed and when patented each patented mine shall be assessed at not less than five hundred dollars ($500) except when one hundred dollars ($100) in labor has been actually performed on such patented mine during the year in addition to the tax upon the net proceeds and excepting such property as may be exempted by law for municipal, educational, literary, scientific or other charitable purposes. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
Amending the Nevada Constitution
- 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.
See also
Footnotes
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