Nevada State Question 3, Education Lands and Funds Amendment (1924)
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| Topic Higher education funding and Public education funding |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Nevada Question 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Nevada on November 4, 1924. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported dedicating proceeds from public lands and related investments to educational purposes, including public schools and the state university. |
A "no" vote opposed dedicating proceeds from public lands and related investments to educational purposes, including public schools and the state university. |
Election results
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Nevada Question 3 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 5,175 | 32.78% | ||
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10,614 | 67.22% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 3 was as follows:
| “ | Shall Senate Substitute for Senate Joint Resolution No. 5 of the Thirtieth Session (Committee on Judiciary), relative to amending section 3 of article 11 of the Constitution of the State of Nevada, to read as follows: “Section 3. All lands, including the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections in any township donated for the benefit of public schools in the act of the thirty-eighth Congress to enable the people of Nevada Territory to form a state government, the thirty thousand acres of public lands granted by act of Congress, approved July second, A.D. eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to each senator and representative in Congress, and all proceeds of lands that have been or may hereafter be granted or appropriated by the United States to this state, and also the five hundred thousand acres of land granted to the new states under the act of Congress distributing the proceeds of the public lands among the several states of the Union, approved A.D. eighteen hundred and forty-one; provided, that Congress make provision for or authorize such diversion to be made for the purpose herein contained; all estates that may escheat to the state; all such per centum as may be granted by Congress on the sale of lands; and all proceeds resulting from lands given or bequeathed to the state for educational purposes, and all proceeds derived from any or all of said sources, shall be and the same are hereby solemnly pledged for educational purposes, and shall not be transferred to any other funds for other uses; and the interest thereon shall from time to time, be apportioned among the several counties as the legislature may provide by law; and the legislature shall provide for the sale of floating land warrants to cover the aforesaid lands, and for the investment of all proceeds derived from any of the aforementioned sources, in United States bonds, or the bonds of this state, or the bonds of other states of the Union, or the bonds of any county in the State of Nevada, or in loans at a rate of interest of not less than six per cent per annum, secured by mortgage on agricultural lands in this state of not less than three times the value of the amount loaned, exclusive of perishable improvements, of unexceptional title and free from all encumbrances; provided, that the interest only of the aforesaid proceeds shall be used for educational purposes, and the principal shall be added to the principal sum; provided further, that such portion of said interest as may be necessary may be appropriated for the support of the state university” 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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