Nevada State Question 3, Special Legislation Amendment (February 1889)
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| Topic State legislative authority |
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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 February 11, 1889. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported prohibiting the legislature from passing local or special laws on specified matters, while preserving its authority over certain regulations and rates. |
A "no" vote opposed prohibiting the legislature from passing local or special laws on specified matters, while preserving its authority over certain regulations and rates. |
Election results
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Nevada Question 3 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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4,215 | 53.98% | ||
| No | 3,593 | 46.02% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 3 was as follows:
| “ | No. III.—Senate Concurrent Resolution relative to amending the Constitution of the State of Nevada. Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the Constitution of the State of Nevada be amended as follows: Amend section twenty of Article IV. of the Constitution of the State of Nevada so as to read as follows: Section twenty. The Legislature shall not pass local or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases, that is to say: Regulating the jurisdiction and duties of Justices of the Peace; for the punishment of crimes and misdemeanors; regulating the practice of courts of justice; providing for changing the venue in civil and criminal cases; granting divorces; changing the names of persons; vacating roads, town plots, streets, alleys and public squares; summoning and impaneling grand and petit juries, and providing for compensation; regulating county and township business; regulating the election of county and township officers; for the assessment and collection of taxes for state, county and township purposes; providing for opening and conducting elections of state, county or township officers, and designating the places of voting; providing for the sale of real estate or personal property belonging to minors or other persons under legal disabilities; giving effect to invalid deeds, wills or other instruments; refunding money paid into the state treasury, or into the treasury of any county; releasing the indebtedness, liability or obligation of any corporation, association or person to the state, or to any county, town or city of the state. But nothing in this section shall be construed to deny or restrict the power of the Legislature to establish and regulate the compensation and fees of county and township officers; to establish and regulate the rates of freight, passage, toll, and charges of railroads, toll-roads, ditches, flumes, and tunnels, or mills, or to regulate their rates or fares, or to regulate their business within the laws of this State or doing business therein. | ” |
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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