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Ohio Classification of Property for Taxation Amendment (1919)
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| Topic Property and Taxes |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Ohio Classification of Property for Taxation Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Ohio on November 4, 1919. It was defeated.
A “yes” vote supported establishing a system of classification of property for taxation purposes. |
A “no” vote opposed establishing a system of classification of property for taxation purposes. |
Election results
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Ohio Classification of Property for Taxation Amendment |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 439,987 | 45.96% | ||
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517,245 | 54.04% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Classification of Property for Taxation Amendment was as follows:
| “ | Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (By General Assembly) Article XII, Section 2 (Classification of Property for Purposes of Taxation.) Section 2. All property shall be taxed by such rules and methods and in such classes as may be provided by law. The rules and methods shall be uniform within the classes so established. But all bonds outstanding on the first day of January, 1913, of the State of Ohio or of any city, village, county, or township in this state, of which have been issued in behalf of the public schools in Ohio and the means of instruction in connection therewith shall be exempt from taxation; and burying grounds, public school houses, houses used exclusively for public worship, institutions used exclusively for charitable purposes, public property used exclusively for any public purpose, and person property, to an amount not exceeding in value five hundred dollars, for each individual, may, by general laws, be exempted from taxation; and laws may be passed to provide against the double taxation that results from the taxing of both the real estate and the mortgage or the debt secured thereby, or other lien upon it; but all such laws shall be subject to alternation or repeal and the value of all property so exempted shall, from time to time, be ascertained and published as may be directed by law. | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Ohio Constitution
A 60% vote is required during one legislative session for the Ohio State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 60 votes in the Ohio House of Representatives and 20 votes in the Ohio State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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