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Ohio Dog Tax Amendment (October 1875)
| Ohio Dog Tax Amendment | |
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| Topic Animal treatment laws and Taxes |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Ohio Dog Tax Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Ohio on October 12, 1875. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported giving the state Legislature the power to pass a law providing for a special tax on dogs and allowing for dogs to be confiscated and killed when the owner fails or refuses to pay the tax. |
A "no" vote opposed giving the state Legislature the power to pass a law providing for a special tax on dogs and allowing for dogs to be confiscated and killed when the owner fails or refuses to pay the tax. |
The constitutional amendment received 79.0% of the votes on the measure itself; however, in 1875, Ohio required constitutional amendments to receive a majority of all votes in the election. As 243,442 electors did not vote on the amendment, the amendment received 46.7% of the total vote for all ballots cast.
Election results
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 278,005 | 79.02% | ||
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73,801 | 20.98% | ||
Text of measure
Constitutional changes
- See also: Ohio Constitution
The ballot measure would have amended the Ohio Constitution. The following underlined text would have been added:[1]
Notwithstanding the provisions of the second section of this article, the general assembly shall have power to provide by law, for the assessment of a special tax on dogs without regard to value, and to provide for the confiscation and killing of such animals upon failure or refusal of the owner, keeper or harborer thereof, to pay such special tax.[2]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amendment the Ohio Constitution
On March 29, 1875, the Ohio General Assembly passed a joint resolution placing the amendment on the ballot.[1]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, "Proposed Dog Tax Amendment," accessed October 4, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source.
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