Oregon Measure Nos. 364-365, Graduated Franchise and Land Taxes Initiative (1912)
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| Topic Property and Taxes |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oregon Measure Nos. 364-365 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 5, 1912. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported implementing graduated taxes for all franchises, lands, and other natural resources exceeding $10,000 and exempting all personal property from taxation. |
A "no" vote opposed implementing graduated taxes for all franchises, lands, and other natural resources exceeding $10,000 and exempting all personal property from taxation. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure Nos. 364-365 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 31,534 | 27.77% | ||
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82,015 | 72.23% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure Nos. 364-365 was as follows:
| “ | Proposed by Initiative Petition For amendment of Section 2, Article IX, of the Constitution of Oregon providing for specific graduated taxes, in addition to other taxes, upon all franchises and rights-of-way, lands and other natural resources in excess of $10,000 under one ownership and assessing water powers in the counties where situate; exempting from taxation all personal property of every kind, and improvements on, in and under land, except a county may enact a county law to tax the same. --- Vote YES or NO. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
The number of signatures required for an initiated constitutional amendment was equal to 8% of the total votes cast in the last Supreme Court justice election.
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Footnotes
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