Oregon Measure Nos. 326-327, $1,500 Land Improvements and Personal Property Tax Exemption Initiative (1914)
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| Topic Property and Taxes |
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| Type Initiated constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Oregon Measure Nos. 326-327 was on the ballot as an initiated constitutional amendment in Oregon on November 3, 1914. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported exempting personal property and land improvements, such as dwellings, household furniture and goods, livestock and machinery, and nursery stock, from taxation up to $1,500. |
A "no" vote opposed exempting personal property and land improvements, such as dwellings, household furniture and goods, livestock and machinery, and nursery stock, from taxation up to $1,500. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure Nos. 326-327 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 65,495 | 32.47% | ||
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136,193 | 67.53% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure Nos. 326-327 was as follows:
| “ | Proposed by Initiative Petition Initiated by W. S. U’Ren, Oregon City, Oregon, G. M. Orton, 82½ Front Street, Portland, Oregon, W. H. Daly, City Hall, Portland, Oregon, H. D. Wagnon, Worcester Block, Portland, Oregon, A. D. Cridge, 954 E. 22d Street, Portland Oregon, Fred Peterson, Klamath Falls, Oregon, E. J. Stack, 162 Second Street, Portland Oregon, C. Schuebel, Oregon City, Oregon. - $1500 TAX EXEMPTION AMENDMENT. - Its purpose is to exempt from assessment and taxation, dwelling houses, household furniture, live stock, machinery, orchard trees, vines, bushes, shrubs, nursery stock, merchandise, buildings and other improvements on, in and under lands made by clearing, ditching and draining, but not to exempt the land; it is tended to exempt up to $1,500, all kinds of personal property and land improvements of all kinds, but the land itself shall be assessed. --- 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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