South Dakota Amendment 1, State Coal Supplying and Roads Funding Measure (1916)

South Dakota Amendment 1
Election date November 7, 1916
Topic Fossil fuel energy and Highways and bridges
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

South Dakota Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in South Dakota on November 7, 1916. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing the state to construct and maintain roads and supply coal from state lands, and requiring a two-thirds legislative vote for any expenditures.

A "no" vote opposed allowing the state to construct and maintain roads and supply coal from state lands, and requiring a two-thirds legislative vote for any expenditures.

Election results

South Dakota Amendment 1
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		75,922	69.37%
No		33,521	30.63%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:

“

To authorize the state to engage in the construction and maintenance of good roads, and the supplying of coal to the people of the state from the lands belonging to the state. .Under the constitution as it now stands the state is prohibited from engaging in any work of internal improvement. This proposed amendment modifies the present constitution so as to authorize the state to construct and maintain good roads and to supply coal to the people of the state from the lands belonging to the state; but provides, however, that no expenditure of money for the same shall be made except by a vote of a two-thirds majority of the legislature. This measure is an amendment to Article XIII of the state constitution, by the addition of a new section, to be known as section 9.

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Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the South Dakota Constitution

A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the South Dakota State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 36 votes in the South Dakota House of Representatives and 18 votes in the South Dakota State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1916 Measures

• 1916 Measures
• Fossil fuel energy on the ballot
• Highways and bridges on the ballot
• 1916 legislative sessions

South Dakota

• South Dakota ballot measures
• South Dakota ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• South Dakota Political Almanac, 1890-2012 Ballot Measure Results