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Washington Initiative 171, Alcohol Regulations by the Drink Measure (1948)
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| Topic Alcohol laws and Business regulations |
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| Type Initiated state statute |
Origin |
Washington Initiative 171 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in Washington on November 2, 1948. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported regulating alcohol sales by the drink and restricting alcohol licenses. |
A “no” vote opposed regulating alcohol sales by the drink and restricting alcohol licenses. |
Election results
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Washington Initiative 171 |
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416,227 | 52.71% | ||
| No | 373,418 | 47.29% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Initiative 171 was as follows:
| “ | An Act providing for the regulation and control of the sale of intoxicating liquor by the drink; restricting licenses to restaurants, hotels, clubs, certain places on trains, boats and airplanes, and qualified tourist establishments; limiting such licenses to one for each fifteen hundred (1500) of population; prescribing license fees up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) per annum and surety bond of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for payment of penalties; providing terms of office for liquor board members, with removal for cause only; distributing such license fees to the State College and University for medical and biological research; defining terms and repealing conflicting acts. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In Washington, proponents needed to collect a number of signatures for an Initiative to the People.
See also
External links
Footnotes
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State of Washington Olympia (capital) |
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