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Washington Initiative 52, Municipal Authority Over Electrical Facilities Measure (1924)
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| Topic County and municipal governance and Energy |
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| Type Initiated state statute |
Origin |
Washington Initiative 52 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in Washington on November 4, 1924. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported authorizing municipalities to purchase, sell, operate, and maintain electrical facilities both inside and outside their geographical boundaries tax-free, and also to grant them the power to use eminent domain for the construction, maintenance, or operation of such facilities. |
A "no" vote opposed authorizing municipalities to purchase, sell, operate, and maintain electrical facilities both inside and outside their geographical boundaries tax-free, and also to grant them the power to use eminent domain for the construction, maintenance, or operation of such facilities. |
Election results
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Washington Initiative 52 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 139,492 | 39.09% | ||
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217,393 | 60.91% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Initiative 52 was as follows:
| “ | An Act authorizing cities and towns to purchase, sell and dispose of electric current, inside or outside their corporate limits, without the payment of any tax thereon; authorizing the acquisition, construction, operation and maintenance of facilities in connection therewith, and authorizing cities and towns to condemn private property, including the right to use and damage railroads, not common carriers, booming, rafting and sorting works, for such purposes. | ” |
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
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Footnotes
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