South Dakota Attorney General's Salary Amendment (1904)
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The South Dakota Attorney General's Salary Referendum was on the November 8, 1904 ballot in South Dakota as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated. The measure would have made the attorney general's salary the same as the other state officers enumerated in Article 4, Section 12 of the South Dakota Constitution. This included the secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, superintendent of public instruction and commissioner of school and public lands. The measure was known as House Joint Resolution 3 in the South Dakota Legislature. It would have amended the South Dakota Constitution by adding an Article 29 to it.[1][2]
Election results
| South Dakota Attorney General's Salary Referendum (1904) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 43,974 | 57.63% | ||
| Yes | 32,328 | 42.37% | ||
Election results via: South Dakota Political Almanac, Table 7. Results of Elections Concerning State Constitutional Amendments and Initiated and Referred Laws, 1889-1968
Text of measure
Constitutional changes
The measure would have amended the South Dakota Constitution by adding an Article 29 to it to read as follows:
| Article 29. The attorney general shall receive the same annual salary as is received by the other state officers as enumerated in Article 4, Section 12, of this constitution.[3] |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the South Dakota Constitution
The South Dakota State Legislature can refer a proposed amendment to the state's voters through a majority vote.
See also
- South Dakota 1904 ballot measures
- 1904 ballot measures
- List of South Dakota ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in South Dakota
External links
- South Dakota Political Almanac, Table 7. Results of Elections Concerning State Constitutional Amendments and Initiated and Referred Laws, 1889-1968
- Enabling Act and Constitution and the Laws Passed at the Eighth Session of the Legislature of the State of South Dakota
Footnotes
- ↑ South Dakota Political Almanac, "Table 7. Results of Elections Concerning State Constitutional Amendments and Initiated and Referred Laws, 1889-1968," accessed May 22, 2014
- ↑ Enabling Act and Constitution and the Laws Passed at the Eighth Session of the Legislature of the State of South Dakota, "Constitution, p. 105-108," accessed May 22, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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