Proposition Summary
Senate Constitutional Amendment No 47. , a resolution proposing to the people of the state of California an amendment to the constitution of the State of California, amending section 23 of article XII to confer upon the railroad commission power and jurisdiction to regulate and control the business of furnishing certain commodities and performing certain services to or for the public.
Proposition Number
12
Year
1911
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Pass
Popular Vote Results
Y:140146;A:66.0;N:72283;B:34.0
Election Type
Special Election
Proposition Type
Senate constitutional Amendment
For Author
LESTER G. BURNETT, State Senator, 25th District.; W. A. SUTHERLAND, Assemblyman, 61st District. Committee appointed under the law to present the argument in favor of Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 47.
Against Author
LEROY A. WRIGHT, 40th Senatorial District.
Recommended Citation
Railroad Commission Power and Jurisdiction. California Proposition 12 (1911).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/12