Title
USE OF STREAMS
Proposition Summary
Assembly Constitutional Amendment 41 adding Section 19a to Article XI of Constitution. Authorizes the state, or any political subdivision empowered to establish public works for such purpose, to provide itself or its inhabitants, in the manner therein provided, with water, electricity or protection against flood by utilizing or controlling the waters of any stream outside this state or partly within this state and to incur bonded indebtedness therefor as provided by law; these powers not limited by Section 31 of Article IV or Section 13 of Article XI of Constitution.
Proposition Number
17
Year
1922
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Fail
Popular Vote Results
Y: 280759; A: 44.2; N: 354130; B: 55.8
Election Type
General Election
Proposition Type
Assembly Constitutional Amendment
For Author
Frank F. Merriam, Assemblyman Seventieth District; Ed Lewis, Assemblyman Eighth District
Against Author
Sidney T. Graves, Assemblyman Sixty-third District
Recommended Citation
USE OF STREAMS California Proposition 17 (1922).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/167