Proposition Summary
Senate Constitutional Amendment No.1. Amends Section 5 of Article XI, Constitution, to authorize Legislature, by two-thirds vote, to suspend prohibition against increasing the compensation of county, township, or municipal officers during their term of office. Such suspension to continue during the period in which the United States is engaged in war and for one year after the termination of hostilities.
Proposition Number
10
Year
1944
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Pass
Popular Vote Results
Y: 1250876; A: 52.0; N: 1156956; B: 48.0
Election Type
General Election
Proposition Type
Senate Constitutional Amendment
Code Sections Affected
Amended Cal. Const. art. XI, section 5.
For Author
Jesse M. Mayo, State Senator, Twenty-sixth District.; R. R. Cunningham, State Senator, Twenty-seventh District.
Recommended Citation
COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS, INCREASE DURING TERM California Proposition 10 (1944).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/448