Proposition Summary

Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 59. Repeals Article XIX of Constitution, as adopted in 1879, which directs Legislature to prescribe laws imposing conditions on residence of certain aliens and to provide for their removal from the State; which prohibits Chinese employment by corporations and on public works; which directs passage of laws providing for removal of Chinese from cities or their restriction to certain portions of cities, and adoption of laws to prohibit Chinese from entering State.

Proposition Number

14

Year

1952

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 3116501; A: 77.3; N: 914112; B: 22.7

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Assembly Constitutional Amendment

Code Sections Affected

Repealed Cal. Const. art. XIX.

For Author

Thomas A. Maloney, Speaker Pro Tempore of the Assembly

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