Proposition Summary

Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 23. Continues exemption of California-registered freight and passenger ships of more than 50 tons burden from local property taxation, such exemption on otherwise due to expire January y 1, 1955.

Proposition Number

5

Year

1954

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 2306460; A: 71.6; N: 913796; B: 28.4

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Senate Constitutional Amendment

Code Sections Affected

Amended Cal. Const. art. XIII, section 4.

For Author

Arthur H. Breed, Jr., State Senator, Alameda County; Gerald J. O'Gara, State Senator, City and County of San Francisco; Thomas M. Erwin, Member of the Assembly, Los Angeles County Chairman of Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee

Against Author

Carley V. Porter, California State Assembly, 69th District

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