Title

TAXATION

Proposition Summary

Senate Amendment 38. Amends constitution article XIII, sections 1 and 9, repeals sections 10 and 14 thereof. Declares legislature shall provide by general law for taxation, classify subjects thereof, designate classes wholly or partly taxable for state, county, municipal and district revenues, same class being uniformly taxed within territory of taxing authority; may make tax in lieu of other taxes or licenses; tax commission to administer state taxation. Defines exemptions. Declares completed assessments not affected by section. Continues in office present board of equalization members until January 1919 and present duties thereof and existing law until changed.

Proposition Number

9

Year

1915

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Fail

Popular Vote Results

Y: 42158; A: 17.0; N: 205597; B: 83.0

Election Type

Special Election

Proposition Type

Senate Constitutional Amendment

For Author

N. W. Thompson, State Senator Thirty-fifth District; A. E. Campbell, State Senator Seventeenth District

Against Author

W. E. Duncan, Jr., State Senator Sixth District

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