Title
INITIATIVE AMENDMENT
Proposition Summary
Adding Article XXIV-A to Constitution. Defines alcoholic liquor; after January 1 1918, prohibits its possession, gift or sale in saloon, dramshop, dive, store, hotel, restaurant, club, dance-hall or other place of public resort; prohibits sale, accepting or soliciting orders anywhere, except in pharmacies for certain purposes and by manufacturers on premises where manufactured, under delivery and quantity restrictions. Owner or manager of all such places to prevent drinking therein. Restricts transportation. Payment Internal Revenue tax prima facie evidence of violation. Prescribes and authorizes penalties. Neither repeals nor limits state or local prohibition, or Article XXIV of Constitution.
Proposition Number
2
Year
1916
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Fail
Popular Vote Results
Y: 461039; A: 47.7; N: 505783; B: 52.3
Election Type
General Election
Proposition Type
Initiative
For Author
Arthur Arlet
Against Author
James Madison, General Manager California Associated Raisin Co.
Recommended Citation
INITIATIVE AMENDMENT California Proposition 2 (1916).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/96