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Title Insurance Jan 1922

Title Insurance

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 19 adding Section 5 ½ to Article XII of Constitution. Authorizes the legislature to provide for the classification by population of counties (including any city and county) for the purpose of regulating the business of issuing guarantees or policies of insurance upon the title to real or personal property.

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Prohibition Enforcement Act Jan 1922

Prohibition Enforcement Act

Propositions

Submitted to electors by referendum. Declares unlawful all acts and omissions prohibited by the Eighteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution and by the Volstead Act, adopting the penalties therein prescribed; vests state courts with jurisdiction and imposes upon prosecuting officers, grand juries, magistrates and peach officers, duty to enforce said laws; permits local enforcement of ordinances prohibiting the manufacture , sale, transportation or possession of intoxicating liquors; this act to conform, automatically, to changes in said federal laws.

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Regulation Of Publicly Owned Public Utilities Jan 1922

Regulation Of Publicly Owned Public Utilities

Propositions

Initiative measure adding Section 23b to Article XII of Constitution. Declares every municipality, county, district and other public agency, created and existing under California laws, owning, operating, managing or controlling any property for supplying light, power, heat, transportation, telegraph or telephone service, to or for the public shall, as to such property and the business conducted therewith, be a public utility, regulated by the State Railroad Commission in all respects, except issuance of securities, as private corporations and natural persons owning, operating or controlling like property for like purposes

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Prohibiting Special Laws Jan 1922

Prohibiting Special Laws

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment 36, adding Section 25a to Article IV of Constitution. Declares that the legislature shall not pass any special or local laws creating irrigation, reclamation, drainage or flood control districts, but shall provide for the organization and government of such districts by general law.

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Exempting Veterans From Taxation Jan 1922

Exempting Veterans From Taxation

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 24 amending Section 1 ¼ of "Article XIII of Constitution. Extends tax exemption provisions of present section to include those veterans who have been released from active duty under honorable conditions.

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Municipal Charters Jan 1922

Municipal Charters

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment 4 amending Section 8 of Article XI of Constitution dealing with adoption of municipal charters. Authorizes creation of boroughs in municipalities by amendments to municipal charters as well as by original charters as now provided. Adds proviso that after creation of any borough, whether by original charter or by amendment thereto, the powers thereof shall not be modified, amended or abridged in any manner, without consent of majority of qualified electors of such borough voting at a regular or special election .

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Taxation Of Publicly Owned Public Utilities Jan 1922

Taxation Of Publicly Owned Public Utilities

Propositions

Initiative measure adding Section 15 to Article XIII of Constitution. Declares all property owned, operated, managed or controlled by any municipality, county, district or other public agency, created and existing under laws of California, and held or used for supplying the public with light, power, heat, transportation, telegraph or telephone service, shall be assessed and taxed in same manner, to same extent and for same purposes, as like property held or used for like purposes by private corporations and natural persons shall be assessed and taxed under the State Constitution and laws.

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Land Franchise Taxation Jan 1922

Land Franchise Taxation

Propositions

Initiative measure amending Article XII of Constitution. Abolished present system of taxation; declares private property rights attach only to products of labor and not to land; defines franchises as special privileges granted by government permitting use or monopoly of land; requires that such franchises be assessed annual at their full rental value independent of improvements, and prohibits all other taxes and license fees; prescribes procedure for such assessments, decreeing forfeiture of franchise for non-payment thereof; requires that money derived from such assessments be apportioned between state and its subdivisions, and that all governmental expenses be paid therefrom.

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Use Of Streams Jan 1922

Use Of Streams

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 41 adding Section 19a to Article XI of Constitution. Authorizes the state, or any political subdivision empowered to establish public works for such purpose, to provide itself or its inhabitants, in the manner therein provided, with water, electricity or protection against flood by utilizing or controlling the waters of any stream outside this state or partly within this state and to incur bonded indebtedness therefor as provided by law; these powers not limited by Section 31 of Article IV or Section 13 of Article XI of Constitution.

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Deposit Of Public Moneys Jan 1922

Deposit Of Public Moneys

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 26. Amends Section 16 ½ of Article XI of Constitution by extending the provisions permitting the deposit in banks in this state of moneys belonging to the state, county or municipality, to Include moneys in the custody thereof; also extends to other political subdivisions the provisions permitting the state or any county, city and county, city, town or municipality issuing bonds, to deposit moneys in banks outside this state for payment of such bonds at place where payable.

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Water And Power Jan 1922

Water And Power

Propositions

Initiative Measure adding Article XIVIa to constitution. Creates board appointed by Governor and subject to recall, chairman receiving fifteen thousand dollars annually, other members twenty dollars per day when acting. Authorizes issuance of bonds not exceeding $500,000,000. Empowers board to develop and distribute water and electric energy (giving state and political subdivisions certain rights), do anything convenient therefor, fix rates to meet cost thereof and retire bonds in fifty years, use state waters and lands, and require reservation of water from appropriation and, when necessary in board's opinion, public lands from sale,

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Regulating Practice Of Law Jan 1922

Regulating Practice Of Law

Propositions

Submitted to electors by referendum. Adds Section 164 to Penal Code. Prohibits unlicensed person from practicing law, appearing as attorney for another before judicial body, making it a business to render legal services, or advertising as lawyer or to furnish legal advice; declares section shall not prevent any person from preparing ordinary business agreements and conveyances, insuring titles, holding escrows, or advising relative thereto, nor apply to benevolent, charitable or legal aid organizations, or non-profit organizations dealing with affairs of their members or embarrassed debtors, nor to proceedings in justices’ or police courts.

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Voter Information Guide For 1922, General Election Jan 1922

Voter Information Guide For 1922, General Election

Propositions

No abstract provided.

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Franchises Jan 1922

Franchises

Initiatives

FRANCHISES. Initiative measure adding Section 23c to Article XII of Constitution. Gives Railroad Commission exclusive power to grant determinate or indeterminate franchises for street, interurban and suburban railways, and motor vehicle transportation for compensation upon streets and highways, prescribe terms and conditions thereof, regulate rates thereunder, and accept surrender of all such franchises now or hereafter outstanding; franchises granted hereunder to terminate whenever the State, or its political subdivisions, acquires the property owned or operated thereunder, and to have no pecuniary value in rate fixing or condemnation proceedings thereby; publicly owned public utilities unaffected by provisions hereof.

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Veterans' Welfare Bond Act Of 1921 Jan 1922

Veterans' Welfare Bond Act Of 1921

Propositions

This act provides for a bond issue of ten million dollars to be used by the Veterans’ Welfare Board in assisting California war veterans to acquire farms or homes.

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Municipalities Jan 1922

Municipalities

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment 13 adding Section 7½b to Article XI of Constitution. Declares that no incorporated city or town shall ever be transferred or annexed to, or consolidated with, any other municipality, or consolidated city and county, without the consent of a majority of the voters of such incorporated city or town voting at an election called for that purpose.

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State Budget Jan 1922

State Budget

Propositions

Initiative measure amending Section 34 and repealing Section 29, Article IV of Constitution. Requires Governor to submit to legislature, within first thirty days of each regular session, budget containing itemized statement of all proposed expenditures and estimated revenues for each fiscal year of next biennial period, with comparison, item by item, for each year of existing biennial period. Prescribes procedure for passage of budget bill; permits referendum against items thereof except those for usual current expenses; prohibits other appropriations, with certain exceptions, until stich passage. Authorizes Governor to reduce or eliminate any item of appropriation.

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State Taxation Jan 1922

State Taxation

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment 35 amending Section 14 of Article XIII of Constitution. Permits public utility paying state tax to deduct from gross receipts from operation of its business any amount it pays to another public utility when that amount is included in gross receipts from which tax of latter utility is computed; with certain exceptions, subjects to state taxation exclusively, rate of two per cent upon their gross receipts from operation, companies operating motor vehicles for transportation of persons or property for compensation; increases bank stock rate; authorizes legislature to classify utilities for taxation purposes.

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Initiative Jan 1922

Initiative

Propositions

Initiative measure amending Article IV, Section 1 of Constitution. Inserts proviso therein increasing the number of signatures of qualified electors necessary to initiative petition presented to Secretary of State under that section when such petition relates to assessment or collection of taxes, or provides for modification or repeal of this proviso; requires such number to be fifteen per cent of all votes cast for all gubernatorial candidates at last preceding election at which governor was elected, instead of eight per cent thereof as now required. Makes no other substantial change in section.

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Prohibiting Vivisection Jan 1922

Prohibiting Vivisection

Propositions

Initiative Act. Prohibiting the vivisection or torture of human beings, animals, or other living creates, for experimental or pathological investigations, or other purposes; authorizes Justice of the Peace to issue warrant tor entry into places where such acts have been, or are about to be, performed, for arrest of persons and seizure of instruments engaged therein; excepts certain acts relating to animal and fowls and surgical operations, or medical aid to, human beings, animals and other living creatures, "to relieve or cure actual injury, deformity or disease; prescribes penalties and repeals conflicting acts.

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Franchises. Jan 1922

Franchises.

Propositions

Initiative measure adding section 23c to Article XII of Constitution. Gives Railroad Commission exclusive power to grant determinate or indeterminate franchises for street, interurban and suburban railways and motor vehicle transportation for compensation upon streets and highways, prescribe terms and conditions thereof, regulate rates thereunder, and accept surrender of all such franchises now or hereafter outstanding; franchises granted hereunder to terminate whenever the state, or its political subdivisions, acquires the property owned or operated thereunder, and to have no pecuniary value in rate fixing or condemnation proceedings thereby; publicly owned public utilities unaffected by provisions hereof.

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State University Tax Aug 1920

State University Tax

Initiatives

STATE UNIVERSITY TAX. Initiative measure adding Section 15 to Article XIII of Constitution. Levies ad valorem tax, for State University, of one and two-tenths mills per dollar upon property taxable for general county purposes, collectible each year, beginning July 1, 1921, in manner required by laws in force November 7, 1910, for state and county taxes unless law hereafter otherwise provides. Requires payment thereof into "State University Fund" subject to draft by University Regents. Until such taxes become available continues provisions of Section 14, same Article, giving State University appropriations preference over other governmental expenses.

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Insurance Rating Bureaus Jul 1920

Insurance Rating Bureaus

Initiatives

INSURANCE RATING BUREAUS. Initiative Act. Prohibits agreements controlling rates for certain kinds of insurance and discrimination because of business methods or insurance board affiliation; provides for organization, membership and conduct of rating bureaus, each under direction of a chief examiner, for promulgating rates, listing same with Insurance Commissioner, vesting latter with supervisory powers thereover subject to judicial review; requires insurance company, before doing business, to file with Insurance Commissioner rate schedule or acceptance of schedule of bureau of which it is member; authorizes investigations by Insurance Commissioner and revocation of licenses for violations of act, and prescribes other penalties.

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Salaries Of Justices Jul 1920

Salaries Of Justices

Initiatives

SALARIES OF JUSTICES. Initiative measure to amend Section 17 of Article VI of Constitution by providing that the salary of each Justice of the Supreme Court shall be $10,000 a year and of each Justice of the District Courts of Appeal shall be $9,000 a year.

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Land Values Taxation Jun 1920

Land Values Taxation

Initiatives

"LAND VALUES TAXATION. Initiative measure adding Section 15 to Article XIII of Constitution. Beginning January 1, 1921, exempts from taxation personal property, planted trees, vines and crops; improvements appertaining to land being taxed at not exceeding preceding year's amount until exempted January 1, 1923, and other county, municipal and district revenues collected from land values. Beginning January 1, 1924, requires all public revenues be raised by taxing land values exclusive of improvements, repealing Section 14 in same article. Declares war veteran, church and college exemptions, and privately owned public utilities using highways, unaffected hereby."

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Initiative Petition Signatures Jun 1920

Initiative Petition Signatures

Initiatives

INITIATIVE. Initiative measure amending Article IV, Section 1 of Constitution. Inserts proviso therein increasing the number of signatures of qualified electors necessary to initiative petition presented to Secretary of State under that section when such petition relates to assessment or collection of taxes, or provides for modification or repeal of this proviso; requires such number to be twenty-five per cent of all votes cast for all gubernatorial candidates at last preceding election at which governor was elected, instead of eight per cent thereof as now required. Makes no other substantial change in section.

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Constitutional Convention Jan 1920

Constitutional Convention

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment 10 amending Section 2, Article XVIII of Constitution. Declares that Legislatures, whenever recommended by two-thirds of each branch thereof and approved by majority at next general election, shall provide at next session for calling convention to frame new Constitution and for electing delegates thereto; prescribes number and qualifications of such delegates; requires submission of such Constitution to people for approval at special election, authorizing such convention to submit alternative proposals. If this amendment is adopted requires that Legislature shall at next session enact all measures necessary to the holding of such convention.

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Alien Poll Tax Jan 1920

Alien Poll Tax

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 13 amending Section 12, Article XIII of Constitution. Requires the Legislature to provide for the levy of an annual poll tax, and the collection thereof by assessors of not less than four dollars on every alien male inhabitant of this state over twenty-one and under sixty years of age, except paupers, idiots and insane persons, such tax to be paid into county school fund in county where collected.

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Community Property Jan 1920

Community Property

Propositions

Act submitted to electors by referendum. Amends Civil Code sections 1401 and 1402, adding thereto sections 1402a and 1271. Gives either spouse right to will half of community property to lineal descendants or other spouse, but not otherwise without latter’s written consent. In absence of testamentary disposition vests entire community property in surviving spouse except any portion reserved by judicial decree for wife’s support which, if not willed by her, vests in her heirs excluding husband. Excludes half of community property from inheritance taxes and in computing administration fees.

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Exempting Orphanages From Taxation Jan 1920

Exempting Orphanages From Taxation

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 40 adding Section 1 ½a to Article XIII of Constitution. Exempts from taxation all buildings and so much real property connected therewith as may be required for the occupation of institutions sheltering more than twenty orphan or half-orphan children receiving state aid, but provides that no building, or real or personal property, so used which may be rented and the rent received by the owner thereof shall be exempt from taxation.

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