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Investment Companies Act Jan 1914

Investment Companies Act

Propositions

Creates state corporation department. Authorizes governor to appoint commissioner of corporations who shall employ necessary deputies, fix their compensation, have control over investment companies and investment brokers and power of examination thereof as in state banks; prohibits issuance of securities before investigation by commissioner, regulates issuance and sale thereof, taking subscriptions therefor, advertisements and circulars respecting same: creates fund from official fees and declares salaries and expenses payable therefrom; provides for broker's permit and agent's certificate, reports by companies and broker, appeal to court from commissioner's decision, and penalties for violations.

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Qualification Of Voters At Bond Elections Jan 1914

Qualification Of Voters At Bond Elections

Propositions

Initiative amendment adding section 7 to article II of constitution. Provides that no elector may vote on question of incurring bonded indebtedness of state or political subdivision thereof, unless he is owner of property taxable for payment of such indebtedness and assessed to him on last assessment roll.

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Abolition Of Poll Tax Jan 1914

Abolition Of Poll Tax

Propositions

Initiative amendment to section 12 of article XIII of the constitution. Provides that no poll or head tax for any purpose shall be levied or collected in this state

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Eight Hour Law Jan 1914

Eight Hour Law

Propositions

Initiative act adding section 393 ½ to the Penal Code. Declares it a misdemeanor, punishable by fine or imprisonment in county jail or both, for an employer to require or permit, or to suffer or permit his overseer, superintendent, foreman or other agent to require or permit, any person in his employ to work more than eight hours in one day, or more than forty-eight hours in one week, except in case of extraordinary emergency caused by fire, flood, or danger to life or property.

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Prohibition Elections Jan 1914

Prohibition Elections

Propositions

Initiative amendment adding section 1 ½ to article IV of constitution. Prohibits, for eight years after this election, state election on question of prohibiting or permitting transportation of intoxicating liquors and any election on question of prohibiting or permitting the manufacture or sale thereof; prohibits state election or election under local option law or charter upon latter question within eight years of like election thereon: declares majority vote in each municipality or district at this election upon prohibition amendment to article I of constitution, and at any statewide prohibition election hereafter, makes same license or non-license territory.

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Land Title Law Jan 1914

Land Title Law

Propositions

Initiative act amending act for certification of land titles. Constitutes county recorders registrars of title; prescribes procedure for obtaining decree establishing title and ordering registration; provides for issuance of certificates of title, method of effecting transfers, notation of liens, encumbrances and charges, correction of register and certificates, protection of bona fide purchasers, registration fees, and penalties for fraud and forgeries: regulates transactions respecting registered land; creates from certain fees, paid on original registration, title assurance fund held by state treasurer to indemnify persons for loss of any interest in land through operation of act.

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Suspension Of Prohibition Amendment Jan 1914

Suspension Of Prohibition Amendment

Propositions

Initiative amendment adding section 26a to article I or constitution. Provides that if proposed amendment adding sections 26 and 27 to article I or constitution relating to manufacture, sale, gift, use and transportation of intoxicating liquors be adopted, the force and effect of section 26 shall be suspended until February 15, 1915, and that as to the manufacture and transportation for delivery at points outside of state only, it shall be suspended until January 1, 1916, at which time section 26 shall have full force and effect.

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Regulating Investment Companies Jan 1914

Regulating Investment Companies

Propositions

Initiative act authorizing governor to appoint auditor of investments empowered to employ deputies and fix their compensation, defining investment companies, authorizing examination thereof by auditor and judicial investigation of their practices, defining securities and prohibiting same thereof to public, or taking subscriptions therefor, by such companies before filing with auditor their financial statement and description of security, excepting from act certain companies and individuals, securities thereof and certain installment securities, regulating advertisements and circulars regarding securities, creating fund from official fees for salaries and expenses under act: repeals all laws on subject adopted heretofore or concurrently herewith.

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One Day Of Rest In Seven Jan 1914

One Day Of Rest In Seven

Propositions

Initiative act prohibiting, except in cases of urgent emergency, the working for wages, or requiring or employing any person to work, more than six days or forty-eight hours a week, the keeping open or operating certain places of business or selling property on Sunday: declares Sunday provisions of act inapplicable to works of necessity, or to member of religious society which observes another day as day of worship and who on such day keeps his place of business closed and does not work for gain; declares violation of act misdemeanor and prescribes penalties.

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Suspension Of Prohibition Amendment Jan 1914

Suspension Of Prohibition Amendment

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SUSPENSION OF PROHIBITION AMENDMENT. Initiative amendment adding section 26a to Article I of Constitution. Provides that if proposed amendment adding sections 26 and 27 to Article I of Constitution relating to manufacture, sale, gift, use and transportation of intoxicating liquors be adopted, the force and effect of section 26 shall be suspended until February 15, 1915, and that, as to the manufacture and transportation for delivery at points outside of State only, it shall be suspended until January 1, 1916, at which time section 26 shall have full force and effect.

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Exempting Educational Institutions From Taxation Jan 1914

Exempting Educational Institutions From Taxation

Propositions

Exempt from taxation buildings, grounds within which same are located not exceeding one hundred acres, equipment, securities and income used exclusively for educational purposes, of any educational institution of collegiate grade within this state not conducted for profit.

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Exempting Vessels From Taxation Jan 1914

Exempting Vessels From Taxation

Propositions

Exempts from taxation until and including January 1, 1935, except for state purposes, all vessels over 10 tons burden, registered at any port in this State and engaged in transportation of freight or passengers.

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Public Utilities In Municipalities Jan 1914

Public Utilities In Municipalities

Propositions

Senate Constitutional Amendment 53 amending section 19 of article XI of constitution. Authorizes any municipal corporation to acquire and operate public utilities; to grant franchises to operate same under regulations prescribed by its organic law or otherwise by law: but eliminates from present section provisions authorizing municipal government to regulate charges for services under such franchises; and authorizes municipal corporation to furnish the product or service of public utility operated by it to users beyond its limits, to other municipalities, and to inhabitants thereof without consent of such municipalities.

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Elections By Plurality, Preferential Vote And Primary Jan 1914

Elections By Plurality, Preferential Vote And Primary

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 19 amending section 13 of article XX of constitution. Declares plurality of votes at any primary or election constitutes choice unless constitution otherwise provides: permits charters framed under constitution for counties or municipalities and general laws for other counties and municipalities to provide otherwise, or for nomination or election, or both, of all or any portion of candidates at a primary, or for preferential system of voting at any county or municipal primary or other election; authorizes general laws providing preferential system of voting at any other primary

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Legislative Control Of Irrigation, Reclamation And Drainage Districts Jan 1914

Legislative Control Of Irrigation, Reclamation And Drainage Districts

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 47 amending section 13 of article XI of constitution. Present section unchanged but proviso added authorizing legislature to provide for supervision, regulation and conduct, in such manner as it may determine, of affairs of irrigation, reclamation or drainage districts, organized or existing under laws of this state.

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Election Of United States Senators Jan 1914

Election Of United States Senators

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 92 amending section 20 of article V of constitution. Eliminates provisions or present section prohibiting governor from being elected United States senator during his term in office, and instead provides that such senators shall be elected by the people of the state in the manner provided by law.

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Calling Convention For Revision Of Constitution Jan 1914

Calling Convention For Revision Of Constitution

Propositions

Recommends that electors vote for or against a convention for revising the constitution: provides that if majority vote in favor thereof, the legislature shall at next session provide for election of delegates to such convention and the holding thereof at state capitol within three months from date of election calling the same, and that it shall continue in session until it has completed the work of revision and provided for submission thereof to electors.

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Regulation Of Public Utilities Jan 1914

Regulation Of Public Utilities

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 62 amending section 23 of article XII of constitution. Present section unchanged except in following particulars: Railroad commission given exclusive power to fix public utility rates in all incorporated municipalities; such municipalities, by vote of electors thereof, may retain that control over public utilities which relates to local, police, sanitary, and other regulations only, or surrender same to railroad commission: omits provision authorizing such municipalities to reinvest themselves with powers so surrendered: declares right of incorporated municipalities to grant public utility franchises Dot affected by section.

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San Francisco Harbor Improvement Act Of 1913 Jan 1914

San Francisco Harbor Improvement Act Of 1913

Propositions

FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO HARBOR IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1913. This act provides for the improvement of San Francisco harbor and for the payment or all costs thereof out of San Francisco harbor improvement fund.

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County Charters Jan 1914

County Charters

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 60 amending section 7 ½ of article XI of constitution. Present section unchanged except in following particulars: Authorizes county charter framed thereunder to relate to any matters authorized by constitution, and adds paragraph 4 ½ authorizing such charter to provide for discharge by county officers of certain municipal functions of any municipality within said county incorporated under general laws which so authorize, or any municipality therein whose charter framed under section 8 of article XI so authorizes.

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Valuation Of Condemned Public Utilities By Railroad Commission Jan 1914

Valuation Of Condemned Public Utilities By Railroad Commission

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 87 adding section 23a to article XII of constitution. Authorizes railroad commission to exercise such power as shall be conferred upon it by the legislature to fix compensation paid for property of public utility condemned by state, county, municipality or municipal water district: declares right of legislature confer such powers upon railroad commission to be plenary and unlimited by any constitutional provision: and confirms all acts of legislature in accordance herewith heretofore adopted.

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Minimum Wage Jan 1914

Minimum Wage

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 90 adding section 17 ½ to article XX of constitution. Authorizes legislature to provide for establishment of minimum wage for women and minors, and for comfort, health, safety and general welfare of any and all employees: declares chat no constitutional provision shall be construed as limiting authority of legislature to confer upon any commission now or hereafter created such power as legislature deems requisite to accomplish provisions of this section.

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Prohibition Jan 1914

Prohibition

Propositions

Initiative amendment adding sections 26 and 27 to article I of constitution. Prohibits the manufacture, sale, gift, or transportation wholly within the state, of intoxicating liquors: permits any citizen to enjoin violations; makes the showing that the manufacture, use, sale, gift or transportation was for medicinal, scientific, mechanical or sacramental purposes, a defense to civil and criminal actions, and requires regulation by law of such acts for said purposes: prohibits transportation into this state of intoxicating liquors, unless shown to be for such purposes, subject, however, to United States laws: prescribes and authorizes penalties.

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University Of California Building Bond Act Jan 1914

University Of California Building Bond Act

Propositions

Initiative measure providing for the issuance and sale of state bonds in the sum of $1,800,000 to create a fund for the completion and construction of buildings on the grounds of the University of California in the city of Berkeley, said bonds to bear interest at four and one half per cent and to mature at different periods until January 5, 1955.

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Water Commission Act Jan 1914

Water Commission Act

Propositions

Creates state water commission for control of appropriation and use of waters: defines rights in riparian and unappropriated waters; prescribes procedure for investigation of waters and water rights, appropriation thereof, apportionment of same between claimants, issuance of licenses, and revocation thereof; declares present rights of municipal corporations unaffected.

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Deposit Of Public Moneys Jan 1914

Deposit Of Public Moneys

Propositions

Initiative amendment to section 16 ½ of article XI of constitution. Present section unchanged Except in following particulars: Authorizes banks in which public moneys are deposited to furnish, as security, bonds of districts within municipalities or of a corporation qualified to act as sole surety on bonds or undertakings, to an amount in value, or with a penalty, of at least ten per cent over amount of deposit; provides that no deposit under section shall exceed at any time fifty per cent of paid up capital and surplus of depository bank.

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Consolidation Of City And County, And Limited Annexation Of Contiguous Territory Jan 1914

Consolidation Of City And County, And Limited Annexation Of Contiguous Territory

Propositions

Initiative amendment to section 8 ½ of article XI of constitution. Present section unchanged except to authorize chartered cities to establish municipal courts, and control appointments, qualifications and tenure of municipal officers and employees: authorizes cities exceeding 50,000 population to consolidate and annex only contiguous territory included within county from which annexing territory was formed on consolidation, or concurrently or subsequently added to territory excluded from original consolidated territory; requires consent of annexed territory and of county from which taken; prescribes procedure for consolidation and annexation.

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City And County Consolidation, And Annexation With Consent Of Annexed Territory Jan 1914

City And County Consolidation, And Annexation With Consent Of Annexed Territory

Propositions

Initiative amendment to section 8 ½ of article XI of constitution. Present section unchanged except to authorize chartered cities to establish municipal courts and control appointments, qualifications and tenure of municipal officers and employees; authorizes cities exceeding 175,000 population to consolidate under charter and to annex any contiguous territory, but only upon consent of such territory and of county from which such territory is taken: prescribes procedure for consolidation and annexation.

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Miscarriage Of Justice Jan 1914

Miscarriage Of Justice

Propositions

Omit from present section word “criminal,” thereby providing that no judgment shall be set aside or new trial granted in any case, civil or criminal, for misdirection of jury or improper admission or rejection of evidence, or for any error as to any matter of pleading or procedure, unless after examination of entire cause, including the evidence, court is of opinion that error complained of resulted in miscarriage of justice.

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Irrigation Districts Controlling International Water Systems Jan 1914

Irrigation Districts Controlling International Water Systems

Propositions

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 84 amending section 31 of article IV. Present section unchanged, but proviso added authorizing irrigation districts, for purposes of acquiring control of any entire international water system situated partly in United States and partly in foreign country, and necessary for its use and purposes, to acquire, in manner authorized by law, the stock of any foreign corporation which owns or holds title to the part thereof situated in a foreign country.

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