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A LIST OF THE MEASURES SUBMITTED TO THE PEOPLE OF OREGON IN THE LAST FOUR ELECTIONS. See MR. BOURNE’S ARTICLE ON PAGE 122 OF THIS NUMBER.

Yes. No.
1904.
Direct primary law with direct selection of United States Senator 1 56,205 16,354
Local-option liquor law 2 43,316 40,198
1906.
Omnibus appropriation bill, State institutions 3 43,918 26,758
Equal-suffrage constitutional amendment 4 36,902 47,075
Local-option bill proposed by liquor people 5 35,297 45,144
Bill for purchase by State of Barlow toll road 6 31,525 44,527
Amendment requiring Referendum on any act calling constitutional convention 7 47,661 18,751
Amendment giving cities sole power to amend their charters 8 52,567 19,852
Legislature authorized to fix pay of State printer 9 63,749 9,571
Initiative and Referendum to apply to all local, special, and municipal laws 10 47,678 16,735
Bill prohibiting free passes on railroads 11 57,281 16,779
Gross-earnings tax on sleeping, refrigerator, and oil car companies 12 69,635 6,441
Gross-earnings tax on express, telephone, and telegraph companies 13 70,872 6,360
1908.
Amendment increasing pay of legislators from $120 to $400 per session 14 19,691 68,892
Amendment permitting location of State institutions at places other than the capital 15 41,971 40,868
Amendment reorganizing system of courts and increasing supreme judges 30,243 50,591
Amendment changing general election from June to November 16 65,728 18,590
Bill giving sheriffs control of county prisoners 17 60,443 30,033
Railroads required to give public officials free passes 18 28,850 59,406
Bill appropriating $100,000 for armories 19 33,507 54,848
Bill increasing fixed appropriation for State University from $47,500 to $125,000 annually 20 44,115 40,535
Equal-suffrage amendment 21 36,858 58,070
Fishery bill proposed by fish-wheel operators 22 46,582 40,720
Fishery bill proposed by gill-net operators 23 56,130 30,280
Amendment giving cities control of liquor selling, poolrooms, theatres, etc., subject to local-option law 24 39,442 52,346
Modified form of single-tax amendment 25 32,066 00,871
Recall power on public officials 26 58,381 31,002
Bill instructing legislators to vote for people's choice for United States Senators 27 69,668 21,162
Amendment authorizing proportional-representation law 28 48,868 34,128
Corrupt-practices act governing elections 29 54,042 31,301
Amendment requiring indictment to be by grand jury 30 52,214 28,487
Bill creating Hood River County 31 43,948 26,778
1910.
Amendment permitting female taxpayers to vote 32 35,270 59,065
Act establishing branch insane asylum in eastern Oregon 33 50,134 41,504

A LIST OF MEASURES SUBMITTED TO THE PEOPLE OF OREGON (Concluded).

Yes. No.
1910.
Act calling convention to revise State constitution 34 23,143 59,974
Amendment providing separate district for election of each State senator and representative 35 24,000 54,252
Amendment repealing requirement that all taxes shall be equal and uniform 36 37,619 40,172
Amendment permitting organized districts to vote bonds for construction of railroads by such districts 37 32,844 46,070
Amendment authorizing collection of State and county taxes on separate classes of property 38 31,629 41,692
Act requiring Baker County to pay $1,000 a year to circuit judge in addition to his State salary 39 13,161 71,503
Bill creating Nesmith County from parts of Lane and Douglas 40 22,866 60,951
Bill to establish a State normal school at Monmouth 41 50,191 40,044
Bill creating Otis County from parts of Harney, Malheur, and Grant 42 17,426 62,016
Bill annexing part of Clackamas County to Multnomah 43 16,250 69,002
Bill creating Williams County from parts of Lane and Douglas 44 14,508 64,090
Amendment permitting people of each county to regulate taxation for county purposes and abolishing poll taxes 45 44,171 42,127
Amendment giving cities and towns exclusive power to regulate liquor traffic within their limits 46 53,321 50,779
Bill for protection of laborers in hazardous employment, fixing employers' liability, etc. 47 56,258 33,943
Bill creating Orchard County from part of Umatilla 48 15,664 62,712
Bill creating Clark County from part of Grant 49 15,613 61,704
Bill to establish State normal school at Weston 50 40,898 40,201
Bill to annex part of Washington County to Multnomah 51 14,047 68,221
Bill to establish State normal school at Ashland 52 38,473 48,655
Amendment prohibiting liquor traffic 53 43,540 61,221
Bill prohibiting sale of liquor, providing for search for liquors, and regulating shipments of same 54 42,651 63,564
Bill creating board to draft employers' liability law for submission to legislature 55 32,224 51,719
Bill prohibiting taking of fish in Rogue River except with hook and line 56 49,712 33,397
Bill creating Deschutes County out of part of Crook 57 17,592 60,486
Bill for general law under which new counties may be created or boundaries changed 58 37,129 42,327
Amendment permitting counties to vote bonds for permanent road improvement 59 51,275 32,906
Bill permitting voters in direct primaries to express choice for President and Vice President, to select delegates to national conventions, and nominate candidates for presidential electors 60 43,353 41,624
Bill creating board of people's inspectors of government, providing for reports of board in Official State Gazette to be mailed to all registered voters bimonthly 61 29,955 52,538
Amendment extending Initiative and Referendum, making terms of members of legislature six years, increasing salaries, requiring proportional representation in legislature, election of Speaker of House and President of Senate outside of members, etc. 62 37,031 44,366
Amendment permitting three-fourths verdict in civil cases 63 44,538 39,399
  1. Submitted under the Initiative.↩
  2. Submitted under the Referendum upon legislative act.↩
  3. Submitted to the people by the legislature.↩
  4. Submitted under the Initiative.↩
  5. Submitted under the Referendum upon legislative act.↩
  6. Submitted to the people by the legislature.↩