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November 1914 General

Constitutional Amendment Article II, Sec. 33

Yes/NoVotesPercentage
For5508020.58%
Against21254279.42%
Ballot Title:
An amendment of Section 33, Article 2 of the State Constitution, enabling alien residents of this state to acquire by purchase and hold lands lying within municipal corporations, and providing for the escheat of such lands to the common school fund in case the owner thereof becomes a non-resident of the state for the term of five year.
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Initiative to the People 10

CandidateVotesPercentage
For11180537.83%
Against18372662.17%
Ballot Title:
An act providing for the employment of all convicts upon public highways except in certain cases, authorizing the payment of certain sums to dependent families of such convicts, creating a state road fund, providing a tax levy of not to exceed one-half mill therefor, transferring the public highway fund thereto, and making an appropriation of two million dollars for carrying out the provisions of this act.
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Initiative to the People 13

CandidateVotesPercentage
For11888135.83%
Against21293564.17%
Ballot Title:
An act prohibiting employers form requiring or permitting employees to work more than eight hours in any day of twenty-four hours, except in agricultural labor and cases of emergency; providing for extra cempensation for over-time; and fixing a penalty for the violation thereof.
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Initiative to the People 6

CandidateVotesPercentage
For14201749.09%
Against14729850.91%
Ballot Title:
An act relating to corporations, copartnerships, associations and persons engaged in the business of dealing in lands, stocks, bonds and other securitites, to prevent fraud and imposition in the sale of the same, and tranferring to the public service commission all authority vested in the secretary of state in respect to corporations.
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Initiative to the People 7

CandidateVotesPercentage
For11788241.37%
Against16708058.63%
Ballot Title:
An act abolishing the bureau of inspection and supervision of public offices, vesting in the state auditor all the powers and duties of such bureau, and requiring the state auditor to prepare a balance sheet showing the operations, transactions, receipts and expenses of each department and institution of the state.
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Initiative to the People 8

CandidateVotesPercentage
For16205452.86%
Against14454447.14%
Ballot Title:
An act to prohibit the collection of remuneration or fees from workers for the securing of employment or furnishing information leading thereto, and providing a penalty for violation thereof.
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Initiative to the People 9

CandidateVotesPercentage
For14373848.25%
Against15416651.75%
Ballot Title:
An act providing for the payment of the cost of medical, surgical and hospital treatment, nursing, supplies, and other expenses of workmen injured in extra-hazzardous employments, by the employer to the amount of one hundred dollars, any excess to be paid by the industry, providing for arbitration of disputes, prohibiting certain deductions from wages, and imposing duties upon the industrial insurance department.
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Referendum Measure 1

CandidateVotesPercentage
For5905118.96%
Against25235681.04%
Ballot Title:
An act to establish a retirement fund to be used in payment of annuities and benefits to retired teachers, principals, supervisors, supervising principals and superintendents of the public school in the State of Washington; creating a board of trustees; defining the sources from which said fund shall be raised; providing for the levy of taxes and regulating the collection, management and disbursement of said fund.
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Referendum Measure 2

CandidateVotesPercentage
For10231535.11%
Against18906564.89%
Ballot Title:
An act providing for the construction, maintenance and operation of a system of storage and irrigation works for the purpose of irrigating lands in Grant, Adams, Chelan and Douglas counties, including lands in the Quincy valley; creating a state reclamation board, and providing for the sale of state bonds not exceeding $40,000,000 in amount.
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Initiative to the People 3

CandidateVotesPercentage
For18984052.58%
Against17120847.42%
Ballot Title:
An Act prohibiting the manufacture, sale, or other disposition of intoxicating liquors, except in certain cases; regulating the keeping, use and transportation of the same; providing for the enforcement of this act; and fixing punishments and penalties for the violation thereof.
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