Proposition Summary

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.

Proposition Number

29

Year

1922

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Fail

Popular Vote Results

Y: 124403; A: 19.4; N: 515590; B: 80.6

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Initiative

For Author

Lona Ingham Robinson

Against Author

Albert E. Kern, President, Anti Single Tax Association of California

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