Proposition Summary

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.

Proposition Number

44

Year

1914

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y: 293019; A: 50.5; N: 287185; N: 49.5

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Initiative

Code Sections Affected

Amended Cal. Const. art. XI, section 8 1/2.

For Author

Charles A. Beardsley

Against Author

Edw. K. Strobridge, State Senator Thirteenth District

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