The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-10-05
VOTER MUST PASS
ON / MEASURES
November Ballot Will Contain Eight
Initiative Measures and Three
Which Are Referred to the
People by the Legislative
Assembly.


Assembly.
The voters of the State of Oregon
will be greeted by eleven proposed
constitutional amendments and meas
ures when they go to the polls on the
November election day. Besides
there will be a string of candidates to
choose.
The measures referred to the peo-
pie by the Legislative Assembly will
appear on the ballot in the following
manner.
Submitted by the Legislature-Single
Item Veto Amendment-An amend
ment to Section Is of Article V Of
the constitution of the State of Ore
gon authorizing the Governor to
veto single items in appropriation
bills. Vote YES or NO.
Submitted by the Legislature-Ship
Tax Exemption Amendment-An
amendment to Article TX Of the
Constitution of the State of Oregon
exempting from taxation until jan
uary 1st, 1885, except taxes for
State purposes only, all ships and
vessels Of fifty tons or more capac-
ity engaged in either passenger or
freight coasting or foreign trade,
whose home ports of registration
are in the State of Oregon, for the
purpose of encouraging registra-
tion of such vessels in Oregon,
which would otherwise register in
other states. Vote YES or NO.
Submitted by the Legislature-Negro
and MulattO Suffrage Amendment =
An amendment to the Constitution
of the State of Oregon, removing
discrimination against the negro
and mulatto citizens by repeating
Section 6 of Article II thereof,
which reads as follows: mo Ne
gro, Chinaman or mulatto shall
have the right of suffrage" Vote
YES or NO. ...
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETI.
TION
Initiated by Oregon State Federation
90 hor TT pnraho q rd DrnSi-
dent; E. j. Stack, Secretary, 302
Oregonian Building, Portland, Ore
gon and the Central Labor Coun-
Gil of Portland and Vicinity, Eu-
gene E. Smith, President; A. w.
Jones, President; E. ]. Stack,
Secretary, 1921 Second Street,
Portland, Oregon.--Full Rental
Value Land Tax and HOmesteaders'
Loan Fund Amendment-Purp
A constitutional amendment de-
claring and defining (a) peoples
power and right; (b) citizens right
to use of land; (c) public owner
ship of land rent; (d) public policy
of Oregon; defining (e) the word
Gland" (f) method of appraising
land rent; (g)land improvement;
providing for (h) levy of perman-
ent land rent tax; G publication
of assessment: CD delinquent tax
sale; (k) maintenance of private
property rights; CD separate as
sessment of land rent; (m) stand
ing timber; (n) assessment and
collection of tax; (o) duty of Gov
ernor and State Land Board; (p)
how personal property and land
Improvements may be taxed by
vote of people only; (q distribu-
tion of revenue from land rent tax;
and (r) establishing homemakers
loan fund. Vote YES or NO.
Initiated by the Commercial Associa-
tion of the City of Pendleton, w. E
Brock, President; c. X. Cranston
Secretary.-FOr PendletOn Normal
School and Ratifying Location Ger.
tain State observation-disclosures
To provide for locating State Nor
NAL School at Pendleton, Oregon
upon site to be donated therefor
appropriating $125,O00 for build.
ings and equipment and levying an
annual tax of one twenty-fifth of q
mill in all property in the state fol
its maintenance, and ratifying the
location of certain state institutions
heretofore located away from the
State Capital. Vote YES or NO.
Initiated by Lora c: Little-Anti
Compulsory Vaccination Bill-Pur'
pose-To prohibit compulsory vac
cination, incubation and Other
such treatment for the prevention
or cure of contagious or infectious
diseases, and providing a penalt.
therefor. Vote YES or NO.
Initiated by Committee Of Indepen
dent Retailers Association of Port
land, Oregon, Dan Kellaher. Pres
ident, 1891 Grand Avenue, Port
land, Oregon; Ben A. Bellamy, Elk
ecutive Committee, 401 Hawthorne
Avenue, Portland, Oregon; s. s
Rich, Executive Committee, 26'
7 Morrison Street, Portland, Oregon
C. e. Munro, Executive Committee
Commercial Club Building, Port