Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-30
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

No. To- Designed to permit payment of taxes by
county mutual insurance companies to the county only
instead OF the state, at present County companies
can do business only with the county and their tax
should not go to the state. Vote yes on No. TO-
NO. H. Initiative measure regulating dams in
klamath river 1t is not of general interest Fisher
men claim the river should be preserved as game
serve and that power development it will interfere
with the salmon and trout fishing and their propa
cation Others contend that the river may be preserv
ed under proper restrictions and plans for both
and fish Government authorities hold to the latter
view fair Interpretation of the measure and of the
situation would suggest the advsability of voting
on No. IL.
No. II. Provides for the creation of municipal
courts for the purpose of caring for work in over
crowded courts 1t is to be applied only where
y compels and is then left toa vote of the people to
say whether shall be adopted locally 1t gives muni
cpaities the privilege of resortng to this additional
court relief In other words it is judicial local op
ton. Vote yes ON No. r.
No. 13 Providing for poll tax, proceeds of which
shall be nure to the school fund There at present
thousands of aliens who contribute in degree what
to the educational fund of the state and who edu
cate their children at state There thou
SANDS of citizens whose incomes solely from untax
ed securities The amendment will compel these all to-
pay at least SIS in tax now. Vote yes.
No. IA. This is designed to correct an error OF
omission of irrigation bonds for instance, among nn-
taxed securities of the state This to put all bonds
of the class under the classification So
long have taxree securities it is but fair to have
all of like kind under like privileges and immunities
Vote yes.
No. Is. Provides for exemption of aviation fields
from taxation, up to $4,000 valuation. The purpose
is to encourage development of aerial projects 1t
looks like farfetched scheme. We already have too
many tax exemptions and too high taxes. Vote no..
No. i6 The water and power act, voted down two
years ago by majority of threeto-one. 1t adds $780,
100000 to the bonded indebtedness of the state and
forbids taxation of all that vast property as our laws
now are 1t places tremendous responsibilities IN the
hands of political commission appointed by the gov
ernor 1t facilitates the organization of powerful
political machine to manipulate affairs of the state
II takes away individual initiative and places in the
hands of a close-corporation, political sanhedrlm
Vote
No II. This of particular Importance to voters
of Imperial county 1t is designed to give the power
of eminent domain to irrigation districts the same as IS
conferred upon other similar coporate entries. Such
districts require the right to condemn rights OF way
for their proper functioning. Vote yes on No. H.
No IS. This provides that when voter within
the period of 80 days before an election removes from
one voting precinct to another and disqualifes HIM
self for voting he may in the precinct from which
he removed and where he is duly registered. Uni
ersal effort is being made to impress upon the pubic
the duty of voting would be travesy under the CIR
cunstances not to vote in favor of this amendment
and give the voter the plain right to vote when ne is n
ali respects entitled to it, except the decentralization
of being compelled to abandon the precinct where reg
tered within the prescribed 80 days Vote yes on NO.