Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-06-28
STATE VOTES
FOR REPEAL
AND RAGING
Riley-Stewart Measure, Unem-
ployment Bonds And Legisla-
tive Acts Approved.
SCHOOL EXEMPTION LOSES
Irrigation District Bond Issue
And Gasoline Tax Diversions
Voted Down.
By HARRY w. SHARPE
United Press Staff Correspondent

SAN FRANCISCO, June %. =
4 California today became the six
tenth consecutive state to ratify
repeal of the 18th amendment. In
the same breath it wound up one of
the most controversial special elcc-
lions in years by legalizing horse
racing, approved $4,000 900 un-
employment bond issue, and served
notice that henceforth its watch
word will be economy.
In summation the electorate voted
as follows:
l. Gave repealists better than a
100000 majority, definitely aligning
the Golden State" with West Vir-
GINA and IA other commonwealths
which have voted for repeal in un-
broken procession.
2. Decided to try a new taxation
system.
3, Approved issuance of S20000,-
600 in unemployment relief bonds.
4. Turned down O proposal to ex-
empt non-profit schools from taxa
ton.
3. LOCALIZED pari-mutuel racing
which makes horse racing and Incl
dental betting legitimate sport.
s. Gave Los Angeles and Orange
counties the right require their as
SCISSORS to assess property damaged
or destroyed by earthquakes.
7. Turned thumbs down on propo-
sails to issue $55,0O0,O00 in state
bonds to refinance irrigation and
reclamation district bonds.
3. Declared state legislative acts
effective Immediately after passage.
9. Decided to regulate the COM
pensation of county supervisors, au-
ditors and district attorneys.
10. Overwhelmingly rejected two
proposals to divert gasoline tax
funds to the state general fund for
payment of bond interest and re-
demption of highway bonds.
The repeal vote was deemed tile
most startling result. Repealists
jumped into the lead at the start
and county after county fell into
their column with normally dry
Southern California according them
vote almost as impressive as that
of the liberal north.
Riverside Dry
At an early hour today Riverside
was the only county in which anti
repealists led. San Bernardino
county, formerly in the anti-column,
voted to l for repeal. MERGED
county went to l for repeal. Ma
dera, Kings, Tulare, Stanislaus,
Ventura and Orange counties left
the anti-repealist column although
the repealist majority was SO scant
in Orange that there was doubt as
to the outcome. Los Angeles was
3 TO l for repeal while Santa Bar
bara voted to 1 wet.
In other metropolitan centers re-
pealists amassed overwhelming ma
jorities. San Francisco, tradition
ally wet voted Is to l for repeal.
Sacramento voted 9 to for, and
Fresno, heart of the grape growing
industry, was 4 to for repeal.
1t was not known early today
when the state ratification conven-
ton will be held. 1t will be called
at the discretion Of the secretary
of state and the repeal delegates
elected yesterday will assemble in
either Sacramento or San Francisco
and formally cast their ballots in
the repeal column.
Because of the paradoxical views
of Southern and Northern Califor-
MIA, both repealists and prohibi-
tionists conducted extensive cam
paigns. These, coupled with the
bitter issue of pari-mutuel racing
and the various taxation and fl
nancial programs, brought out 4
vote estimated today at more than
1,250,000, an unprecedented num-
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