The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-10-29

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designated maximums; excepting
port districts from the operation OF
the act; and providing that addi-
tional levies may be made as therein
provided"
Initiative Measure No. lis, entitled:
IAN act relating to old age pen
sions, creating state department
therefor, defining its powers and
duties; designating persons entitled
TO pensions and the amount there
of; providing taxes for sole pay
ment of pensions, on business and
occupations, sales of stocks and
bonds, public utilities, admissions,
fuel oil, proprietary medicines, tot
let preparations, inheritances, gifts,
and making appropriations there
from; amending section 8, chapter
176, Laws of 1885, and repeating
chapter 1872, Laws of 1885, providing
for old age pensions, and all acts
or parts of acts in conflict there
with"
Initiative Measure No. 119, entitled:
"An act creating Production for
Use Districts to manufacture, grow,
buy and otherwise acquire goods,
wares, commodities and products,
to furnish services of every nature
except electricity and water, and
establishing a State Production for
Use Commission to purchase or 9TH
erwise acquire such products and
services; authorizing a tax levy, ex-
ercise of eminent domain, issuance
of certificates of exchange, general
obligation and revenue bonds, Gre
ating a revolving fund and appro-
priating ten million dollars there
for; amending section 1 of chapter
95 of the Laws of 1888, relating to
nomination Of district commission
ers. and repeating acts or parts
thereof inconsistent Herewith"
Referendum Bill No. 4, entitled:
can act relating to flood control,
participated in by the federal and
state governments; authorizing q
state Indebtedness of fifteen million
dollars ($15,000, 000.00) therefor, to
be evidenced by bonds designated
as General Obligation Bonds OF
1885, and providing a sinking fund
by tax levy for their redemption;
establishing q State Flood Control
Fund and appropriating five mill
lion dollars ($5,000. 000.0 COY, or the
necessary amount therefrom to pay
expenses incurred under and in car
rying out the purposes Of this act. |"
Amendment to the State Constitu-
ton Proposed by the Legislature:
"a proposal to repeal section L.
Article XII and amend sections !
and 9, Article VII of the Constitu-
ton by providing: uniform taxation
upon the same class of subjects; that
the legislature may provide exemp-
tions and graduated net income tax
may vest municipalities with power
to make local improvements by
special assessment or taxation; can
not require counties or municipal
tiles to tax for county or munich
pal purposes, but may, under leg
islative restriction, vest them with
such authority"
Amendment to the State Constitu-
ton Proposed by the Legislature:
"A proposal to amend section q
Article II of the Constitution by
providing that each member of the
legislature shall receive five dollars
per day for expenses in addition to
five dollars per day for services, and
mileage, now provided"
Amendment to the State Constitu.
ton Proposed by the Legislature:
"A proposal authorizing the State
Of Washington to engage In the pro.
duction and wholesale distribution
only, Of electric energy; to assist the
development Of hydro-electric gen
Grating plants; to incur indebted
ness by the issuance of bonds; pro-
viding for a commission and power
districts. but not denying to any
municipality, power district or po-
litical subdivision Of the state the
right to control its own utilities non
preventing the state from furnish
ing electric energy to its institutions
and departments"
Democratic Ticket
President: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park, New York.
Vice President: John N. Garner
Uvalde, Texas.
Representative in Congress, 4th
District: Knute Hill, Prosser, Wash
ington.
Governor: Clarence D. Martin
Cheney.
Lieutenant Governor: Victor A
Meyers, 1885 42nd st., N. Seattle.
Secretary Of State: Ernest N
Hutchinson, e040 37th N. W.. Seat
tie.
State Treasurer: Phil II. Gala
CHER, w. 514 First Ave-, Spokane.
State Auditor: Cliff Yelle, Colfax
Attorney General: @. w. Hamil-
ton, 1900 Water St., Olympia.
Superintendent of Public In
struction: Stanley F. Atwood, 2210
North 41st ST., Seattle.
Commissioner of Public Lands:
Albert G. Martin, 1850 9th N: E., Sc