GEORGIA-Concluded October, 1904. Permitting creation of additional October, 1904. Permits increase of 8 in membership of house of representatives October, 1906. Creating new county October, 1908. Suffrage restrictions. October, 1908. Increasing number of house of IDAHO November, 1900. Permitting loan of state school funds under certain conditions .............. Adopted 8,535 3,576 12,111 56,373 .214 November, 1902. Eight-hour day on state and municipal work-labor in factories, mines, etc. Adopted 20,096 835 20,931 59,823 .349 16,770 71,238 .235 November, 1906. State tax rate limited to I per ...... cent of assessed value of property, unless popular vote Adopted 20,441 20,284 40,725 73,519 .553 November, 1906. County commissioners to be elected for four years ... ..... November, 1906. Empowering legislature by general laws to provide for county, township and precinct officers. ..... Rejected 17,328 20,859 38,187 " .519 November, 1906. Railways hereafter constructed November 8, 1904. Permitting special legislation for Chicago, subject to local vote November 3, 1908. Authorizing $20,000,000 bond issue for deep waterway ...... Adopted 678,393 94,038 772,431 1,089,458 .709 ... ...... Not adopted 240,031 144,072 November 6, 1900. Permitting increase in number of supreme court judges' November, 1906. Authorizing legislature to prescribe qualifications for admission to the bar 2. Not adopted 384,103 655,965 .585 Not adopted I See In re Denny, 156 Ind. 104. "To be submitted again in 1910. November 6, 1900. Authorizing legislature to prescribe qualifications for admission to the bar! printer ..... ..... Adopted1 162,057 60,148 222,205 322,408 .689 November 8, 1904. Governor may veto items of appropriation bills. November, 1906. Abolishing double liability of corporation stockholders ..... Adopted1 110,266 67,409 177,675 315,379 .563 Adopted1 107,974 70,730 178,704 .566 November, 1906. Permitting legislature to pro vide for judge pro tem. in absence of probate judge... November, 1908. Abolishing limitation upon amount of judicial salaries-ineligibility of 1 In secretary of state's reports these votes are so stated that it is not certain as to which votes in 1904, 1906 and 1908 apply to the respective amendments voted on in each of these years. Votes proportionately similar, so that this does not alter results. |