Minnesota Single Liability For Corporations, Amendment 4 (1875)

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The Minnesota Single Liability for Corporations Amendment, also known as Amendment 4, was on the November 2, 1875 ballot in Minnesota as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated. The measure would have established single liability for stockholders of ordinary business corporations.^[1]

Election results[edit]

Minnesota Amendment 4 (1875)
Result		Votes	Percentage
d No		25,858	61.26%
Yes		16,349	38.74%

Election results via: Minnesota Legislative Reference Library

Text of measure[edit]

The text of the measure can be read here.

Similar measures[edit]

• Minnesota Exempt Railroad Stock, Amendment 1 (1870) d
• Minnesota Single Liability for Corporations, Amendment 2 (1876) d
• Minnesota Liability of Stockholders, Amendment 3 (1926) d
• Minnesota Liability of Stockholders, Amendment 2 (1928) d
• Minnesota Liability of Stockholders, Amendment 3 (1930) a
• Minnesota Limit Liability for State Banks, Amendment 4 (1954) a

See also[edit]

• Minnesota 1875 ballot measures
• 1875 ballot measures
• List of Minnesota ballot measures
• History of direct democracy in Minnesota

External links[edit]

• Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
• 1875 Laws of Minnesota

Footnotes[edit]

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