Missouri Tax Increase to Support Public Utilities Amendment, Issue 6 (1912)

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* 1 Election results
* 2 Text of measure
* 3 See also
* 4 External links
* 5 Footnotes

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The Missouri Tax Increase to Support Public Utilities Amendment, also known as Issue 6, was on the November 5, 1912 ballot in Missouri as an initiated constitutional amendment where it was defeated.[1]

The measure would have provided for raising all revenue by taxes on land, inheritance and franchises for public service utilities, exempting from taxation all personal property and improvements on land.[2]

## Election results[edit]

Missouri Issue 6 (1912)

Result| Votes| Percentage
d No| 508,137| 85.43%
Yes|  86,647|  14.57%

Election results via: University of Missouri Institute for Public Policy

## Text of measure[edit]

The text of the measure can be found here.

## See also[edit]

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* Missouri 1912 ballot measures
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* List of Missouri ballot measures
* History of Initiative & Referendum in Missouri

## External links[edit]

* I&R Institute ballot measure database for Missouri
* University of Missouri Institute for Public Policy
* Chillicothe Constitution, "Ballot of Livingston County, MO., at the General Election to be Held November 5th, 1912," October 25, 1912

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ University of Missouri Institute for Public Policy, "Constitutional Amendments, Statutory Revision and Referenda Submitted to the Voters by the General Assembly or by Initiative Petition, 1910–2010," accessed March 17, 2014
2. ↑ Initiative and Referendum Institute, "Statewide Initiative Usage," accessed March 17, 2014

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