Minnesota Single Liability for Corporations, Amendment 4 (1875)

## Contents

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

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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]

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* 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]

1. ↑ Minnesota Legislative Reference Library, "State Constitutional Amendments Considered," accessed July 1, 2014

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