Oregon Creation of Deschutes County, Measure 26 (1910)

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The Oregon Creation of Deschutes County Bill, also known as Measure 26, was on the November 8, 1910 ballot in Oregon as an initiated state statute, where it was defeated. The measure would have created the County of Deschutes out of the northwest portion of Crook County, Oregon.^[1]

Election results[edit]

Oregon Measure 26 (1910)
Result	Votes	Percentage
d No	60,486	77.47%
Yes	17,592	22.53%

Election results via: Oregon Blue Book

Text of measure[edit]

The language appeared on the ballot as:^[1]

“

Proposed by Initiative Petition

A bill for a law to create the County of Deschutes, Oregon, out of the northwest portion of Crook County, Oregon, providing for its organization, the salaries of its officers, and settlement of the finances between the proposed county and Crook County. --- Vote YES or NO.

350. Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

351. No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ^[2]

”

Path to the ballot[edit]

Measure 26 was filed in the office of the Secretary of State on July 6, 1910.^[1]

External links[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Oregon State Library, "State of Oregon Official Voters' Pamphlet," accessed October 31, 2013
↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

[voters-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Oregon State Library, "State of Oregon Official Voters' Pamphlet," accessed October 31, 2013

[quotedisclaimer-2] Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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