Texas Assessment and Collection of Taxes, Proposition 3 (August 1887)

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The Texas Assessment and Collection of Taxes Amendment, also known as Proposition 3, was on the August 4, 1887 ballot in Texas as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated. The measure would have authorized the legislature to provide for the assessment and collection of state and county properety taxes in unorganized counties.^[1][2]

Election results[edit]

Texas Proposition 3 (August 1887)
Result		Votes	Percentage
d No		145,538	62.27%
Yes		88,179	37.73%

Election results via: Legislative Reference Library of Texas

Text of measure[edit]

The text of the measure can be read here.

See also[edit]

Suggest a link

• Texas 1887 ballot measures
• 1887 ballot measures
• List of Texas ballot measures
• History of direct democracy in Texas

External links[edit]

• Legislative Reference Library of Texas
• Proposition 3

Footnotes[edit]

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