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RESOLUTION 3~L.,~'~k~~'~R~7~ ~P 1~ROPOSITION 19 ~'
WHEREAS, the lgbl Legislature gave its unanimous approval to
Proposition lg and authorized its submission to California voters at
the November, lgb2 General Election; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 19 would modify the Constitution's pro-
vision prohibiting the Legislature from making salary increases effec-
tive during the terms of county supervisors and city councilmen by
allowing such increases when one or more members of a board, commission
or council begins a new term of office; and
WHEREAS, this modification would be applicable only to those
boards whose members serve staggered terms of office, thereby elimin-
ating the inequitable, unjust, and discriminatory situation wherein,
under the present prohibition, board members who share equal responsi-
bilities for the conduct of local government are paid different
salaries. The present prohibition compounds this inequity by making
possible higher salaries for supervisors and councilmen who never have
held such posts before, while veteran members must wait as long as
three years and be re-elected before the higher salary is applicable
to them; and
WHEREAS, the strongest argument .for modification lies in the
equity of Proposition lg as evidenced, historically, by the fact that
the people in 1944 suspended the prohibition. This suspension lasted
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for 12 years--until January, 1957--one year after the President formally
declared an end to hostilities, and during this entire period there were
no serious abuses; and
WHEREAS, the merits of Proposition lg have already been recog-
nized, and endorsed, by such statewide organizations as the California
Taxpayers Association and the California State Chamber of Commerce.
Notably, no opposition argument was filed with the Secretary of State
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t'or inclusion within the pamphlet explaining all Propositions which
is being sent to all California voters;
NOI,d, THEREFORE, BE 1T RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors
of Butte County does hereby support Proposition 19 and urges
every registered voter in the County to vote "YES" on this measure at
the November 6, 1962 General Election.
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CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
ATTEST:
ESSrE ROGERS, COUNTX CZERK
Ex-officio Clerk of the Board
of Sup~er/w,isors
Deputy C1