1952 Nov 4 :: State of Colorado :: Amendment 4 :: Constitutional AmendmentAn Act to amend Article X of the State constitution by adding a new section 19, to become effective January 1, 1953, providing for the levying of a severance tax of five (5) per cent on the gross value of all petroleum oil, mineral oil, oil from shale, or other liquid hydro carbon or natural gas produced in the state, which shall not be an excise tax, and appropriating the ~ proceeds of such tax for the support of public schools except three (3) per cent thereof for administration

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1952 Nov 4 :: State of Colorado :: Amendment 4 :: Constitutional AmendmentAn Act to amend Article X of the State constitution by adding a new section 19, to become effective January 1, 1953, providing for the levying of a severance tax of five (5) per cent on the gross value of all petroleum oil, mineral oil, oil from shale, or other liquid hydro carbon or natural gas produced in the state, which shall not be an excise tax, and appropriating the ~ proceeds of such tax for the support of public schools except three (3) per cent thereof for administration

Ballot Question Results

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County
Yes
No
Total Votes Cast
Totals
 
177,125
315,392
492,517
Adams
 
5,882
7,379
13,261
Alamosa
 
1,054
1,790
2,844
Arapahoe
 
9,696
11,092
20,788
Archuleta
 
109
623
732
Baca
 
474
1,691
2,165
Bent
 
923
1,630
2,553
Boulder
 
7,288
9,720
17,008
Chaffee
 
856
2,214
3,070
Cheyenne
 
255
778
1,033
Clear Creek
 
539
875
1,414
Conejos
 
636
1,633
2,269
Costilla
 
384
718
1,102
Crowley
 
435
1,274
1,709
Custer
 
147
507
654
Delta
 
2,126
4,235
6,361
Denver
 
62,297
99,365
161,662
Dolores
 
44
676
720
Douglas
 
465
1,144
1,609
Eagle
 
606
1,100
1,706
El Paso
 
6,139
25,357
31,496
Elbert
 
466
1,305
1,771
Fremont
 
2,321
5,075
7,396
Garfield
 
1,230
3,780
5,010
Gilpin
 
148
295
443
Grand
 
680
808
1,488
Gunnison
 
884
1,098
1,982
Hinsdale
 
57
108
165
Huerfano
 
1,367
1,792
3,159
Jackson
 
145
549
694
Jefferson
 
11,145
13,406
24,551
Kiowa
 
257
851
1,108
Kit Carson
 
829
1,830
2,659
La Plata
 
840
4,794
5,634
Lake
 
599
1,509
2,108
Larimer
 
7,102
10,070
17,172
Las Animas
 
5,090
3,389
8,479
Lincoln
 
743
1,451
2,194
Logan
 
1,446
5,306
6,752
Mesa
 
7,103
9,334
16,437
Mineral
 
46
155
201
Moffat
 
399
2,031
2,430
Montezuma
 
293
2,674
2,967
Montrose
 
1,482
3,767
5,249
Morgan
 
2,165
4,310
6,475
Otero
 
2,368
5,958
8,326
Ouray
 
282
588
870
Park
 
269
572
841
Phillips
 
615
1,239
1,854
Pitkin
 
213
503
716
Prowers
 
1,581
3,157
4,738
Pueblo
 
9,745
20,520
30,265
Rio Blanco
 
72
2,025
2,097
Rio Grande
 
869
2,834
3,703
Routt
 
1,780
1,313
3,093
Saguache
 
381
1,146
1,527
San Juan
 
94
432
526
San Miguel
 
185
717
902
Sedgwick
 
398
1,391
1,789
Summit
 
163
402
565
Teller
 
379
834
1,213
Washington
 
619
2,120
2,739
Weld
 
8,794
13,643
22,437
Yuma
 
1,126
2,510
3,636
Totals
 
177,125
315,392
492,517