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In 1857, leaders of the territory gathered at the Oregon Constitutional Convention and drafted the current constitution. [2] Over half of the document's content was derived in part from the Indiana constitution. [3] The constitution of 1857 included a racial exclusion section that excluded African Americans and Chinese from the state.
Section 1: That slavery and involuntary servitude shall be forever prohibited in Oregon. Section 2 : That in all cases where slaves shall have been, or shall hereafter be, brought into Oregon, the owners of such slaves respectively shall have the term of three years from the introduction of such slaves to remove them out of the country.
Measure 113 was supported by Oregon Democrats and their allies in labor unions and other groups. [3] [7] No formal opposition to Measure 113 was organized, but The Oregonian/OregonLive, the Bend Bulletin and the Willamette Week all endorsed a "no" vote on the grounds that the measure would give too much power to the Senate president and the House speaker to determine when a member's absence ...
Repeals "White Foreigner" Section of Constitution 3: No 182,074 322,682: 36.07% Yes Leg Revised Constitution for Oregon 4: Yes 292,234: 213,835 57.75% Yes Leg Pollution Control Bonds 5: No 202,018 336,527: 37.51% Yes Leg Lowers Oregon Voting Age to 19 6: No 180,602 323,189: 35.85% Yes Leg Local School Property Tax Equalization Measure
The Office of the Legislative Counsel prepares and publishes the softcover multi-volume Oregon Revised Statutes every two years, after each biennial legislative session. The Oregon Legislature created the Oregon Revised Statutes by recodifying the previous code, which was called the Oregon Compiled Laws Annotated (1940). See 1953 Or. Laws c. 3.
The Oregon Land Conservation and Development Act of 1973, formally Oregon Senate Bills 100 and 101 of 1973 (SB 100 and SB 101), ...
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to elect the five U.S. representatives from the state of Oregon, apportioned according to the 2010 United States census.
The Oregon Medical Marijuana Act, a law in the U.S. state of Oregon, was established by Oregon Ballot Measure 67 in 1998, passing with 54.6% support. It modified state law to allow the cultivation, possession, and use of marijuana by doctor recommendation for patients with certain medical conditions.