Exemption-of-Churches Amendment
Exemption-of-Churches Amendment.—There are some clear-sighted counties in California. Voting on the amendment to exempt churches from taxation, the following counties gave majorities against it: Butte, 743; Calaveras, 124; El Dorado, 658; Humboldt, 1,740; Lake, 63; Nevada, 25; Mariposa, 86; Modoc, 81; Mono, 36; Orange, 469; Placer, 330; San Diego, 64; San Joaquin, 276; San Luis Obispo, 42; Shasta, 956; Sierra, 124; Siskiyou, 14; Sonoma, 635; Stanislaus, 16; Tehama, 542; Trinity, 311; Tulare, 164; Tuolumne, 10; Yolo, 161. Alpine, Inyo, Lassen, and Plumas are not yet heard from. The other counties in the State gave a majority in favor of the amendment of 12,331. Catholic San Francisco furnishes more than one-half of this majority, namely, 7,264.