Alaska Supreme Court· 4/10/1979

Thomas v. Bailey

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595 P.2d 1
1979 Alas. LEXIS 503

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exception to initiative right for \mak[ing] ... appropriations\ prohibits initiative to distribute land for homesteading
exception to initiative right for “makpng] ... appropriations” prohibits initiative to distribute land for homesteading
ballot initiative granting state land to certain Alaska residents was an unconstitutional appropriation by initiative
“The right of initiative . . . should be liberally construed to permit exercise of that right.”
“The right of initiative and referendum, sometimes referred to as direct legislation, should be liberally construed to permit exercise of that right.”
state land may not be appropriated by initiative

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Judges: Boochever, Burke, Connor, Dimond, Matthews, Rabinow-Itz, Rabinowitz

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