Alabama County Budget, Amendment 31 (1961)

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The Alabama County Budget, Amendment 31, also known as Amendment 31, was on the ballot in Alabama on December 5, 1961, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the state legislature would fix, regulate and alter the fees, commissions, allowances and salaries received and levied by the judge of probate, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, clerk and register of the circuit court of Elmore County. All revenue collected by the above persons would be placed into the treasury and all wages and salaries would be paid out of the treasury. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.

Election results

Alabama Amendment 31 (December 1961)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		69,319	70.44%
No		29,086	29.56%

Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1963

See also

Suggest a link

• Alabama 1961 ballot measures
• 1961 ballot measures
• List of Alabama ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama

External links

• Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1963