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Alabama County District Tax, Amendment 16 (1957)
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The Alabama County District Tax, Amendment 16, also known as Amendment 16, was on the ballot in Alabama on December 17, 1957, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that, in addition to all other taxes authorized, the several school districts of Colbert County would have the power to levy and collect a special district tax of 50 cents on each $100 worth of taxable property for school purposes; provided, that the tax would have been first submitted to a vote of the and voted for by a majority; and further provided that such election would be held in the same manner as now provided for an election on the school district tax authorized in Article XIX of the constitution of Alabama; and be it further provided that the funds arising from the special school tax levied in any district which votes the same independently of the county would be expended for the exclusive benefit of the district as the law may direct.[1]
Election results
| Alabama Amendment 16 (December 1957) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 66,369 | 68.82% | ||
| No | 30,068 | 31.18% | ||
Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1959
See also
- Alabama 1957 ballot measures
- 1957 ballot measures
- List of Alabama ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama
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