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Alabama County Economic Development, Amendment 17 (1951)
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The Alabama County Economic Development, Amendment 17, also known as Amendment 17, was on the ballot in Alabama on December 11, 1951, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that each incorporated city or town in Marion County would be authorized to acquire, own, and lease self-liquidating projects for the purpose of promoting industry and trade by inducing manufacturing, industrial and commercial enterprises to locate in Marion County, to promote the use of agricultural products and natural resources, and promote a sound and proper balance in said County between agriculture, commerce and industry. The cities and towns of Marion County would be authorized to issue bonds for the purpose of acquiring such projects, pledge the revenues from such projects to the payment of such bonds and mortgage such projects to secure the payment thereof, provided that such bonds shall not be general obligation bonds of the municipalities of said County, and no such municipality shall operate any such project as a business or in any manner except as lessor thereof.[1]
Election results
| Alabama Amendment 17 (December 1951) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 50,247 | 67.98% | ||
| Yes | 23,670 | 32.02% | ||
Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1951
See also
- Alabama 1951 ballot measures
- 1951 ballot measures
- List of Alabama ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama
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