Alabama County Indebtedness, Amendment 26 (1955)

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The Alabama County Indebtedness, Amendment 26, also known as Amendment 26, was on the ballot in Alabama on December 6, 1955, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Tuscaloosa County may become indebted, and in evidence of such indebtedness may sell and issue its interest bearing bonds, not exceeding $2,500,000, for the purpose of constructing and equipping a County courthouse and jail and acquiring land therefor; provided, that before any such bonds would be issued the question of whether said bonds would be issued would have first been submitted to a vote of the electors of said County at an election to be called for that purpose by the governing body of said County and the issuance of said bonds would have been authorized by a majority of said electors voting at said election. In the event the voters of Tuscaloosa County do not authorize the issuance and sale of said bonds at any election called hereunder then other elections may be called by the governing body of Tuscaloosa County from time to time until the voters of Tuscaloosa County do authorize the issuance and sale of said bonds; provided that no two elections would be held within one year of each other. The court house and jail may be built as one building or as separate buildings as the governing body of Tuscaloosa County may determine. The indebtedness herein authorized would be in addition to all other indebtedness authorized prior to the adoption of this amendment.

Election results

Alabama Amendment 26 (December 1955)
Result		Votes	Percentage
d No		133,759	68.91%
Yes		60,355	31.09%

Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1959

See also

Suggest a link

• Alabama 1955 ballot measures
• 1955 ballot measures
• List of Alabama ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama

External links

• Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1959