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Alabama County Salaries, Amendment 16 (1965)
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The Alabama County Salaries, Amendment 16, also known as Amendment 16, was on the ballot in Alabama on November 30, 1965, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the Greene County sheriff and the clerk and register of the circuit court would be compensated on a salary basis. The sherif would receive $7,500 per annum in equal monthly installments. The clerk and register of the circuit court would receive $5,000 in equal monthly installments with a clerk-hire allowance of $1,000 per annum from the county treasury.[1]
Election results
| Alabama Amendment 16 (1965) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 77,363 | 75.53% | ||
| No | 25,068 | 24.47% | ||
Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1967
See also
- Alabama 1965 ballot measures
- 1965 ballot measures
- List of Alabama ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama
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Footnotes
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