Alabama Madison County Budget, Amendment 21 (1957)

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The Alabama Madison County Budget, Amendment 21, also known as Amendment 21, 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 the legislature may, by general or local laws, fix, alter and regulate the costs and charges of courts in Madison County and the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances and salary, including the basis of their compensation, to be charged or received by the judge of probate, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, register and circuit clerk of Madison County, including the right to place any of such officers on a salary and provide for the fees charged or collected by them to be paid into the treasury from which their salaries are paid.

Election results

Alabama Amendment 21 (December 1957)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		62,118	66.81%
No		30,861	33.19%

Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1959

See also

Suggest a link

• Alabama 1957 ballot measures
• 1957 ballot measures
• List of Alabama ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama

External links

• Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1959