Alabama Mobile County Bonds, Amendment 7 (1957)

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The Alabama Mobile County Bonds, Amendment 7, also known as Amendment 7, 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 Mobile County is hereby authorized to become indebted for school building purposes and authorized to sell and issue, in addition to all other bonds of the County, interest bearing bonds not exceeding $3,000,000 in principal amount. The proceeds from each sale of any of the bonds would, after payment of the expenses of issuing the same, be covered into the County treasury and placed in a special trust fund to be designated the Public School Bond Fund. The money paid into such fund would be disbursed to the custodian of County school funds, and would be used solely for the acquisition of public school sites, for the construction, reconstruction, alteration and improvement of public school building facilities, for the procurement of equipment therefor, and for payment of obligations incurred for any of such purposes in Mobile County.

Election results

Alabama Amendment 7 (December 1957)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		80,253	71.31%
No		32,286	28.69%

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