Alabama Municipal Property Tax, Amendment 16 (1961)

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The Alabama Municipal Property Tax, Amendment 16, also known as Amendment 16, was on the ballot in Alabama on December 5, 1961, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Tuscumbia be permitted to levy and collect a special property tax of five mills on each dollar's worth of taxable property for public school funding. The tax must be approved by a majority of electors.

Election results

Alabama Amendment 16 (December 1961)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		82,784	72.38%
No		31,595	27.62%

Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1963

See also

Suggest a link

• Alabama 1961 ballot measures
• 1961 ballot measures
• List of Alabama ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama

External links

• Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1963