Alabama Municipal Taxes, Amendment 6 (1915)

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The Alabama Municipal Taxes, Amendment 6, also known as Amendment 6, was on the ballot in Alabama on November 7, 1915, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that municipalities, excepting Birmingham, Montgomery, Decatur, New Decatur and all municipalities located within the counties of Geneva, Pickens, Sumter, Baldwin, Dale, Escambia, Monroe, Henry, Houston, Marengo, Wilcox, Talladega, DeKalb Jackson and Marshall, are authorized to levy and collect an annual tax for general purposes not exceeding one-half of one percent of the value of the property within the municipality, provided that the proposed tax is put before the voters and passed with a majority vote.

Election results

Alabama Amendment 6 (1915)
Result		Votes	Percentage
d No		44,780	51.79%
Yes		41,686	48.21%

Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1919

See also

Suggest a link

• Alabama 1915 ballot measures
• 1915 ballot measures
• List of Alabama ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama

External links

• Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1919