Alabama Special County School Tax, Amendment 9 (1953)

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The Alabama Special County School Tax, Amendment 9, also known as Amendment 9, was on the ballot in Alabama on December 15, 1953, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the governing body of Chambers County may levy and collect, for no more than 12 years, an additional special tax not exceeding five mills on each dollar's worth of real and tangible personal property assessed for state taxation, to be used solely for acquiring, constructing and equipping public school buildings (city and County), provided the said tax shall be voted on at an election called by said governing body and conducted in the same manner as County bond elections. After the expiration of a tax levied hereunder, no further tax is authorized. If said tax is authorized by said election the County may sell tax anticipation bonds without any further election in an amount designated by said governing body. Revenue from said bonds shall be spent by the Chambers County board of education for the purposes stated herein. Said bonds shall be payable solely out of said tax which shall be pledged therefor and the tax shall be used only for cost of assessment and collection, payment of principal and interest. Said bonds shall be negotiable instruments and eligible for investment of trust funds. Said bonds shall not be general obligations of the County and are in addition to all other bonds authorized.

Election results

Alabama Amendment 9 (December 1953)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		40,533	60.00%
No		27,023	40.00%

Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1955

See also

Suggest a link

• Alabama 1953 ballot measures
• 1953 ballot measures
• List of Alabama ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama

External links

• Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1955