Alabama Special District Tax, Amendment 8 (1957)

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The Alabama Special District Tax, Amendment 8, also known as Amendment 8, 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 in addition to all other taxes authorized by the constitution and laws of Alabama, the school districts of Cleburne County would have the power to levy and collect a special district tax of 50 cents on each $100 worth of taxable property for public school purposes; provided that question is submitted to a vote in each such district and voted for by a majority. The funds arising from such special tax levied in any district which votes the same independently of the County would be expended for the exclusive benefit of the district, as the law may direct.

Election results

Alabama Amendment 8 (December 1957)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		72,882	68.45%
No		33,586	31.55%

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