Alabama Special School Tax, Amendment 10 (1951)

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The Alabama Special School Tax, Amendment 10, also known as Amendment 10, was on the ballot in Alabama on December 11, 1951, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Morgan County, outside of the city of Decatur, be authorized to levy and collect a special school tax of 75 cents on each $100 worth of taxable property, provided the rate of such tax and the time of its continuance and the purposes will have been first submitted to the voters of the County outside the corporate limits of the city of Decatur and voted for by a majority of those voting at such election, provided further that said tax shall not apply to the property within the corporate limits of the city of Hartselle until after the tax year 1957. None of the proceeds of the tax shall be expended for school purposes within the corporate limits of the city of Decatur.

Election results

Alabama Amendment 10 (December 1951)
Result		Votes	Percentage
d No		40,974	51.96%
Yes		37,890	48.04%

Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1951

See also

Suggest a link

• Alabama 1951 ballot measures
• 1951 ballot measures
• List of Alabama ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama

External links

• Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1951