Georgia 1954 ballot measures

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Eighteen statewide ballot measures were on the November 2, 1954 ballot in Georgia.

• All eighteen of the measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• Thirteen of the measures were approved.
• Five of the measures were defeated.

On the ballot

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Local Gov't	Provides for self-governance of municipalities	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Legislature	Provides for annual sessions of the legislature of up to 40 days	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes	Provides for tax exemptions for property owned by religious groups for residential purposes	a
LRCA	Amendment 4	Education	Adds a new section to the constitution relating to education	a
LRCA	Amendment 5	Taxes	Provides for taxation to pay for firemen's pensions	a
LRCA	Amendment 6	Development	Adds a new article to the constitution, to be named Slum Clearance and Redevelopment	a
LRCA	Amendment 7	Taxes	Allows counties to remove or increase the limitation of tax levies for education	a
LRCA	Amendment 13	Local Gov't	Enlarges the membership of the Macon-Bibb County Health Board	a
LRCA	Amendment 19	Education	Provides for the merger of the school system of Canton with the school system of Cherokee County	d
LRCA	Amendment 20	Education	Provides that Clarke County would have one school district under the control of a board of education	a
LRCA	Amendment 24	Education	Provides for the merger of the school system of the city of Douglas with the school district of Coffee County	a
LRCA	Amendment 27	Taxes	Provides that tax exemptions for homesteads not apply to taxes levied for the support of education in DeKalb County	d
LRCA	Amendment 28	Local Gov't	Provides for the consolidation of the city of Albany and Dougherty County	d
LRCA	Amendment 30	Education	Consolidates the schools of the city of Elberton with the schools of Elbert County	d
LRCA	Amendment 32	Taxes	Provides that tax exemptions for homesteads not apply to taxes levied for the support of education in Fulton County	a
LRCA	Amendment 33	Education	Provides that debt incurred by the Fulton County Board of Education not exceed 10 percent of the assessed value of all taxable property	a
LRCA	Amendment 44	Education	Passes legislation merging the school system of the city of Thomasville and the school district of Thomas County	d
LRCA	Amendment 45	Education	Provides that Tift County would have one school district under the control of a board of education	a

See also

• List of Georgia ballot measures
• 1954 ballot measures

External links

• The Georgia Official and Statistical Register