Georgia 1958 ballot measures

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Sixteen statewide ballot measures were on the November 4, 1958 ballot in Georgia.

• All sixteen of the measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
• Five of the measures were approved.
• Eleven of the measures were defeated.

On the ballot

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment 1	Veterans	Provides homestead tax exemptions for certain disabled veterans	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Education	Grants scholarships to students lacking funds for higher education	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	Education	Disburses state funds to employees for graduate or post-graduate educational scholarships	a
LRCA	Amendment 4	Transportation	Creates the Brunswick Port Authority	d
LRCA	Amendment 5	Taxes	Authorizes counties to levy a tax for school lunches	d
LRCA	Amendment 6	Education	Grants scholarships to Georgia citizens to study to become teachers	a
LRCA	Amendment 7	Education	Provides scholarships to physicians for specialized training in psychiatry	d
LRCA	Amendment 8	Judiciary	Provides that chief justices emeritus and judges emeritus of other superior courts be eligible to preside over their courts	a
LRCA	Amendment 9	Transportation	Authorizes any county or municipality to issue revenue certificates for the purchase of buses and other transit equipment	d
LRCA	Amendment 10	Environment	Authorizes the payment of $100,000 to the first corporation to develop a practical method for eradicating boll weevils	d
LRCA	Amendment 11	Education	Authorizes certain political subdivisions of the state to establish colleges	d
LRCA	Amendment 12	Taxes	Authorizes the levy of taxes for paying retirement benefits to state peace officers	d
LRCA	Amendment 13	Judiciary	Relates to judicial service by judges emeritus of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit	d
LRCA	Amendment 14	Taxes	Extends the power of taxation over the state to include a tax for school lunches	d
LRCA	Amendment 15	Taxes	Allows taxation for the purpose of paying pensions under an ordinaries retirement system	d
LRCA	Amendment 16	Taxes	Exempts certain fraternity and sorority property from ad valorem taxation	d

See also

• List of Georgia ballot measures
• 1958 ballot measures

External links

• The Georgia Official and Statistical Register