List of Alabama ballot measures

This page provides a list of ballot measures that have appeared on the statewide ballot in Alabama.

List of ballot measures by year

Measures are listed in reverse-chronological order, with the most recent and upcoming elections appearing first. Tables include brief summaries, relevant topics, and the election results for each measure.

2026

May 19

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Allow Judges to Deny Bail for Certain Weapon Discharges and Attempted or Planned Murder Amendment	Criminal trials; Bail policy	Add discharging a firearm in an occupied dwelling or other occupied space and any solicitation, attempt, or conspiracy to commit murder to the list of crimes for which a judge may deny bail
LRCA	Prohibit Diminishing District Attorney Compensation During Term of Office Amendment	Salaries of government officials	Prohibit any reduction in a district attorney's compensation during their term in office

2024

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public land policy; Public education governance	Authorize the Franklin County Board of Education to manage, sell, or lease lands and natural resources within the Franklin County School System located in Walker and Fayette Counties	a	1,159,794 (74%)	399,640 (26%)

March 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State legislative processes and sessions	Exempt local laws or local constitutional amendments from the budget isolation resolution process	d	341,515 (49%)	359,850 (51%)

2022

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Civil and criminal trials	Allow the Legislature to provide for offenses for which bail can be denied	a	1,020,464 (80%)	247,554 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Constitutional wording changes	Authorize the Code Commissioner to incorporate voter-approved amendments into the Alabama Constitution of 2022	a	816,634 (75%)	278,984 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Telecommunications infrastructure	Authorize the state or local government to grant federal funds to public or private entities to expand or provide for broadband internet infrastructure	a	939,704 (79%)	256,541 (21%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State executive powers and duties; Death penalty; Crime victims' rights	Require the governor to provide notice before granting a commutation or reprieve of a death sentence	a	994,276 (82%)	219,903 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Election administration and governance	Require changes to laws governing the conduct of a general election to be implemented at least six months before the general election	a	937,729 (80%)	235,090 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	State judiciary	Remove orphans' business from probate courts' jurisdiction	a	780,480 (69%)	355,467 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Authorize specified cities to use established property taxes to fund capital improvements	a	676,579 (61%)	437,997 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Public economic investment policy; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Change the requirements for local governments to finance economic and industrial development	a	834,734 (75%)	272,159 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Utility policy; County and municipal governance	Provide that the Public Service Commission shall regulate certain private sewer systems in Shelby County	a	686,822 (72%)	272,999 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Utility policy; County and municipal governance	Provide that the Public Service Commission shall regulate certain private sewer systems in Lake View	a	683,160 (71%)	273,102 (29%)
LRCA	Question	State constitution ratification	Approve the Alabama Constitution of 2022	a	888,456 (76%)	273,040 (24%)

May 24

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Bond issues; Parks, land, and natural area conservation	Issue $85 million in bonds for historical sites and state parks	a	605,329 (77%)	181,138 (23%)

2020

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Citizenship voting requirements	Prohibit the state and local governments from allowing noncitizens to vote	a	1,535,862 (77%)	458,487 (23%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State judiciary	Makes changes to judicial law and court systems and procedures	d	881,145 (49%)	919,380 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State judiciary	Provides that a judge, other than a probate judge, appointed to fill a vacancy would serve an initial term until the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January following the next general election after the judge has completed two years in office	a	1,193,532 (65%)	647,305 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Constitutional wording changes	Authorizes the state legislature during the 2022 regular session to recompile the Alabama Constitution and provide for its ratification	a	1,222,682 (67%)	607,090 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Firearms policy	Provides for a "stand your ground" law applicable to individuals in churches in Franklin county	a	1,213,544 (72%)	481,088 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Firearms policy	Provides for a "stand your ground" law applicable to individuals in churches in Lauderdale county	a	1,216,008 (72%)	482,189 (28%)

March 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public education governance; Administrative organization	The Alabama Changes to State Board of Education Amendment (SB 397) is on the ballot in Alabama as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on March 3, 2020.	d	277,320 (25%)	837,234 (75%)

2018

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Constitutional rights; Religion in public schools; Religion-related policy	Amend the state constitution to authorize the display of the Ten Commandments on public property, including public schools, and establish certain religious rights	a	1,094,677 (72%)	433,133 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Abortion policy	The Alabama State Abortion Policy Amendment is on the ballot in Alabama as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.	a	916,061 (59%)	636,438 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Higher education governance		a	835,707 (60%)	550,299 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State legislative elections	The Alabama Legislative Vacancies Amendment, Senate Bill 15, is on the ballot in Alabama as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018.	a	973,951 (66%)	498,918 (34%)

2016

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Higher education governance	a
LRCA	Amendment 10	County and municipal governance	a
LRCA	Amendment 11	County and municipal governance	a
LRCA	Amendment 12	Transportation	d
LRCA	Amendment 13	Civil service	a
LRCA	Amendment 14	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	a
LRCA	Amendment 2	Parks, land, and natural area conservation	a
LRCA	Amendment 3	County and municipal governance	a
LRCA	Amendment 4	County and municipal governance	a
LRCA	Amendment 5	Constitutional wording changes	a
LRCA	Amendment 6	Impeachment rules; State legislative vote requirements	a	788,399 (54%)	682,889 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Local government organization	a
LRCA	Amendment 8	Right-to-work laws	a
LRCA	Amendment 9	State judiciary	d

March 1

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State judiciary	a	679,540 (63%)	401,754 (37%)

2014

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Agriculture policy; Business regulations		a	158,356 (67%)	77,725 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 1	State judiciary		a	696,141 (72%)	266,272 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance		a	479,026 (50%)	469,998 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Firearms policy		a	736,462 (72%)	279,397 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Education; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance		a	535,308 (56%)	416,460 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Constitutional rights; Right to hunt and fish	Provide for a state constitutional right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife, including traditional methods	a	789,777 (80%)	199,483 (20%)

2012

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Environment	a	1,323,819 (75%)	437,560 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Banking policy	a	778,966 (54%)	662,372 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Bond issues	a	1,145,034 (69%)	504,610 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	County and municipal governance	a	887,024 (68%)	421,255 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Constitutional wording changes; Race and ethnicity issues	d	675,064 (39%)	1,040,987 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	County and municipal governance	a	900,596 (69%)	411,167 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Public health insurance; Private health insurance; Constitutional rights	a	969,069 (59%)	674,518 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Labor and unions	a	1,056,299 (67%)	517,595 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Salaries of government officials	a	1,102,981 (69%)	507,123 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Taxes	a	880,606 (58%)	642,927 (42%)

September 18

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Public health insurance; Public assistance programs	a	357,036 (65%)	193,072 (35%)

2010

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Property; Taxes	d	502,726 (45%)	610,643 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Ballot measure process; Taxes; Ballot measure supermajority requirements; Public education funding	d	552,525 (48%)	606,357 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Taxes; County and municipal governance	d	468,164 (50%)	474,867 (50%)

June 1

Type	Title	Subject	Result
LRCA	Colbert County Sewage Amendment	Environment	a
LRCA	Franklin County Sewage Amendment	Environment	a
LRCA	Lawrence County Landfill Amendment	Environment	a
LRCA	Lawrence County Sewage Amendment	Environment	a

2008

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Budget stabilization funds		a	943,361 (57%)	717,056 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State judiciary	This measure proposed to create the Shelby County Judicial Commission and to fill certain judicial vacancies.	a	673,923 (60%)	442,846 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes	The Alabama Madison School Taxes Amendment 3 was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment that was on the November 4, 2008, ballot in Alabama, where it was approved.	a	566,593 (50%)	555,520 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Local government organization	This measure proposed that in order to annex territory in Blount County, a municipality must be located, at least in part, in Blount County. An exception could be made if the voters of Blount County approved the annexation.	a	620,915 (57%)	470,066 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	State judiciary	This measure proposed that in Russell County, the legislature could regulate the costs and charges of the court.	d	485,756 (45%)	589,978 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Utility policy	The Alabama Utilities in Tuskegee Amendment 6 was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment that was on the November 4, 2008, ballot in Alabama, where it was approved. This measure proposed rules related to the election of individuals to the utilities board.	a	609 (58%)	444 (42%)

2007

June 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Bond issues	This measure proposed an increase in the dollar amount of bonds authorized for the Capital Improvement Trust Fund.	a	189,032 (79%)	50,111 (21%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Healthcare facility funding	It proposed that the funds set aside to pay the healthcare costs of retired state employess may not be used for another purpose.	a	200,698 (84%)	38,797 (16%)

2006

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	This measure authorized the creation of the Alabama Foreign Trade and Investment Zone in the City of Pritchard.	d	406,730 (50%)	409,372 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Taxes	It proposed that every school district in the state be required to assess an ad valorem tax of at least 10 mills.	a	583,445 (59%)	412,446 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Public education governance	This measure proposed a number of rules related to the election of members to the Macon County Board of Education.	a	468,969 (61%)	296,859 (39%)

June 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment 774	LGBTQ issues; Family-related policy	Define marriage as a "sacred covenant, solemnized between a man and a woman," providing that no marriage license will be issued to same-sex couples, and that the state will not recognize any common law marriage or union between partners of the same sex.	a	697,591 (81%)	161,694 (19%)

2004

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public economic investment policy	This measure proposed to promote the economic and industrial development of Baldwin County by authorizing the county and other entities with the county to engage in activities such as acquiring land and partnering with public or private entities to develop the land for industrial use.	a	674,466 (56%)	535,786 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Constitutional wording changes; Race and ethnicity issues	It proposed to repeal portions of the constitution that mandated racial segregation in schools and levied a poll tax for the right to vote.	d	689,450 (50%)	691,300 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Public economic investment policy	This measure proposed that certain activities undertaken in a county or a municipality for the purpose of economic development could be conducted by the county commission.	a	727,630 (55%)	584,014 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Agriculture policy; Fisheries and fishing regulations; Public economic investment policy	This measure proposed to allow the assessment of fees upon shrimp and seafood industry members in order to support the promotion of their industry in the state.	a	815,629 (63%)	479,767 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Taxes; County and municipal governance	This measure proposed that the City of Trussville could annex property and levy and regulate a property tax that would support public schools.	d	505,628 (45%)	623,920 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	State judiciary	It proposed to repeal Amendment 496 which stipulated that the probate judge in Crenshaw County should receive the same salary as the county's district judge.	d	490,548 (45%)	606,714 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Taxes	It proposed that Macon County could levy a tax on tobacco, wine and liquor sales in the county.	d	526,052 (47%)	595,521 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Taxes	It proposed to authorize an excise tax rather than an ad valorem tax on certain motor vehicles.	d	405,051 (32%)	879,317 (68%)

2003

September 9

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Amendment 1	Education; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance		d	417,721 (32%)	886,860 (68%)
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	This measure contained a number of "tax and accountability" proposals.	d	417,721 (33%)	866,860 (67%)

2002

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Constitutional wording changes	This measure proposed that any constitution that would replace the current state constitution must be approved by a majority of those voting on the question.	a	882,066 (81%)	210,122 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Budget stabilization funds	It proposed to create a rainy day account in the Alabama Trust Fund.	d	497,408 (49%)	527,495 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Agriculture policy; Public economic investment policy	This measure proposed that members of the sheep and goat industry could levy a fee upon themselves to support promotion and development of their industry in the state.	a	666,679 (66%)	345,004 (34%)

June 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public education funding; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	This measure proposed that funds in the Education Trust Fund could not be prorated. It also sought to create the Education Trust Fund Rainy Day Account.	a	480,482 (68%)	224,495 (32%)

2000

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Bond issues		a	870,304 (63%)	515,806 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Administration of government	It proposed that certain county officials would be authorized to participate in the state's retirement system for its employees.	a	478,567 (54%)	410,616 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Gambling policy	This measure proposed that nonprofit organizations in the Town of Whitehall could hold bingo games to support charitable and educational programs.	a	513,512 (57%)	393,722 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Administration of government	It proposed that certain county officials would be authorized to participate in the retirement system for state employees.	a	478,294 (53%)	417,715 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	Administration of government	It proposed that certain county officials would be authorized to participate in the state's retirement system for its employees.	a	475,147 (54%)	406,585 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Taxes	This measure proposed to authorize a property tax to support fire protection and road maintenance in Winston County.	a	548,052 (63%)	322,009 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Race and ethnicity issues; Family-related policy	It proposed to repeal Article 1V, Section 102 of the Alabama Constitution which prohibits interracial marriages.	a	801,725 (59%)	545,933 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	This measure proposed that when the Alabama Trust Fund trust income for a year was, at least, $60 million, the county and municipal governments in the state would receive at least 10% of that income to spend according to the precepts of the general law. The passage of this amendment added Amendment 668 to the Alabama Constitution.	a	848,946 (70%)	367,755 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Taxes	It proposed to repeal the requirement that in order for a district to collect or vote on property taxes, it must be located in a county that is assessing and collecting special countywide ad valorem taxes.	a	715,666 (62%)	430,978 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Administrative organization; Higher education governance	This measure proposed the composition of the Auburn University Board of Trustees. It also discussed the method of appointment and the length of service of the board members.	a	786,510 (69%)	348,602 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Administration of government	It proposed that certain county officials would be authorized to participate in the state's retirement system for employees.	a	517,014 (55%)	426,304 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Administration of government	It proposed that certain county officials would be authorized to participate in the retirement system for state employees.	a	494,098 (54%)	423,875 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Taxes	This measure proposed that Fayette County authorities should levy an ad valorem tax to support fire and emergency services in the county.	a	539,157 (60%)	353,871 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	County and municipal governance	It proposed that the court costs in Greene county could be regulated by the legislature.	a	513,379 (58%)	375,057 (42%)

1999

October 12

Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
Amendment 1	Gambling policy	d	568,289 (46%)	672,802 (54%)
Amendment 2	Administration of government	d	535,894 (46%)	640,679 (54%)
Amendment 3	Public education governance	a	784,870 (68%)	364,480 (32%)
Amendment 3	Public education governance	a	784,870 (68%)	364,480 (32%)

1998

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	a	498,066 (55%)	406,884 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Public economic investment policy	a	466,009 (63%)	269,697 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Administration of government	a	441,420 (60%)	296,754 (40%)
	Amendment 2	Bond issues; Parks, land, and natural area conservation	a	695,122 (74%)	238,416 (26%)
	Amendment 3	Bond issues	a	601,184 (66%)	314,897 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Bond issues	a	534,677 (59%)	372,635 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Taxes	d	442,143 (50%)	442,499 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Bond issues	a	590,525 (66%)	308,953 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Administration of government	a	578,522 (66%)	295,949 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Religion-related policy	a	482,101 (54%)	406,413 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	County and municipal governance; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	a	605,433 (70%)	262,363 (30%)

1996

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Right to hunt and fish	Provide for a state constitutional right to hunt and fish	a	955,149 (81%)	218,350 (19%)
	Amendment 2	Administration of government		d	560,709 (50%)	567,835 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Criminal trials		a	716,711 (70%)	310,647 (30%)
	Amendment 4	Gambling policy		a	501,227 (57%)	385,595 (43%)
	Amendment 5	Gambling policy		a	498,894 (55%)	409,297 (45%)

1994

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Constitutional wording changes	This measure proposed to modify Amendment 425 to the constitution in order to clarify that amendment and to provide further provisions related to constitutional amendments that affect only one county.	a	518,259 (70%)	225,130 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Civil trials; Criminal trials	This measure proposed that in order to finance the design, construction and operation of a county jail in Barbour County, an additional fee may be charged on civil and criminal trials in the county.	a	265,481 (59%)	184,103 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed to authorize the collection of mandatory dues to support the establishment of firefighting and emergency medical districts in Blount County.	a	269,637 (61%)	175,453 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Taxes; Property	This measure proposed changes to the regulations related to the sale of land for payment of delinquent taxes in Calhoun County.	a	236,216 (54%)	200,221 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	Public economic investment policy	This measure proposed to authorize the creation of the Calhoun County Economic Development Council and to ratify all actions that were taken by the council prior to the approval of this amendment to aid the county and the municipalities in the county in promoting their economic growth.	a	225,834 (52%)	207,194 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	County and municipal governance; Taxes	This measure proposed to levy a property tax in Covington County to support the provision of fire and rescue services in that county.	a	247,107 (60%)	164,588 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	Gambling policy	This measure proposed that nonprofit organizations in Covington County would be permitted to hold bingo games to raise funds for educational and charitable purposes.	a	222,921 (54%)	188,807 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	Public education governance	It proposed to provide for an elected board of education in Cullman City.	a	285,602 (70%)	124,529 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 17	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed to permit Elmore County to assess a fee to provide support for fire and emergency medical services in the county.	a	236,915 (59%)	166,192 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 18	Transportation	It proposed that Franklin County, the City of Red Bay and local governments in Mississippi could join together to create a regional airport to be located in Alabama.	a	221,758 (57%)	168,508 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 19	Gambling policy	This measure proposed that nonprofit organizations in Houston County would be permitted to hold bingo games to raise funds for educational and charitable purposes.	a	217,712 (54%)	187,442 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed to transfer the property located in Madison County that belonged to the Alabama State Docks to the Huntsville-Madison County Marina and Port Authority.	a	452,705 (66%)	229,512 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 20	County and municipal governance	It proposed to limit the jurisdiction of police departments and municipal zoning and planning authorities of municipalities located partially in Lee County to the borders of the municipality. This amendment would not apply to the municipality of Notasulga.	a	214,891 (56%)	167,066 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 21	Taxes	This measure proposed that Shelby County could impose a tax on real estate licenses and certain real estate transactions and operations.	d	188,790 (46%)	223,436 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 22	Taxes	This measure proposed that Shelby County could secure the payment of certain obligations by pledging the proceeds of a "Special Tax" enacted in Act 93-656.	d	187,486 (48%)	206,379 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment 23	County and municipal governance	It proposed to validate all previous legislation related to court costs in Sumter County.	a	226,460 (60%)	153,368 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 24	County and municipal governance	It proposed to authorize the county commission of Tallapoosa County to modify the costs and charges of the courts in that county.	d	190,875 (50%)	192,534 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 25	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed to permit Tallapoosa County to assess a fee to provide support for fire and emergency medical services in the county.	a	236,082 (61%)	150,551 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 26	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed to allow the legislature to set the fees and charges for the probate court and other county offices in Winston County. It also would have allowed the salaries and compensation of those officials to be set by the legislature.	d	186,561 (49%)	196,955 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Crime victims' rights	This amendment detailed rights that should be afforded to victims of crime. These rights included the right to be informed, to be present and to be heard during the criminal proceedings.	a	647,718 (80%)	157,587 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Public education governance	This amendment proposed to allow spending public funds to recognize individual contributors to education in Alabama.	a	407,696 (55%)	336,500 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Administration of government	It proposed to forbid the creation of supernumerary positions.	d	357,899 (48%)	385,482 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	County and municipal governance	It proposed that certain county officials would be authorized to participate in the state's employee retirement system.	d	300,409 (42%)	421,915 (58%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	State judiciary	This measure proposed to authorize the creation of a permanent commission that could conduct investigations related to complaints against any judge in the state judicial system.	d	331,398 (49%)	342,121 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed that the probate judge of Autauga County be placed on a salary and that all fees and commissions collected for the judge should be placed in the general fund of the county.	d	193,248 (41%)	274,099 (59%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Taxes	This measure stated that upon approval, all ad valorem taxes collected in Baldwin County at any time prior to the approval of the amendment are considered "ratified, validated and confirmed."	a	235,913 (52%)	217,036 (48%)

1992

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Parks, land, and natural area conservation	This measure proposed to allow the acquisition and maintenance of "unique land and water areas" in the state.	a	910,167 (84%)	177,918 (16%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Public education governance	It proposed to provide for the election of the board of education in Pell City.	a	689,136 (80%)	171,096 (20%)

1990

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	This measure proposed to confirm all ad valorem taxes used for education that had been ratified prior to March 1, 1990, regardless of any errors in the legislation that authorized them.	a	349,151 (56%)	277,059 (44%)

June 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	English language policy	Establish English as the official state language of Alabama	a	525,615 (89%)	68,154 (11%)

1988

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	This measure proposed regulations regarding the investment of funds held in the Alabama Trust Fund and the Alabama Heritage Trust Fund.	a	512,843 (68%)	239,591 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Bond issues	It proposed to authorized bonds in support of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame.	a	382,082 (51%)	361,426 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed to create a public water authority in Marion County.	a	533,108 (76%)	166,893 (24%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed that no law passed by the state legislature that required additional spending by local governments could go into effect prior to the first day of the next fiscal year after the law's passage unless the local government approved the law or the state provided the funding required.	a	476,731 (68%)	223,422 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Fisheries and fishing regulations; Agriculture policy	It proposed to amend the constitution to allow the promotion of the catfish industry in Alabama.	a	484,876 (66%)	248,497 (34%)

1986

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Agriculture policy	This measure proposed to authorize wheat and feed grain producers to levy an assessment upon themselves to provide funding for programs to enhance their industry in Alabama.	a	360,488 (76%)	116,325 (24%)

1985

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 2	Bond issues	It proposed to authorize bonds for a number of purposes including acquiring land in Mobile County to be used by the Department of the Navy.	a	349,552 (71%)	140,475 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed that the Alabama State Docks Department could transfer its property in Lauderdale County to the Florence-Lauderdale City Port Authority, its property in Morgan County to the Decatur-Morgan County Port Authority and its property in Walker County to the Walker County Commission.	a	250,815 (56%)	198,574 (44%)

May 14

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	It proposed to create a trust fund that would be named "The Alabama Trust Fund." It would be funded with revenue received from offshore oil and gas rights. It also proposed to create a board to oversee the trust fund and its investments. In addition, it called for the termination of the Alabama Heritage Trust Fund and the transfer of its assets to the new trust fund.	a	157,034 (66%)	79,844 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Forestry and timber	It proposed that the state legislature fund a commission to award grants for soil conservation, water quality improvement, reforestation and other projects to benefit agricultural or timber lands in Alabama.	a	149,213 (69%)	68,140 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Agriculture policy	This measure proposed a voluntary assessment upon cattle producers to fund programs related to the state's cattle industry.	a	156,376 (73%)	56,841 (27%)

1984

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	Require that the legislature must sign and present to the governor a bill making appropriations for the basic needs of the state and of education prior to enacting any other legislation unless at least 60% of the legislature specifically approved an exemption	a	514,975 (78%)	148,511 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; State executive official measures	This measure proposed to amend the constitution in relation to the manner in which a budget is proposed and approved. It stipulated that the governor must present a proposed budget to the legislature by the second day of the legislative session. It also required that the legislature must sign and present to the governor a bill making appropriations for the basic needs of the state and of education prior to enacting any other legislation unless at least 60% of the legislature specifically approved an exemption.	a	514,975 (78%)	141,515 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Agriculture policy	It proposed to amend the constitution to authorize the creation of a nonprofit organization to lead the effort to eradicate the boll weevil in the cotton crop. It also authorized the voluntary levying of an assessment on cotton growers to fund the nonprofit.	a	411,324 (69%)	187,092 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Hunting regulations	It proposed that individuals applying for hunting licenses in Sumter, Choctaw, Green, Hale, Pickens, Wilcox, Perry, Dallas and Marengo counties would not be subject to the provisions of Act 82-407 which increased fees and required a drivers license or proof of residence as part of the application.	d	197,261 (32%)	425,490 (68%)

1983

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed that the Alabama State Docks Department could transfer its property in Lauderdale County to the Florence-Lauderdale City Port Authority, its property in Morgan County to the Decatur-Morgan County Port Authority and its property in Walker County to the Walker County Commission.	a	116,687 (58%)	85,797 (42%)

1982

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Ballot measure process	This measure proposed that amendments to the constitution that applied to only one county of the state could be approved based on a vote in that county only.	a	254,208 (74%)	91,052 (26%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed that the costs and charges of the courts in Wilcox County could be regulated by the legislature.	a	104,367 (55%)	85,100 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State judiciary	It proposed that the salaries and expense allowances of state judges should be recommended by the Judicial Compensation Commission and approved or altered by the legislature. In addition, it stipulated that judicial salaries would not be reduced during a judge's term in office.	a	197,785 (63%)	118,402 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State legislatures measures	This measure proposed to authorize the legislature to choose an alternate meeting place while the state capitol building was undergoing renovation.	a	246,604 (79%)	65,899 (21%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Agriculture policy; Public economic investment policy	This measure proposed that members of the poultry industry could levy a voluntary assessment upon themselves to be used for the promotion of poultry and poultry products.	a	168,987 (65%)	92,131 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	County and municipal governance; Public economic investment policy	This measure proposed that governments of Bullock, Coffee, Coosa, Dallas, Etowah, Geneva, Houston, Jefferson, Lawrence, Macon, Marengo, Mobile, Morgan, Talladega, Madison, Shelby and Tuscaloosa counties and the localities within those counties could acquire and develop land and create a board or authority to oversee such development in order to promote the local economy.	a	168,906 (68%)	79,649 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed to consolidate the functions of the tax assessor and tax collector in Blount County into one office.	a	117,739 (60%)	79,986 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed permanent status for the Bullock County Development Authority. It also proposed that industrial development funds could be used to build a jail and other buildings for industrial and educational purposes.	a	98,712 (55%)	81,912 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed to authorize Etowah County to establish firefighting districts within the county.	a	133,594 (70%)	57,672 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed to repeal Amendment 236 of the Alabama constitution concerning the manner in which the officials of Greene County are compensated.	a	122,179 (66%)	62,612 (34%)

September 28

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed to authorize the legislature to regulate the fees and commissions of the probate court in Bullock County and to place the probate court judge on a salary.	a	110,705 (56%)	87,536 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed to repeal the amendment approved in 1961 regarding the legislative authority to regulate costs and commissions of officials in St. Clair County.	a	89,792 (54%)	77,519 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed to allow Winston County to create a county Revenue Commissioners Office that would result from the consolidation of the offices of the tax assessor and tax collector.	a	85,359 (52%)	79,232 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	County and municipal governance	It proposed that costs and charges of the courts in Winston County could be regulated by the legislature.	a	85,725 (52%)	79,929 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	County and municipal governance	It proposed that the government of Calhoun County, as well as local governments within the county, should be permitted to acquire and develop properties for use as industrial parks.	a	110,997 (60%)	74,256 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	County and municipal governance	It proposed that costs and charges of the courts in Clarke County could be regulated by the legislature.	a	91,532 (50%)	89,977 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed that the position of constable in Fayette County may be abolished.	a	107,768 (63%)	63,476 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed to authorize the legislature to regulate the fees and commissions of the probate court in Franklin County and to place the judge of that court on salary.	a	105,117 (60%)	69,656 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed that the position of constable in Lamar County could be abolished.	a	109,909 (63%)	63,206 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Taxes	It proposed that Macon County may levy additional ad valorem taxes to provide funding for public education.	a	98,712 (55%)	81,912 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed to authorize the legislature to regulate the fees and commissions of county officials in Pickens County and to place those officials on a salary.	d	84,257 (49%)	86,022 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed to authorize the legislature to regulate the fees and commissions of the probate court in Pike County and to place the probate court judge on a salary.	a	106,305 (62%)	65,992 (38%)

September 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	This measure proposed that officials who were charged with the collection of ad valorem taxes should be paid on a salary basis. It also proposed that, subject to local voter approval, the legislature could enact a local law to abolish the offices of tax assessor, tax collector or license commissioner in a county.	a	227,931 (70%)	99,466 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed that the legislature would be authorized to regulate the costs and charges of the courts in Calhoun County.	a	128,870 (57%)	95,660 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Gambling policy	It proposed that nonprofit groups in Montgomery County could conduct legal bingo games to raise funds for charitable or educational purposes.	a	148,819 (62%)	91,072 (38%)

March 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Mineral resources	This measure proposed the creation of a trust fund for the revenue realized from leasing offshore oil and gas rights. It also allowed for the creation of a board to manage the fund and for the ability of the legislature to appropriate monies from the fund.	a	358,200 (77%)	107,921 (23%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed that the costs and charges of the courts in Baldwin County would be regulated by the legislature.	d	105,906 (49%)	111,433 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed to allow Barbour County to create one office that would result from the consolidation of the offices of the tax assessor and tax collector.	d	96,725 (48%)	106,274 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Taxes	It proposed that Chilton County could levy a property tax that would be used to support fire, medical and emergency services.	a	118,197 (60%)	80,263 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed to allow Colbert County to create one office that would result from the consolidation of the offices of the tax assessor and tax collector.	d	101,162 (49%)	104,297 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed that the costs and charges of the probate court in Henry County would be regulated by the legislature.	a	114,961 (66%)	60,480 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	Taxes; Public education funding	It proposed that, subject to approval by voters, each local school district in the county could levy a property tax to support the capital outlays required by the public schools in the district.	a	119,672 (66%)	62,538 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed to allow Lauderdale County to create one office that would result from the consolidation of the offices of the tax assessor and tax collector.	a	110,319 (61%)	71,990 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 17	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed to repeal Amendment 132 to the constitution, which allowed the legislature to abolish Macon County.	a	113,399 (64%)	64,883 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 18	Taxes	It proposed to remove the restrictions placed on the school district of the City of Huntsville in relation to a special school tax. It stipulated that the proceeds from that tax could be used for general school purposes.	a	102,614 (57%)	76,767 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 19	State judiciary	This measure proposed a procedure to be followed when filling judicial vacancies for the circuit and district courts in Mobile County.	a	103,242 (55%)	83,009 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Bond issues	This measured proposed to authorize the state to assume indebtedness of up to $520 million for the costs associated with roads, highways, bridges, schools, prisons, the development of Mobile Harbor and other public projects.	a	333,907 (72%)	129,358 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 20	Taxes	It proposed to permit the City of Alabaster to levy additional property taxes.	a	87,299 (50%)	85,815 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 21	Bond issues; Highways and bridges	This measure proposed that Washington County could issue bonds and levy fees to pay for improvements to public roads and bridges.	a	99,980 (58%)	71,481 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 22	Wildfire management	It proposed that the government could levy a tax on acreage to support forest fire protection in Winston County.	a	111,258 (66%)	57,979 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Bond issues	It proposed that the legislature could authorize payment by the state for expenses of the Alabama Housing Finance Authority that were incurred to acquire or make mortgage loans on privately owned residential property.	a	326,160 (72%)	129,244 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Labor and unions	This measure proposed that an employee covered by workers' compensation could not bring legal action against a co-worker for personal injury suffered on the job.	d	146,950 (31%)	319,934 (69%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed to amend the constitutional definition of general, local and private law. It also proposed to affirm the constitutional definition of eight classes of municipalities.	a	202,697 (65%)	108,886 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	County and municipal governance	It proposed that county issued bonds used to improve utilities should be excluded from the constitutional debt limitation if they are payable from the revenue derived from the operation of the utility.	a	170,448 (57%)	129,201 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Higher education governance	It proposed to amend the constitutional requirements with regard to the trustees of the University of Alabama. It stipulated the number of trustees, the manner of their election, the age of their retirement and the maximum number of consecutive terms of service.	a	186,038 (60%)	121,748 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Public economic investment policy; Agriculture policy	This measure proposed to modify Amendment 327 of the constitution with regard to the maximum assessment which could be levied on members of the pork industry to be used for promotion of that industry.	a	184,097 (63%)	108,766 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Agriculture policy; Public economic investment policy	This measure proposed to change Amendment 315 of the constitution with regard to the maximum assessment which could be levied on members of the soy industry to be used for promotion of that industry.	a	186,815 (66%)	96,951 (34%)

1980

November 19

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Agriculture policy	This measure proposed to allow the creation of nonprofit associations financed through voluntary levies on farmers to support the promotion of peanut, dairy and cotton farmers in Alabama.	a	462,809 (83%)	97,691 (17%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State legislatures measures	It proposed that statutes enacted prior to January 13, 1978, that apply to local areas based upon population statistics should not become invalid due to a population change reflected in a later census or because the statute was not properly advertised.	a	315,404 (64%)	177,707 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Family-related policy	It proposed that alimony payments could be terminated if a person receiving alimony either remarried or lived with a person of the opposite sex. Child support would not be affected by this amendment.	a	464,448 (83%)	97,615 (17%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	County and municipal governance	It proposed that, subject to the approval of voters in Escambia County, the legislature would be authorized to set the court fees and compensation of officials in that county.	a	242,731 (70%)	101,742 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed that volunteer firefighting districts may be created in Lee County. It also proposed that county funds could be used for support of these districts.	a	224,360 (66%)	117,351 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Taxes	It proposed that a portion of the ad valorem tax in Mobile County that was approved for mosquito and pest control could be used for general health purposes.	a	184,819 (53%)	164,366 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	County and municipal governance	It proposed that costs and charges of the courts in Sumter County would be set by the legislature.	d	162,742 (49%)	168,845 (51%)

September 17

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Gambling policy	It proposed that nonprofit organizations in Jefferson County could hold legal bingo games for charitable or educational purposes.	a	157,682 (60%)	106,140 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Gambling policy	It proposed that nonprofit organizations in Madison County could hold legal bingo games for charitable or educational purposes.	a	151,464 (59%)	104,746 (41%)

1978

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	This measure proposed to divide all taxable property into four classes and detailed property tax rates and regulations.	a	313,577 (60%)	205,782 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Bond issues; Prison and jail funding	This measure proposed to authorize a $15 million bond issue to support the building and improvement of prisons in Alabama.	a	244,877 (67%)	119,007 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State legislatures measures	It proposed that after January 1, 1979, no general law may be enacted by the legislature if it applies to only one municipality unless proper notice is given.	a	183,951 (62%)	114,491 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed that the City of Anniston should be authorized to buy land for the development of an industrial park and to sell land that it holds as an industrial park.	a	128,083 (52%)	119,156 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	County and municipal governance	It proposed that, in Coffee County, the offices of tax collector and tax assessor be abolished and be replaced by an elected revenue commissioner.	a	134,224 (58%)	97,879 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	County and municipal governance	It proposed that firefighting districts could be created in Madison County and that taxes could be levied to support these districts.	a	125,176 (54%)	106,323 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	County and municipal governance	It proposed that firefighting districts could be created in Montgomery County and that fees could be collected to support these districts. It also stipulated that the county could contract with volunteer fire departments to provide fire protection services.	a	128,827 (56%)	102,639 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed that costs and charges of the probate court as well as fees and commissions charged by county officers in Russell County could be regulated by the legislature. In addition, it stated that the legislature could set salaries and compensation for county officers in Russell county.	a	128,547 (55%)	104,127 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	County and municipal governance	It proposed that firefighting districts could be created in Russell County and that public funds could be expended to support these districts. It also stipulated that the county could contract with volunteer fire departments to provide this service.	a	128,053 (56%)	101,713 (44%)

1977

September 13

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State judiciary	It proposed that a probate court should be established in each county.	a	52,639 (67%)	25,386 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Law enforcement; Taxes	This measure proposed an increase in ad valorem taxes in Mobile County. The revenue from the additional tax would be used to fund a raise in salary for county and municipal law enforcement.	d	27,893 (46%)	32,623 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	County and municipal governance	It proposed to allow the creation of service districts for fire protection, garbage removal, emergency rescue and recreation in Jefferson County.	a	27,408 (53%)	24,396 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	County and municipal governance	It proposed to allow the creation of service districts for fire protection, garbage removal, emergency rescue and recreation in Shelby County.	a	25,815 (56%)	20,311 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed that in Baldwin County, the approval of the voters must be sought before establishing a firefighting district.	a	35,784 (60%)	24,294 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed that voter approval must be sought prior to consolidating the duties of the tax assessor and tax collector in Pickens County.	a	30,969 (55%)	25,763 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed that in order to promote the commercial use of inland waterways, Marengo County may incorporate port authorities.	d	25,942 (45%)	32,292 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	County and municipal governance	It proposed that, subject to the approval of voters in Jackson County, certain Jackson County officials would be employed on a salaried basis.	a	36,193 (61%)	22,794 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Flood infrastructure and management; Administrative organization	It proposed that a corporation should be established to develop the Buttahatchee River area with regard to recreation, flood control, conservation and industrial purposes.	d	23,197 (41%)	32,975 (59%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed that, subject to approval by the voters of the county, the position of constable in Morgan County would be abolished.	a	31,100 (58%)	22,564 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Prison and jail funding; Bond issues	It proposed that Mobile County could issue bonds and levy taxes in order to build and operate a county jail.	d	31,524 (50%)	31,696 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Taxes	This measure proposed that in Houston County, the tax rate on a certain class of property could be reduced.	d	21,472 (35%)	39,576 (65%)
LRCA	Amendmet 13	Taxes	This measure proposed an increase in ad valorem taxes in Mobile County. The revenue from this tax would be used to fund an increase in the salaries paid to county and municipal fire and emergency services personnel.	d	25,565 (47%)	29,023 (53%)

1975

June 10

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Administrative organization; Ports and harbors	This measure proposed that the state could acquire debt, form a public corporation and engage in other activities for the development and improvement of the Port of Mobile.	a	148,290 (86%)	24,692 (14%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State legislatures measures	It proposed that the legislative session should begin on the first Tuesday of May. The session should be limited to 30 legislative days that can take place within 105 days of the start of the session. It also stipulated that special sessions may run for 12 days within a 30-day time frame.	a	95,330 (56%)	75,966 (44%)

1974

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	This measure proposed that the City of Mountain Brook, in Jefferson County, should be able to levy an additional ad valorem tax that would be dedicated to state taxation. It also set an upper limit for property taxation in that city of 1.5% of the market value of the property.	a	84,292 (62%)	51,778 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	County and municipal governance	It proposed that the legislature had authority to set the fees and commissions charged by, and the salaries paid to the probate judge, sheriff, tax assessor and other officials of DeKalb County.	a	81,721 (60%)	53,493 (40%)

1973

December 18

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public economic investment policy	This measure proposed that the legislature could promote the swine industry in the state. It also authorized swine producers to levy assessments on swine sales to support promotional activities.	a	69,119 (63%)	41,102 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	State judiciary	This measure proposed the creation of the Madison County Judicial Commission and detailed the manner in which judicial vacancies in Madison County should be filled.	a	48,009 (60%)	32,509 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Taxes	This measure proposed that the school districts in Calhoun County, with the exception of the City of Anniston, should be able to institute a special ad valorem tax.	a	51,860 (65%)	28,312 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State judiciary	It proposed to repeal Article VI of the constitution and to create a unified judicial system in the state.	a	73,609 (62%)	44,840 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes	This measure proposed that an additional tax may be levied in Marion County for the Hamilton Special School.	a	49,873 (60%)	33,929 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Flood infrastructure and management; Administrative organization; Water irrigation policy	It proposed the creation of a public corporation to oversee the development of the Buttahatchee River. This development would include flood control, irrigation and industiral and recreational development projects.	d	36,258 (44%)	46,312 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed to give various financial powers to municipalities in Cleburne County to assist them in attracting business and industry.	d	31,991 (39%)	51,096 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	County and municipal governance	This measure proposed that the legislature had the authority to create or abolish local government offices in Morgan County and to transfer duties from one county office to another.	a	44,828 (55%)	36,369 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	County and municipal governance	It proposed that the legislature had the authority to set the salaries of probate judges and other local government officers in Cleburne County. It also proposed that the legislature could regulate court fees in the county.	a	53,710 (65%)	28,471 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	County and municipal governance	It proposed that the legislature had the authority to set the salaries of probate judges and other local government officers in Bibb County. It also proposed that the legislature could regulate court fees in the county.	a	54,206 (66%)	27,416 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	County and municipal governance	It proposed that Tuscaloosa County could levy taxes and issue bonds to pay for development of recreational facilities in the county.	a	51,902 (63%)	31,025 (37%)

1972

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State legislatures measures	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that legislative sessions would be held annually and limited to 30 days. During even-numbered years, sessions would be limited to 90 days. Regular sessions would commence on the first Tuesday in May. Special session would be limited to 12 days within a 45 day period.	d	210,950 (44%)	267,370 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Mountain Brook in Jefferson County would be authorized, in addition to an ad valorem tax already levied and collected, to collect an additional one-half of one percent tax. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	d	167,770 (46%)	194,832 (54%)

May 30

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	This measure proposed a number of changes regarding ad valorem taxation. These changes included dividing all taxable property into three classes and setting taxation rates for those classes of property.	a	344,112 (79%)	91,297 (21%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Taxes	This measure proposed that an ad valorem tax of 1 mill could be levied in Mobile County for the control of mosquitoes, rodents and other pests.	d	91,874 (48%)	99,054 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Local government officials and elections; Voter registration	It proposed that individuals seeking voter registration in Madison County would not be required to appear in person at the county board of registrars.	d	82,713 (47%)	92,537 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Administration of government	This measure proposed to give the legislature power to regulate officials in Dale County. This included setting fees and commissions and regulating the duties performed by county officers. It also allowed the legislature to create and abolish county offices.	a	93,597 (54%)	79,678 (46%)

1970

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the state would be authorized to levy a corporate income tax of seven percent. All federal income taxes paid or accrued will continue to be deductible for the purpose of tabulating state taxable net income. The tax would first be levied in the fiscal year 1970 and each year thereafter.	d	101,330 (21%)	387,956 (79%)

1969

December 9

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public education governance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would choose the method of supervision of state education. Furthermore, the superintendent of education would be appointed by the board of education.	a	66,078 (64%)	36,420 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to fix and regulate the costs and charges of the probate judge and sheriff in Barbour County.	a	48,722 (52%)	44,529 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that a district school tax be levied and collected of no more than five mills in Calhoun County. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	47,570 (52%)	44,747 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that a district land 2 school tax be levied and collected of no more than five mills in Covington County. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	47,706 (52%)	43,529 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that a district school tax be levied and collected of no more than 10 mills in districts 1 and 2 in Colbert County. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	47,059 (52%)	43,514 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that a district school tax be levied and collected of no more than five mills in Lawrence County. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	46,118 (52%)	42,773 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that a school tax be levied and collected of one-half of one percent of taxable property in Dale County and in the city of Ozark. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	45,923 (51%)	43,396 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that a school tax be levied and collected of one-half of one percent of taxable property in Etowah County, excepting the cities of Gadsden and Attalla. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	46,994 (53%)	41,944 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 17	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to fix and regulate the compensation of county officers in Tallapoosa County. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	49,009 (55%)	39,453 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 18	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the district tax passed in 1961 in Jefferson County be spent within the district the tax was levied and collected and be used for educational purposes.	a	45,556 (51%)	43,520 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 19	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Oneonta would be authorized to levy and collect a district school tax of 10 mills on taxable property within the city. The revenue from the tax would be used to fund public schools. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	43,409 (52%)	40,427 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Absentee and mail voting; Military service policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that those serving in the military and employed oversees who are Alabama residents would voted by mail.	a	75,946 (66%)	38,382 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 20	County and municipal governance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature consolidate the county offices of Talladega County.	d	28,585 (34%)	55,914 (66%)
LRCA	Amendment 21	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Mobile County would be authorized to become indebted up to $3 million through the issuance of bonds. One million dollars would be used to help fund a juvenile detention home and $2 million would help fund a county courthouse. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	44,624 (54%)	37,532 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 22	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the revenue from the special five mill tax levied and collected by Mobile County be reallocated. One-half mill of the revenue would go into the general fund, while four and one-half mills would go toward county bond payments. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	41,852 (51%)	39,797 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 23	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that each city in Pickens County would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the economic development. The cities would be authorized to invest, lend credit or grant public money for such endeavors. Furthermore, they would be authorized to levy and collect a tax for the payment of securities. The above economic development must be first approved by a majority of electors in each municipality.	a	41,577 (52%)	38,411 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 24	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the cities of Hartselle and Decatur in Morgan County would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the economic and agricultural development. The cities would be authorized to invest, lend credit or grant public money for such endeavors. The above economic development must be first approved by a majority of electors in each municipality.	a	43,269 (54%)	36,360 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 25	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Madison County would be authorized to levy and collect a district school tax in district No. 1 of five mills on taxable property within the district. However, the tax would not be levied in the city of Huntsville. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	42,765 (52%)	38,765 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 26	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Huntsville in Madison County would be authorized to levy and collect a district school tax of five mills on taxable property within the city. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	42,359 (52%)	38,555 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 27	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to fix and regulate the salaries received by the sheriff in Bibb County.	a	42,976 (54%)	36,066 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 28	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the revenue from the special property tax levied and collected by Chambers County be reallocated to help fund health care in the county. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	42,796 (55%)	35,649 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 29	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Marengo County would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the economic development. The county would be authorized to invest, lend credit or grant public money for such endeavors. Furthermore, they would be authorized to levy and collect a special tax for the payment of securities. The above economic development must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	41,619 (53%)	37,550 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the state would become indebted up to $4 million in general obligation bonds for state dock projects.	a	57,038 (52%)	52,997 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 30	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Lee County would be authorized to levy and collect a district school tax of five mills on taxable property. However, the cities of Auburn and Opelika would be excluded from the tax. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	41,726 (53%)	37,172 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 31	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Russell County would be authorized to levy a trial tax on all county court cases. The revenue from the tax would be used to fund a public law library.	d	34,253 (44%)	43,931 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 32	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Talladega County would be authorized to levy and collect a district school tax of five mills on taxable property. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	d	40,788 (52%)	37,579 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 33	County and municipal governance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Birmingham would be authorized to manipulate and lease public parks or playgrounds.	d	27,312 (34%)	52,596 (66%)
LRCA	Amendment 34	Taxes	This article features statewide results only. This measure had provisions applicable only to certain local jursidictions. The results within those jurisdictions specifically are not addressed in this article. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Lawrence, Limestone and Morgan Counties would be allowed to levy and collect a three mill property tax for helping to fund general health care. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	40,576 (52%)	37,621 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Bond issues; Ports and harbors	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the state would become indebted up to $10 million in general obligation bonds for the development of traversable waterways between the cities of Montgomery and Gadsden all the way to the Alabama-Georgia border.	a	59,195 (54%)	50,100 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Public economic investment policy; Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the state of Alabama would be authorized to become indebted and issue interest-bearing general obligation bonds of $10 million in principal for the purpose of funding improvements that would promote the agricultural economy including state waterways.	a	55,918 (51%)	52,862 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that each city and county would be authorized to levy and collect a property tax of not less than five cents and no more than 50 cents on each $100 worth of taxable property for the purpose of funding a public library. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	d	49,038 (45%)	59,443 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Public education governance; Public education funding	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature is authorized to divest the state of its titles to school properties in Mobile County. Such properties and their income may be made in grant to the University of Alabama.	a	54,620 (52%)	50,239 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Public employee retirement funds	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that a tax be levied and collected on premiums for fire insurance to help pay for a Alabama fire fighters fun	d	35,782 (30%)	81,895 (70%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that a tax be levied and collected of no more than five mills in counties in which there is a junior college to support such institutions. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	d	48,201 (46%)	56,045 (54%)

1968

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Executive official term limits	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state auditor, secretary of state, state treasurer, superintendent of education and commissioner of agriculture and industries would hold office for four years and may hold office for no more than two terms.	a	243,578 (59%)	166,949 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State judiciary	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to fix, regulate or change the jurisdiction of any inferior court, established in lieu of justices of the peace in Jefferson County, involving civil cases not exceeding $500, except in cases regarding libel, slander, assault and battery, and ejectment.	a	175,653 (60%)	115,140 (40%)

1967

December 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "The State of Alabama is authorized to become indebted and to sell and issue interest bearing bonds, in addition to all other bonds of the state, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $15,000,000. The proceeds derived from the sale of said bonds shall be used solely for the purpose of paying the expenses incurred in the sale and issuance thereof and for the acquisition, construction and improvement of mental health facilities, including (a) improvements to the existing state hospitals for the mentally ill known as Bryce and Searcy Hospitals and to the existing state facilities for treatment and care of the mentally retarded known as Partlow School, for which improvements not exceeding $3,000,000 of the proceeds from the said bonds may be used, (b) acquisition by construction and otherwise of one or more new state facilities- and regional centers, or either, for treatment and care of the mentally retarded, for which purpose not exceeding $9,000,000 of the proceeds from the said bonds may be used, and (c) acquisition by construction and otherwise of regional and community-based mental health centers and regional and community-based centers for treatment and care of the mentally retarded, for which purpose not exceeding $3,000,000 of the proceeds from the said bonds may be used; provided, that bond proceeds may be used for a center referred to in the foregoing clause (c) only if a portion of the cost of that center is to be paid out of funds supplied by federal grant or by contribution of local political subdivisions or other local sources, or by both federal grant and such contribution. The improvement of a facility shall be deemed to include the renovation, modernization, remodeling, and equipment thereof and the construction of additions thereto; and the construction of a facility shall be deemed to include the acquisition of real estate sites and equipment therefor. Said bonds shall be sold only at a duly advertised public sale or sales, upon sealed bids or at auction, to the bidder whose bid reflects the lowest net interest cost to the state for the bonds offered for sale, and shall be sold at not less than their face value plus accrued interest thereon. Said bonds shall be direct general obligations of the state and for the prompt and faithful payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon the full faith and credit of the state are hereby irrevocably pledged. In addition thereto, there is hereby specially and irrevocably pledged for payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds, pro rata and without priority of one bond over another by reason of prior issuance or otherwise, that portion of an additional privilege and license tax on the sale, storage, use, consumption, or delivery of cigarettes, levied by an act adopted at the 1967 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama, that was appropriated in the said act to the purpose of acquiring and constructing mental health facilities in the state. The said special pledge shall create a charge on the tax proceeds herein specially pledged prior to all other charges or expenses for any purpose. The bonds issued under this amendment and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the state. The Legislature shall adopt appropriate enabling legislation to carry out the intent and purpose of this amendment."	a	72,272 (76%)	23,043 (24%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Mobile County would be authorized to levy and collect a special tax not to exceed 20 cents on each $100 of taxable property to help fund public medical facilities.The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	51,588 (66%)	26,844 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Walker County would be authorized to levy and collect a special district tax not to exceed 50 cents on each $100 of taxable property in District Two to help fund a public hospital.The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	45,366 (69%)	20,741 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Carbon Hill in Walker County would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the economic development. The city would be authorized to invest, lend credit or grant public money for such endeavors. Furthermore, they would be authorized to levy and collect an ad valorem tax for the payment of securities. The above economic development must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	42,967 (65%)	22,689 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to fix, regulate and alter the costs and charges of Elmore County courts.	a	35,509 (58%)	25,578 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Fort Payne in DeKalb County would be authorized to levy and collect a special school tax of seven and one-half mills on each dollar of taxable property within the city. The revenue from the tax would be used to fund public schools. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	39,602 (66%)	20,225 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "Any corporation heretofore or hereafter created in any county of the State having a population of 500,000 or more, according to the last or any subsequent Federal census, for the purpose of establishing, maintaining and operating a civic center in the municipality in which the county seat of such county is situated, shall be authorized, without the necessity of any election, to issue bonds, warrants or other evidences of indebtedness, and to pledge for the payment of the principal and interest due thereon any revenues received, or to be received, by such corporation and any tax proceeds appropriated or allocated (in whole or in part) to such public corporation by or pursuant to any act of the Legislature of Alabama or by or pursuant to any resolution or ordinance of such county or any municipality therein, any provision of the Constitution or laws of Alabama to the contrary notwithstanding. No such bonds, warrants or other evidences of indebtedness issued by such corporation shall be considered indebtedness .of such county or any municipality therein within the meaning of Sections 224 and 225 of the Constitution of Alabama. The rent or rentals that the county or any such municipality may be obligated to pay under the terms of any lease between the said corporation and the said county or any such municipality shall not be considered as indebtedness of said county or any such municipality within the meaning of Sections 224 and 225 of the Constitution of Alabama. No tax levied by the State or any municipality or county of the State shall apply to any such corporation, unless such tax applies to the county and the city wherein the corporation is located. The word 'tax' as herein used, shall include any ad valorem tax, or other direct tax, and any excise, privilege or license tax. The following are hereby in all things validated and confirmed, any provision or provisions of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 to the contrary notwithstanding: Acts numbered 524, 525 and 547 enacted at the 1965 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama; Act No. 114 enacted at the Second Special Session of 1965 of the Legislature of Alabama; and all corporations established by said Act No. 547, as well as all acts done under the authority of any of said Acts, including (without limitation) the acquisition of property, the making of contracts and the incurring of obligations and liabilities. Further, that certain bill introduced in the Alabama House of Representatives on August 3, 1967 as House Bill 823, as said bill was finally enacted into law, is hereby validated and confirmed, any provision of the Constitution of 1901 to the contrary notwithstanding; provided that said bill (or a substitute therefor) is enacted by the Legislature of Alabama and is approved by the Governor (or becomes law without such approval)."	a	44,200 (67%)	21,961 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	Taxes; Constitutional wording changes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "(A) The purpose of this amendment is to clarify and make further provisions regarding the public school purposes for which the following special school taxes, heretofore voted in the school district of the City of Anniston, may be applied: (1) the special annual ad valorem school tax at the rate of Fifty Cents (50¢) on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of taxable property which was voted for public school purposes at the special election held in the said school district on March 16, 1948, pursuant to call of the said election made in that certain amendment to the Constitution proposed by Act No. 587 adopted at the 1947 Regular Session of the Legislature (sometimes known as, and herein called, Amendment 68), and which was levied by Amendment 68 for public school purposes in the said school district for a period of thirty years commencing with the tax year beginning October 1, 1947, and with the last year's tax being payable October 1, 1977; and (2) the special annual ad valorem school tax at the same rate which was voted for public school purposes at the special election held in the said school district on February 15, 1966, pursuant to call of the said election made in that certain amendment to the Constitution proposed by Act No. 72 adopted at the 1965 Regular Session of the Legislature (sometimes known as, and herein called, Amendment 232), and which was levied by Amendment 232 for public school purposes in the said school district for a period of thirty years commencing with the tax year beginning October 1, 1977, and with the first year's tax being payable October 1, 1978. (B) In addition to the public school purposes specifically mentioned in Amendment 68, in Amendment 232, and in that certain amendment to the Constitution, supplemental to Amendment 68, that was proposed by Act No. 1045 adopted at the 1961 Regular Session of the Legislature (sometimes known as, and herein called, Amendment 165), that portion of the proceeds from the special school tax levied by Amendment 68 in the school district of the City of Anniston that is not needed to pay debt service on bonds heretofore issued by the City of Anniston under Amendment 68 or under Amendment 165, or to comply with any other covenants contained in proceedings authorizing the issuance of the said bonds, and also the proceeds from the special school tax levied by Amendment 23 2, may be used to pay the principal of and interest on any securities (including, but without limitation to, warrants) that may hereafter be issued by the City of Anniston, pursuant to request by the City Board of Education of Anniston, for the purpose of (i) paying costs of acquiring, constructing and improving public school buildings in the said school district, (ii) refunding the principal of warrants or other securities issued by the said city, after the effective date of Amendment 232, for payment of costs of acquisition, construction and improvement of public school buildings, or (iii) the combined purpose pf payment of such costs and such refunding. Costs of constructing a school building shall be deemed to include the costs of acquiring a site therefor. Any such securities may be either general obligations of the City of Anniston secured by a pledge of the proceeds of either or both of the said school taxes or may be special obligations of the said city payable solely out of and secured by a pledge of the proceeds of either or both of the said taxes; and any such securities shall be issued by the said city pursuant to the powers conferred on municipalities by existing statutes. Any pledges that may hereafter be made either hereunder or under Amendment 232, with respect to the proceeds from the special school tax levied by Amendment 232, shall take precedence in the order in which they are made. Any pledges that may hereafter be made either hereunder or under Amendment 165, with respect to the proceeds from the special school tax levied by Amendment 68, shall take precedence in the order in which they are made and shall be subordinate to the pledges heretofore made by the City of Anniston pursuant to either Amendment 68 or Amendment 165. If the proceeds of the tax levied by Amendment 232, should at any time be pledged pursuant to either this amendment or Amendment 232, the Tax Collector of Calhoun County shall, upon collection thereof, pay such proceeds to the City of Anniston; and until the proceeds of the special tax levied by Amendment 232, are so pledged, he shall pay such proceeds to the Board of Education of the City of Anniston. If pledges are hereunder made with respect to either or both of the said special school taxes, and if the governing body of the City of Anniston shall hereafter determine that the proceeds from the tax or taxes so pledged are in excess of the amount needed to satisfy the said pledges and any other then outstanding pledges made under any of the other amendments herein referred to, then the said proceeds, to the extent of the said excess, may be applied for other public school purposes in the said school district. (C) The provisions hereof are supplemental to Amendments 68, 165, and 232 and the powers and authority herein granted shall be in addition to the powers and authority conferred by the said amendments. (D) Each of the said special elections held as aforesaid on March 16, 1948, and on February 15, 1966, is hereby validated, in spite of any irregularities in connection with the giving of notice or the holding thereof or any other irregularity in connection therewith."	a	44,671 (69%)	20,425 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "The State of Alabama is authorized to become indebted for acquiring, providing, constructing, developing, and equipping state parks and park facilities, and in evidence of the indebtedness so incurred to issue and sell, in addition to all other bonds of the State, interest bearing general obligation bonds of the State, not exceeding forty-three million dollars (43,000,000) in principal amount. The proceeds from the sale of any such bonds shall, after payment of the reasonable and necessary expenses of their issuance, be set aside in the state treasury in a special trust fund designated "State Parks Bond Proceeds Fund" and shall be disbursed therefrom on order of the Director of Conservation, approved by the Governor, for payment of costs of acquiring, providing, constructing, developing and equipping state parks and park facilities; provided, that any proceeds held in the State Parks Bond Proceeds Fund for more than thirty days shall be invested in securities which are direct and general obligations of the United States of America. The said bonds shall be direct general obligations of the state, and for the prompt and faithful payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon the full faith and credit of the state are hereby irrevocably pledged. In addition thereto, there is hereby specially and irrevocably pledged for payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds, pro rata and without priority of one bond over another by reason of prior issuance or otherwise, so much as may be necessary for said purpose of that portion of an additional privilege and license tax on the sale, storage, use, consumption, or delivery of cigarettes, levied by an act introduced at the 1967 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama as Senate Bill 280, that was appropriated in the said act to the development of state parks and state park facilities. The said special pledge shall create a charge on the tax proceeds herein specially pledged prior to all other charges or expenses for state park purposes or any other purposes whatever."	a	62,650 (68%)	29,125 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "Section 225 of Article XII of the Constitution of Alabama shall be amended to read as follows: Section 225. No city, town, or other municipal corporation having a population of less than six thousand, except as hereafter provided, shall become indebted in an amount, including present indebtedness, exceeding twenty per centum of the assessed value of the property therein, except for the construction of or purchase of water works, gas or electric lighting plants, or sewerage, or for the improvements of streets, for which purposes an additional indebtedness not exceeding three per centum may be created; provided, this limitation shall not affect any debt now authorized by law to be created, nor any temporary loans to be paid within one year, made in anticipation of the collection of taxes, not exceeding one-fourth of the annual revenues of such city or town. All towns and cities having a population of six thousand or more are hereby authorized to become indebted in an amount, including present indebtedness, not exceeding twenty per centum of the assessed valuation of the property therein, provided that there shall not be included in the limitation of the indebtedness of such last described cities and towns the following classes of indebtedness, to-wit: Temporary loans, to be paid within one year, made in anticipation of the collection of taxes and not exceeding one-fourth of the general revenues, bonds, or other obligations already issued, or which may hereafter be issued for the purpose of acquiring, providing, or constructing school houses, water works, and sewers; and obligations incurred and bonds issued for street or sidewalk improvements, where the cost of the same, in whole or in part, is to be assessed against the property abutting said improvements; provided, that the proceeds of all obligations issued as herein provided in excess of said twenty per centum shall not be used for any purpose other than that for which said obligations were issued. Nothing contained in this article shall prevent the funding or refunding of valid obligations existing at the time of such funding or refunding. This section shall not apply to the cities of Sheffield and Tuscumbia. The limitations specified in this section shall not be applicable to any obligations or indebtedness that may be exempted from the said limitations by the provisions of any portion of this constitution, including any amendment thereto at any time adopted."	a	56,232 (64%)	31,502 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that any city would be authorized to levy and collect a special tax not to exceed five one-hundredths of one percent on taxable property to help fund a public library.The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	58,443 (65%)	31,412 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Bond issue requirements; Administrative organization	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "Any provision of the Constitution of Alabama or amendments thereto to the contrary notwithstanding, the legislature may by appropriate laws authorize the state to engage in works of internal improvement by fulfilling the requirements of local contribution, participation and cooperation now or hereafter established by the United States in connection with (1) the construction and maintenance of a navigable waterway (herein called "the waterway") between Demopolis, Alabama, and the Tennessee River and (2) the implementation and maintenance of flood control projects on.the tributary streams of the Tombigbee River (herein called "the flood control projects"). The legislature may by appropriate laws authorize the state to become indebted and, in evidence of such indebtedness, to sell and issue its interest-bearing bonds, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $10,000,000, for the purpose of enabling the state to discharge obligations at any time authorized by the legislature to be undertaken in connection with the waterway and the flood control project; provided, that the expenses incurred in connection with the sale and issuance of the bonds may also be paid from the proceeds thereof. Bonds evidencing the herein provided for indebtedness may be issued as direct general obligations of the state, and the state may pledge its full faith and credit to the prompt payment of the principal of the bonds and the interest thereon. The herein provided for indebtedness shall not be construed to prohibit or limit appropriations from the general fund of the state which from time to time may be made for the purpose of enabling the state to discharge obligations at any time authorized by the legislature to be undertaken in connection with the waterway and the flood control projects. The legislature may by appropriate laws establish a public corporation and may confer upon it, in addition to all other necessary powers, full power to undertake the obligations that the state is permitted under the foregoing provisions of this amendment to undertake in connection with the waterway and the flood control projects. The legislature may from time to time appropriate money from the general fund of the state to be expended by such public corporation and may also authorize the herein provided for general obligation bonds of the state to be sold from time to time under the supervision of such public corporation; provided, that all moneys received by such public corporation from the state, whether as appropriations from the state's general fund or as proceeds of the sale of the state's bonds, shall be expended, except for reasonable administrative expenses, in discharging obligations that the state is permitted under the foregoing provisions of this amendment to Undertake in connection with the waterway and the flood control projects and shall have directed such public corporation to undertake in its stead."	a	64,555 (72%)	24,949 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	State judiciary	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the judges of the state Supreme Court would appoint the court clerk and that the legislature would establish the method by which inferior court clerks are chosen.	a	55,137 (64%)	31,071 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Game and fish commissions	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "There is hereby created and shall be a fund in the State Treasury, which shall be known as the Game and Fish Fund. This Fund shall consist of: a. All monies received from all occupational licenses or privilege taxes imposed by the State on any person, firm or corporation for engaging in any business or activity relating to taking, catching , capturing or killing any fur bearing or game animal or game bird in this State or the taking, catching, capturing or killing of any fresh-water fish or aquatic animal in the public waters of this State; b. All monies derived from the levying or imposition upon any person, firm or corporation of any tax, license, permit, certificate, fee or any other charge, by whatsoever name called, pursuant to the game and fish laws of this State or rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; c. All monies paid, derived, received or arising from fines, penalties and forfeitures pursuant to the game and fish laws of this State and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; d. All monies derived from the administration and enforcement of the game and fish laws of this State or rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; e. All monies derived from the sale of hunting and fishing licenses or permits; f. All monies derived from the sale of lands, timber or other natural resources owned by the Game and Fish Division of the Department of Conservation; g. All monies accruing to the game and fish fund from any other source whatsoever. No funds accruing to the game and fish fund of the State of Alabama from any source whatsoever shall be expended for any other purpose than the payment of administrative costs of the game and fish activities of the Department of Conservation and for the protection, propagation, preservation, investigation of game and fish and public use of the game and fish resources of this State."	a	68,429 (76%)	21,685 (24%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the state of Alabama would be authorized to become indebted and issue interest-bearing general obligation bonds not to exceed $4 million in principal for the purpose of funding the improvement of state-owned docks.	a	60,919 (70%)	26,734 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "When authorized by appropriate laws passed by the Legislature, the State of Alabama may, in promoting and aiding the commercial flow of agricultural products within the State or in aid of commerce and use of the waterways of the State, at a cost not exceeding $2,000,000 engage in works of internal improvement by promoting, developing, constructing, maintaining and operating within the State or along navigable streams and waterways now or hereafter existing within the State all manner of elevators, facilities, warehouses, docks, water and rail terminals and other structures and facilities and improvements needful for the convenient use of the same; provided that any such works or improvements shall always be and remain under the management and control of the State through the Alabama State Docks Department or other State governing agency and shall become part of the inland waterways facilities of the State. When authorized by appropriate laws passed by the Legislature, the State may, in addition to all other bonds of the State, become indebted in an aggregate principal amount of not exceeding $2,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this amendment and may cause to be issued its general direct obligation bonds for the repayment of such indebtedness and interest thereon and pledge the faith and credit of the State thereto."	a	57,927 (68%)	27,065 (32%)

1966

December 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "In addition to any taxes now authorized or that may be hereafter authorized by the Constitution and laws of Alabama, the governing body of Franklin County shall levy and cause to be collected annually a special district tax, not exceeding 50 cents on each 100 dollars assessed valuation of taxable property in Districts One, Two, and Three of Franklin County, Alabama, to be used exclusively for public hospital purposes (as the term 'public hospital purposes' is defined in Amendment LXXVI to the Constitution proposed by Acts of 1949, Page 897, submitted December 13, 1949, and proclaimed ratified December 21, 1949) within said Districts One, Two, and Three; provided that the time during which such tax is to continue and the purpose thereof shall have been first submitted to a vote of the qualified electors in Districts One, Two, and Three of Franklin County and voted for by a majority of such electors voting at such election. The governing body of Franklin County may call an election at any time, and it shall be the duty of such governing body to call an election to be held within ninety days after receipt by it of a petition signed by not less than 5% of the qualified electors of said Districts One, Two, and Three, requesting that such election be called. The governing body may call such election to be held at the same time that this Amendment is submitted to the electors of the State for ratification and such election shall be effective to require the levy and collection of such tax in the event that this Amendment shall be ratified. The notice of such election, ballots to be used at such election and procedures for holding and determining the results of such election shall be prescribed by the governing body of Franklin County. No election shall be held hereunder within one year from the date of the last election so held."	a	23,369 (71%)	9,647 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that each city in Geneva County would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the economic development. Each city would be authorized to invest, lend credit or grant public money for such endeavors. Furthermore, they would be authorized to levy and collect an ad valorem tax for the payment of securities. The above economic development must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	21,386 (64%)	12,064 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Marengo County would be allowed to become indebted up to $400,000 in aggregate principal through the issuance of bonds. The revenue would be used to fund a new courthouse. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	25,199 (72%)	10,023 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to fix, regulate and alter the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances and salaries received or distributed by the tax assessor and tax collector in Marengo County. The tax assessor and tax collector may also go on salary.	a	18,975 (56%)	14,911 (44%)

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Water; Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "The Legislature may provide for the formation of water management districts for the establishment of works of improvement for the drainage of wet, swamp, and overflowed lands of the State, and for flood prevention or the Conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water within the State; confer the right of eminent domain for such purposes, provide for the taxing of the whole or part of the cost of such improvements against the lands and property in such district to the extent of the increased value thereof by reason of special benefits derived from such improvements; and provide for the issuance of bonds for such districts with or without an election; provided, however, that nothing herein shall authorize any such water management districts to engage in or finance directly or indirectly, the production, transmission or sale of electric power. The provisions of this amendment are cumulative and shall not be construed to repeal Amendment XV or Amendment XXII."	a	132,729 (54%)	113,369 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State judiciary	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to fix, regulate or change the jurisdiction of any inferior court, established in lieu of justices of the peace in Jefferson County, involving civil cases not exceeding $500, except in cases regarding libel, slander, assault and battery, and ejectment.	a	129,451 (62%)	80,641 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Cherokee County would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the economic development. The county would be authorized to invest, lend credit or grant public money for such endeavors. Furthermore, they would be authorized to levy and collect an ad valorem tax for the payment of securities. The above economic development must be first approved by a majority of electors.	d	83,871 (42%)	117,102 (58%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Evergreen in Conecuh County would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the economic development. The city would be authorized to invest, lend credit or grant public money for such endeavors. Furthermore, they would be authorized to levy and collect an ad valorem tax for the payment of securities. The above economic development must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	121,939 (60%)	80,729 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Public education governance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "That Sub-Section (a) of Section 1 of Amendment CLXXIV to the Constitution of Alabama shall be amended so that said Sub-Section (a) as amended shall read as follows: That part of Jefferson County outside of the municipalities of Birmingham, Bessemer, Fairfield, Tarrant City and Mountain Brook as one district, except that the Jefferson County Board of Education is authorized and empowered to designate any part or portion of said district as a separate school district."	a	119,506 (60%)	81,034 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Bayou La Batre in Mobile County would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the economic development. The city would be authorized to invest, lend credit or grant public money for such endeavors. Furthermore, they would be authorized to levy and collect an ad valorem tax for the payment of securities. The above economic development must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	125,933 (62%)	78,493 (38%)

1965

November 30

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the state would become indebted up to $3 million through the sale of interest-bearing general obligation bonds for the purpose of improving the Alabama state docks.	a	96,206 (75%)	31,763 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Baldwin County would be authorized to levy and collect a special district tax of no more than 50 cents on each $100 of taxable property in precincts one through seven for the purpose of funding public hospitals. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	80,389 (75%)	26,487 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to fix, regulate and alter the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances and salaries received or distributed by tax assessor and collector of Bullock County.	a	64,058 (65%)	34,955 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Anniston in Calhoun County would be authorized to levy and collect a special school tax of no more than 50 cents on each $100 of taxable property in precincts one through seven for the purpose of funding public schools in Anniston. The tax would begin October 1, 1977 and continue to be levied for 30 years. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	78,320 (76%)	24,403 (24%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "The legislature may from time to time, by general, special or local laws, fix, regulate, and alter the costs and charges of courts in Dallas County, and the method of disbursement thereof."	a	58,224 (61%)	36,958 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Fort Payne in DeKalb County would be authorized to levy and collect a special school tax of no more than $1 on each $100 of taxable property. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	77,770 (75%)	25,321 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "The Legislature may by general or local law provide that a trial tax or charge on litigation of not more than _____ dollars ($____ ) shall be taxed as costs in any case, action, or proceeding hereafter filed in the Circuit Court of Etowah County, whether at law or in equity, and that a like tax or charge of not more than _____ dollars ($____ ) shall be taxed as cost in any case Hereafter filed in the Etowah County Court, the proceeds of such tax or charge shall be used for establishing, equipping, maintaining and operating the public law library in Etowah County established pursuant to Act No. 191, H. 596, which became effective August 1, 1955 (Acts of Alabama 1955, page 485), including the payment of the salaries of the personnel needed to operate such library."	a	57,129 (60%)	38,207 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	Salaries of government officials	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the Greene County sheriff and the clerk and register of the circuit court would be compensated on a salary basis. The sherif would receive $7,500 per annum in equal monthly installments. The clerk and register of the circuit court would receive $5,000 in equal monthly installments with a clerk-hire allowance of $1,000 per annum from the county treasury.	a	77,363 (76%)	25,068 (24%)
LRCA	Amendment 17	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Henry County would become indebted up to $700,000 through he sale of interest-bearing general obligation bonds for the purpose of funding a county courthouse and jail. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	82,459 (78%)	22,958 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 18	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "Any corporation heretofore or hereafter created in any County of the State having a population of 500,000 according to the last or any subsequent Federal census, for the purpose of establishing, maintaining and operating a civic center in the municipality in which the county seat of such County is situated, shall be authorized, without the necessity of any election, to issue bonds, warrants or other evidence of indebtedness, and to pledge for the payment of the principal and interest due thereon the revenue received, or to be received, by such corporation, and also to pledge for such payment the proceeds derived, or to be derived, from any taxes made payable by the act, or acts, levying such taxes to the said public corporation, any provision of the Constitution of Alabama to the contrary notwithstanding. No securities issued by such corporation shall be considered indebtedness of such County or any municipality therein within the meaning of Sections 224 and 225 of the Constitution of Alabama. The rent or rentals that the County or the said municipality may be obligated to pay under the terms of any lease between the said corporation and the said County or the said municipality shall not be considered in determining whether the County or the municipality has exceeded the debt limitation prescribed for the County or the municipality, as the case may be, by any provision of the Constitution of Alabama."	a	69,724 (66%)	35,628 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 19	Utility policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would provide for the establishing of a fire department and garbage management department in Jefferson County. A charge would be levied for such services within the districts of Jefferson County and bonds may be issued to cover any other costs incurred by the provision of such services.	a	80,195 (75%)	26,794 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Constitutional rights	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that those individuals over 21 and citizens of the U.S. would be permitted to register to vote, provided that they can read and write.	a	93,647 (72%)	37,137 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 20	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Birmingham would be authorized to levy and collect a special ad valorem tax of 50 cents on each $100 of taxable property. The revenue from the tax would be used to make payments on bonds. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	70,845 (66%)	36,424 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 21	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to fix, regulate and alter the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances and salaries received or distributed by the judge of probate, sheriff, tax assessor and collector, clerk of the circuit court, and register of the circuit court of Lauderdale County. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	72,674 (75%)	24,774 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 22	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Auburn would be authorized to levy and collect an additional one-fifth of one percent tax on taxable property. The revenue from the tax would be used to fund public recreational projects. The tax would not be levied for more than 25 years. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	74,395 (76%)	23,996 (24%)
LRCA	Amendment 23	Public land policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to establish public body corporates in Lauderdale and Limestone Counties for the purpose of managing the Elk River watershed area.	a	67,338 (71%)	27,750 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 24	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Lester in Limestone County would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the economic development. The city would be authorized to invest, lend credit or grant public money for such endeavors. Furthermore, it would be authorized to levy and collect an ad valorem tax for the payment of securities. The above economic development must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	70,434 (76%)	22,846 (24%)
LRCA	Amendment 25	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "For the promotion of local industrial, commercial or agricultural development, Madison County and the City of Huntsville shall each have full and continuing power (a) to purchase, construct, lease and otherwise acquire industrial, commercial and agricultural projects, including real and personal property, plants, buildings, factories, works, facilities, machinery and equipment of any kind whatsoever, (b) to lease, sell, exchange or otherwise convey all or any part of any such project to any person, firm or corporation, and (c) after an approving election if required as hereinafter provided, to sell and issue for such purposes interest-bearing general obligation bonds. Neither the county nor the city shall issue any bonds under the authority of this amendment, other than bonds issued to finance the acquisition of industrial sites, unless the question of the issuance of such bonds has first been submitted to the qualified electors of the county or the city."	a	62,836 (71%)	25,835 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 26	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "To authorize any municipality in Marion County that has issued or may hereafter issue securities pursuant to the amendment to the constitution proposed by Act No. 1 enacted at the Second Special Session of 1950 of the Legislature of Alabama to issue refunding securities, to invest (under certain conditions) the proceeds from the sale of such securities pending need therefor in certain specified investments, to issue securities for the combined purpose of refunding other such securities and of acquiring, constructing, extending or improving industrial or manufacturing plants or properties, to pledge certain revenues and taxes for payment of any such securities and to mortgage certain properties as security therefor; to provide that any securities issued by a municipality pursuant to said amendment may be general obligations of such municipality or may be limited as to the source of their payment; to provide that revenue bonds issued by a municipality under the provisions of such amendment shall not be considered indebtedness of such municipality for certain constitutional debt limit purposes; to specify and provide a limit upon the amount of indebtedness, other than that evidenced by revenue securities, that a municipality may incur under the provisions of said amendment; to specify that certain securities for which payment has been provided in a certain specified manner shall not be considered indebtedness of such municipality for certain constitutional debt limit pruposes [sic]; to require an election in any such municipality as a condition precedent to its exercise of powers thereunder, except that if a majority of those voting in any such municipality on the question of the adoption of said amendment vote in favor thereof no further election in such municipality shall be required; and to grant to the Legislature the power to adopt laws in furtherance of the purposes of said amendment, notwithstanding any contrary provisions of Section 104 of the Constitution of Alabama."	a	70,191 (75%)	23,079 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 27	Public land policy; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "The Legislature may by general, special, private or local laws authorize the formation in any manner of a public corporation for the development of Bear Creek, its tributaries and watershed, for the purposes of navigation, water conservation and supply, flood control, irrigation, industrial development, public recreation, and related purposes, and may authorize the counties of Marion, Colbert, Franklin and Winston and all municipalities lying within Marion, Colbert, Franklin and Winston Counties to donate or contribute public funds to such .public corporation and may authorize such public corporation to enter into contracts with the United States of America or any agency thereof, and with the several states or political subdivisions thereof, and with other public or private corporation organized within any of the several states, for the development of the Bear Creek watershed, and may authorize such public corporation to acquire by purchase, construction, lease, gift, condemnation, or otherwise property of any kind, real, personal or mixed, to mortgage or sell its property and to issue revenue bonds and other revenue securities payable solely out of revenues accruing to such public corporation, and may exempt such public corporation from all taxation in the State of Alabama, and may grant such public corporation all other powers and privileges which may be necessary and proper for the full development of said Bear Creek watershed. The provisions of Sections 106, 222 and 225 of the Constitution of Alabama shall not apply to any public corporation which may be organized pursuant to enabling legislation herein authorized or to any revenue bonds and other revenue securities at any time issued by such public corporation. Such public corporation shall be deemed a political subdivision of the State of Alabama. Nothing herein shall authorize any such public corporation to engage in or finance, directly or indirectly, the production, transmission, or sale of electric power. The area comprising the Bear Creek watershed shall include such land defined in enabling legislation herein authorized as shall lie within the counties of Marion, Colbert, Franklin and Winston."	a	60,629 (68%)	28,489 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 28	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "A. The terms 'three mills' be, and the same hereby are, changed to read 'six mills' wherever the same appears in Paragraphs B and C of Amendment CXCV to the Constitution of Alabama. B. The parenthetical phrase '(after deduction of costs of assessment and collection thereof pursuant to any statutory provisions at the time applicable)' appearing in Paragraph D of Amendment CXCV to the Constitution of Alabama be, and the same hereby is, deleted therefrom. C. Paragraph E of Amendment CXCV to the Constitution of Alabama be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows: The rate of ad valorem taxation for general municipal purposes that is at the time otherwise permitted by the Constitution to each particular municipal corporation in Mobile County shall be reduced for the tax year of the municipality next succeeding any tax year of Mobile County for which the special tax shall have been levied at a rate exceeding one and one-half mills on each dollar of taxable property -in the county, any such reduction to be by a rate of millage equal to the rate by which the special tax levied for that tax year exceeds one and one-half mills on each dollar of such taxable property or by one and one-half mills on each dollar of taxable property in the county, whichever shall be the lesser reduction. D. If a majority of the qualified electors of Mobile County participating in the election on the adoption of this amendment shall vote in favor thereof, then the approval of this amendment expressed by said vote shall of itself authorize the special tax and in that event no additional election by the voters of Mobile County shall be required to authorize the levy of the special tax."	a	78,974 (65%)	42,945 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 29	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to fix, regulate and alter the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances and salaries received or distributed by the judge of probate, sheriff, tax assessor and collector, clerk of the circuit court, and register of the circuit court of Shelby County. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	74,651 (79%)	19,567 (21%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Madison County would become indebted up to $1.9 million through he sale of interest-bearing general obligation bonds for the purpose of facilitating permanent facilities in Madison County for the U.S. Army and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.	a	92,506 (76%)	29,761 (24%)
LRCA	Amendment 30	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Sumter County would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the economic development. The county would be authorized to invest, lend credit or grant public money for such endeavors. Furthermore, it would be authorized to levy and collect an ad valorem tax for the payment of securities. The above economic development must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	69,993 (76%)	21,934 (24%)
LRCA	Amendment 31	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Livingston in Sumter County would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the economic development. The city would be authorized to invest, lend credit or grant public money for such endeavors. Furthermore, it would be authorized to levy and collect an ad valorem tax for the payment of securities. The above economic development must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	67,722 (75%)	22,265 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 32 and 33	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Talladega County would be authorized to levy and collect a special school district tax of 30 cents on each $100 of taxable property. The revenue from the tax would be used to fund public schools. The tax would not be levied for more than 20 years. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	65,339 (74%)	23,553 (26%)
LRCA	Amendment 34	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Jasper would be authorized to levy and collect a special tax of one-half of one percent on the value of taxable property. The revenue from the tax would be used to fund public schools. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	70,130 (77%)	20,880 (23%)
LRCA	Amendment 35	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Winston County would be authorized to levy and collect a special ad valorem tax of five mills on each dollar of taxable property. The revenue from the tax would be used to fund public medical facilities and would not be collected for more than 20 years. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	68,862 (75%)	22,393 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 36	County and municipal governance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "The legislature shall not pass a special or local law affecting Winston County or any city, town, village, district, or other such political subdivision of the county, unless the operation of such law shall be approved by a vote of the duly qualified electors of such county city, town, village, district, or other political subdivision of the county, at an election held for such purpose, in the manner prescribed by such law."	a	59,974 (68%)	28,623 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 37	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the cities of Addison and Lynn in Winston County would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the economic development. The cities would be authorized to invest, lend credit or grant public money for such endeavors. Furthermore, they would be authorized to levy and collect an ad valorem tax for the payment of securities. The above economic development must be first approved by a majority of electors in each city.	a	67,463 (75%)	22,852 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "In computing net income for state income tax purposes for the calendar year 1965 and each year thereafter, a resident individual taxpayer shall be allowed to deduct from his gross income the amount of federal income tax paid or accrued within the taxable year. A nonresident individual income taxpayer shall be allowed to deduct only that amount of federal income tax paid or accrued in the taxable year on income received from sources within the state."	a	107,348 (84%)	19,917 (16%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Criminal trials; State judiciary structure	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the solititors and prosecuting officers in criminal cases for the state in the judicial circuit shall henceforth be called district attorneys. All references to circuit solicitor or similar verbiage would be referencing the district attorney.	a	96,274 (80%)	24,097 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	County and municipal governance; Water irrigation policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "The legislature may by general, special or local laws authorize the formation of a body corporate for the development of one or more irrigation districts for the purposes of providing irrigation and water conservation in the State of Alabama, and may authorize the counties and municipalities lying within the boundaries of such district or districts to contribute public funds to such body corporate, and may authorize such body corporate to enter into contract with the government of the United States or any agency thereof, and with other States or political subdivisions thereof, and with other bodies corporate organized within this or other states for the development of one or more irrigation districts in the State of Alabama, and may authorize such body corporate to issue revenue bonds payable solely out of revenues accruing to such body corporate, and may authorize such body corporate to do and perform all other such acts necessary and proper for the full development of said Alabama irrigation district or districts provided, however, nothing herein shall authorize any such public corporation to engage in or finance, directly or indirectly, the production, transmission or sale of electric power."	a	77,800 (69%)	34,678 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that each municipality in Geneva County would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the economic development. The cities would be authorized to invest, lend credit or grant public money for such endeavors. Furthermore, it would be authorized to levy and collect an ad valorem tax for the payment of securities.	d	44,361 (44%)	56,803 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Bond issues; Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "Revenue bonds at any time issued by a municipality (a) for the purpose of enlarging, improving or expanding any manufacturing, industrial or commercial project then owned by such municipality and acquired by it pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 756 enacted at the 1951 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama, as heretofore amended, or (b) for the combined purpose of so enlarging, improving or expanding any such project and of refunding any revenue bonds theretofore issued by it under said Act No. 756, shall not be deemed to constitute bonds or indebtedness of such municipality within the meaning of Sections 222 and 225 of this Constitution if by their terms such bonds are not made a charge on the general credit or tax revenues of the issuing municipality and are made payable solely out of revenues to be derived by such municipality from the leasing of such projects as so enlarged, improved or expanded. Each municipality in the state is hereby authorized so to issue such revenue bonds, for either or both such purposes, at any time and from time to time and on the same terms and conditions, with the necessary changes in details, as prescribed in said Act No. 756 for the issuance of revenue bonds for the purpose of acquiring such a project, anything in the Constitution of this state or in said Act No. 756 to the contrary notwithstanding."	a	67,490 (59%)	47,716 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to fix, regulate and alter the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances and salaries received or distributed by the judge of probate, sheriff, tax assessor and collector, clerk of the circuit court, and register of the circuit court of Baldwin County. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	85,568 (78%)	23,832 (22%)

1964

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to fix, regulate and alter the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances and compensation received or distributed by the judge of probate, sheriff, tax assessor and collector, clerk of the circuit court, and register of the circuit court of Baldwin County.	d	88,299 (44%)	110,399 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to fix, regulate and alter the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances and compensation received or distributed by the judge of probate, sheriff, tax assessor and collector, clerk of the circuit court, and register of the circuit court of Escambia County.	d	84,138 (44%)	105,802 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State judiciary	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to fix, regulate or change the jurisdiction of any inferior court, established in lieu of justices of the peace in Jefferson County, involving civil cases not exceeding $500, except in cases regarding libel, slander, assault and battery, and ejectment.	d	87,324 (47%)	97,002 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to fix, regulate and alter the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances and compensation received or distributed by the judge of probate, sheriff, tax assessor and collector, clerk of the circuit court, and register of the circuit court of Lauderdale County.	d	89,528 (48%)	97,974 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Jury rules; Civil trials; Criminal trials	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "The Legislature may enact local or special laws providing for and regulating trials of misdemeanor cases and civil cases in the courts of Marshall County by juries composed of not less than six nor more than twelve members."	d	80,885 (44%)	101,891 (56%)

1963

December 10

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the state would be authorized to levy a corporate income tax of five percent. All federal income taxes paid or accrued will continue to be deductible for the purpose of tabulating state taxable net income. The tax would first be levied in the fiscal year 1963 and each year thereafter.	a	73,083 (63%)	43,050 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Marion County would be authorized, just as the municipalities of Marion County are, to become indebted and issue bonds, warrants and other securities. The county would also levy and collect an ad valorem tax to pay the principal and interest of the above bonds. The indebtedness is limited to no more than 50 percent of the total value of taxable property within the county. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	d	45,999 (49%)	47,332 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that no municipality in Mobile County would be permitted to levy or collect a privilege license tax or an income tax unless such a tax was first approved by the voters of the municipality.	a	62,732 (65%)	34,333 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Bayou La Batre would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the development within the city. The city would be authorized to invest, lend credit or grant public money for such endeavors. Furthermore, it would be authorized to levy and collect a special tax for the payment of securities. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	47,873 (52%)	44,486 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of York in Sumter County would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the development within the city. The city would be authorized to invest, lend credit or grant public money for such endeavors. Furthermore, it would be authorized to levy and collect a special tax for the payment of securities. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	47,679 (51%)	45,005 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the state would be authorized to become indebted and issue interest-bearing general obligation bonds to refund state dock revenue bonds and improve the state docks. The bonds would not exceed $10 million in principal amount and revenue generated by the Alabama State Docks Department's seaport facilities would go toward paying the principal and interest of the above bonds when they reach maturity.	a	64,856 (59%)	45,221 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Constitutional rights	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed the following: "Section 181. The following persons and no others who, if they are citizens of the United States over the age of twenty-one years and have the qualifications as to residence prescribed in Section 178 of this article, shall be qualified to register as electors provided they shall not be disqualified under Section 182 of this Constitution; those who can read and write any article of the Constitution of the United States in the English language which may be submitted to them by the board of registrars, provided, however, no persons shall be entitled to register as electors except those who are of good character and who embrace the duties and obligations of citizenship under the Constitution of the United States and under the Constitution of the State of Alabama, and provided further, that in order to aid the members of the boards of registrars, who are hereby constituted and declared to be judicial officers, to judicially determine if applicants to register have the qualifications hereinabove set out, each applicant shall be furnished by the board of registrars a written application form and a sealed examination, which shall be uniform in all cases with no discrimination as between applicants. The form and contents of such application form and sealed examination shall be prescribed by a state board of examiners for voter registration to be appointed by the Legislative Council of Alabama, which application shall be so worded that the answers thereto will place before the board of registrars information necessary or proper to aid them to pass upon the qualifications of each applicant, and which examination shall be graded by the state board of examiners for voter registration which must certify to the several boards of registrars of the state whether or not each applicant, who shall be designated by number only, has passed or has not passed the examination. The examination shall be provided and shall be administered as provided for by the Legislature. Provided, in no event shall the intelligence level required of the applicant for registration be less than that required to serve as a member of the armed forces of the United States as determined by written examination. The application shall be answered in writing by the applicant in the presence of the board without assistance, and there shall be incorporated in such answer an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Alabama and a statement in such oath by the applicant disavowing belief in or affiliation at any time with any group or party which advocated the overthrow of the government of the United States or the State of Alabama by unlawful means, which answers and oath shall be duly signed and sworn to by the applicant before a member of the county board of registrars. Such application and written answers of the applicant thereto shall be filed with the records of the respective boards of registrars and such examination shall be filed with the records of the state board of examiners. The board may receive information respecting the applicant and the truthfulness of any information furnished by him. Provided further, that if solely because of physical handicaps the applicant is unable to read or write, then he shall be exempt from the above stated requirements which he is unable to meet because of such physical handicap, and in such cases a member of the board of registrars shall read to the applicant the questionnaire and oaths herein provided for and the applicant's answers thereto shall be written down by such board member, and the applicant shall be registered as a voter if he meets all other requirements herein set out."	d	30,819 (27%)	81,693 (73%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "Section 1. It is hereby proposed that the seventy-sixth article of amendment to the Constitution of Alabama as submitted by Act No. 570, H. 873, Regular Session 1949, and proclaimed ratified December 21, 1949, be amended to read as follows: This amendment shall apply in all counties except Mobile and Jefferson Counties. The term "public hospital purposes" as used in this amendment shall be construed to include the acquisition by purchase, lease, or otherwise, and the construction, equipment, operation, and maintenance of public hospital facilities. The term "public hospital facilities"as used in this amendment shall be construed to include public hospitals, public clinics, public health centers, nurses' homes and training facilities, and related public health facilities of any kind. If a majority of the qualified electors of any county in the state, except Mobile and Jefferson Counties, who participate in an election held therein pursuant to the provisions of any amendment to the constitution heretofore adopted shall vote at such election in favor of the levy and collection of a special county tax within the limitations provided in such amendment, for any one or more of the purposes included within the meaning of the term public hospital purposes, the proceeds derived from the tax authorized at such election, may be applied for any one or more of the purposes for which said tax may be so voted. Whenever the tax shall be voted the governing body of the county may anticipate the proceeds therefrom for any one or more of the purposes for which the tax shall be voted by issuing, without further election, interest bearing tax anticipation bonds, warrants, or certificates of indebtedness of said county payable solely from and secured by a pledge of not exceeding 75% of the annual proceeds from said tax received by the county. The governing body of each county in which the said tax may be voted shall have the further power to designate as the agency of the county to acquire, construct, equip, operate and maintain public hospital facilities any public corporation or commission heretofore or hereafter organized for hospital purposes in the county under any general or local law heretofore or hereafter enacted by the Legislature. When a public corporation or commission shall be so designated, the proceeds of said tax thereafter collected shall be paid over to it and shall be used by it for any one or more of the purposes for which the tax shall have been voted; provided, that payment of the proceeds of said tax to said public corporation or commission shall be made only to such extent as will not result in the impairment of the obligation of any contract theretofore made with respect to said tax. Said public corporation or commission may anticipate the proceeds from said tax so required to be paid to it by issuing, for any one or more of the purposes for which the tax shall have been voted, the bonds, warrants, or certificates of indebtedness of said public corporation or commission, and may pledge for the payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon not exceeding 75% of the annual proceeds from said tax so paid to it. Each county in which the tax shall be voted, and in the event a public corporation or commission shall have been designated as the agency of such county pursuant to the provisions hereof then said public corporation or commission shall have the power to contract with any other county or similar public corporation or commission with respect to the acquisition by purchase, lease, or otherwise, and the construction, equipment, operation, and maintenance of public hospital facilities outside of the county and within any zone or region of which the county may be a part, and which may have heretofore been established or may hereafter be established for public hospital purposes by the Legislature or by any agency designated by it, the obligations of such contract to be payable solely out of the proceeds of said tax; provided, that the proceeds of said tax shall not be used outside of the county for any purpose for which the proceeds could not be used in the county, and shall not be used with respect to public hospital facilities located outside of the county if the tax is voted specifically for public hospital facilities located in the county. No securities issued or contracts made by a county under the authority of this amendment, which are payable solely out of the proceeds of said tax, and no securities issued or contracts made by any such public corporation or commission, whether or not issued or made under the authority of this amendment shall be construed to be bonds of the county or of a political subdivision thereof within the meaning of Section 222 of the Constitution, or construed to create or constitute an indebtedness of the county within the meaning of Section 224 of the Constitution. Said securities shall be construed to be negotiable instruments notwithstanding the fact that they may be payable solely from a limited source. All pledges of said tax and all contracts made with respect thereto pursuant to the provisions of this amendment shall take precedence in the order in which they are made and shall create a charge on the proceeds of said tax prior to the expenses of operating and maintaining any public hospital facilities. In each instance in which a special county tax for any one or more of the purposes included within the meaning of the term public hospital purposes has heretofore been authorized at an election held in a county pursuant to the provisions of any amendment to the Constitution heretofore adopted, all provisions of this amendment shall be applicable in said county to the same extent as if said election had been held after the adoption of this amendment."	d	30,700 (28%)	77,714 (72%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Agriculture policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment stated the following: "Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution, the Legislature may hereafter, by general law, provide for the promotion of the production, distribution, marketing and use of poultry and poultry product's. The Legislature may provide for the promotion of poultry and poultry products and the poultry industry by research, education, advertising and other methods, and the Legislature is further authorized to provide means and methods for the financing of any such promotional activity by prescribing a procedure whereby producers, owners or growers of poultry may by referendum held among such producers, owners or growers of poultry in this State levy upon themselves and collect assessments, fees, or charges upon the sale of poultry and poultry products for the financing of any such promotional program or activity in cooperation with processors, dealers, handlers and other buyers of poultry and poultry products. Provided, no assessment levied hereunder shall exceed one cent (1c) per hen or other domesticated fowl or any other classes of poultry sold by producers thereof. The Legislature is authorized to make provisions for non-payment and for the refund of assessments levied upon owners, producers or growers of poultry to any such person who does not desire to participate in the promotional program. The Legislature shall provide for the collection and distribution of assessments or charges authorized hereunder and to provide penalties for failure to make such collection and distribution of assessments. The Legislature shall provide for the designation of a nonprofit association or organization organized for the promotion and betterment of poultry and poultry products in Alabama to administer and carry out such promotional program which shall include conducting elections or referendums among producers, owners or growers of poultry. The Legislature shall further provide for the deposit, withdrawal, disbursement and expenditure by the designated association of any funds received subject to the supervision and control of the activities authorized herein by the Department of Agriculture and Industries and the State Board of Agriculture and Industries. Assessments, fees or other charges collected as authorized by any legislative act adopted under authority hereof shall not be considered as a tax within the meaning of this Constitution or any provision thereof. Any uniformity requirements of this Constitution shall be satisfied by the application of the program upon poultry and poultry products."	a	54,681 (53%)	47,840 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to fix, alter, or regulate the costs and charges of county courts and fees, commissions, percentages, allowances, and salaries received by the judge of probate, sheriff, circuit clerk, register of the circuit court, the tax assessor and collector, and other officers of Marshall County.	a	59,852 (61%)	38,458 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the educational boards in Coffee County are authorized to issue and sell warrants, which would be paid for by the revenue generated by any special educational tax. Furthermore, such revenue would be used to refinance previously issued warrants.	a	58,234 (62%)	35,172 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the county of Clarke or any city within the county would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the development of the cities in the county. The county would be authorized to invest, lend credit or grant public money for such endeavors. Furthermore, it would be authorized to levy and collect a special tax for the payment of securities. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	48,409 (52%)	44,382 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Huntsville would be authorized to levy and collect a special school tax of 50 cents on each $100 of taxable property in the Huntsville school district. The revenue is for educational purposes only. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	61,176 (63%)	35,195 (37%)

1962

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Constitutional rights	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed the following: "Section 178. To entitle a person to vote at any election by the people, he shall have resided in the state at least one year, in the county six months, and in the precinct or ward three months, immediately preceding the election at which he offers to vote, and he shall have been duly registered as an elector, and shall have paid on or before the first day of February next preceding the date of the election at which he offers to vote, all poll taxes due from him for the two calendar years next preceding. Provided, that any elector who, within three months next preceding the date of the election at which he offers to vote, has removed from one precinct or ward to another precinct or ward in the same county/incorporated town, or city, shall have the right to vote in the precinct or ward from which he has so removed, if he would have been entitled to vote in such precinct or ward but for such removal."	a	133,211 (81%)	32,212 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Taxes; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed the following: "Section 215. No county in this state shall be authorized to levy a greater rate of taxation in any one year on the value of the taxable property therein than one-half of one per centum; provided, that to pay debts existing on the sixth day of December, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, an additional rate of onefourth [sic] of one per centum may be levied and collected which shall be appropriated exclusively to the payment of such debts and the interest thereon; provided, further, that to pay any debt or liability now existing against any county, incurred for the erection construction, or maintenance of the necessary public buildings or bridges, or that may hereafter be created for the erection of necessary public buildings, bridges or roads, (a) any county may levy and collect such special taxes, not to exceed one-fourth of one per centum, as may have been or may hereafter be authorized by law. The proceeds of taxes levied under said proviso (a) for public building, road, or bridge purposes m excess of amounts payable on bonds, warrants, or other securities issued by"he county may be spent for general county purposes in such manner as the court of county commissioners board of revenue or other like county governing body may determine."	a	83,471 (60%)	56,055 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Mountain Brook would be authorized to levy and collect a one-fourth of one percent tax, in addition to all other taxes levied. The tax must be voted upon by the electors and the measure must be explicit in quantifying the tax rate. The passage of such a tax would not impact other municipal taxes.	a	78,012 (66%)	40,997 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that DeKalb County and the county or school governing boards are authorized to issue and sell warrants, which would be payable out of the funds collected through special school taxes and special educational taxes.	a	78,308 (67%)	39,081 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Franklin County, excepting the city of Russellville, would be authorized to levy and collect a special property tax for public school funding. Electors in Franklin County, but outside of Russellville, must vote on the tax. Furthermore, the amendment proposes that the city of Russellville would be authorized to levy and collect a special property tax within the city limits, provided such a tax is voted on by the resident electors and passed.	a	77,521 (66%)	39,327 (34%)

May 1

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Constitutional rights	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed the following: "Shall Article VIII, Section 181 of the Constitution be amended to read as follows: Section 181. The following persons and no others who, if they are citizens of the United States over the age of twenty-one years and have the qualifications as to residence prescribed in Section 178 of this article, shall be qualified to register as electors provided they shall not be disqualified under Section 182 of this constitution; those who can read and write any article of the constitution of the United States in the English language which may be submitted to them by the board of registrars, provided, however, no persons shall be entitled to register as electors except those who are of good character and who embrace the duties and obligations of citizenship under the constitution of the United States and under the Constitution of the State of Alabama, and provided further, that in order to aid the members of the boards of registrars, who are hereby constituted and declared to be judicial officers, to judicially determine if applicants to register have the qualifications hereinabove set out, each applicant shall be furnished by the board of registrars a written application form and a sealed examination, which shall be uniform in all cases with no discrimination as between applicants. The form and contents of such application form and sealed examination shall be prescribed by a state board of examiners for voter registration to be appointed by the Legislative Council of Alabama, which application shall be so worded that the answers thereto will place before the board of registrars information necessary or proper to aid them to pass upon the qualifications of each applicant, and which examination shall be graded by the state board of examiners for voter registration which must certify to the several boards of registrars of the state whether or not each applicant, who shall be designated by number only, has passed or has not passed the examination. The examination shall be provided and shall be administered as provided for by the legislature. The application shall be answered in writing by the applicant in the presence of the board without assistance, and there shall be incorporated in such answer an oath to support and defend the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the State of Alabama and a statement in such oath by the applicant disavowing belief in or affiliation at any time with any group or party which advocated the overthrow of the government of the United States or the State of Alabama by unlawful means, which answers and oath shall be duly signed and sworn to by the applicant before a member of the county board of registrars. Such application and written answers of the applicant thereto shall be f ed with the records of the respective boards of registrars and such examination shall be filed with the records of the state board of examiners. The board may receive information respecting the applicant and the truthfulness of any information furnished by him. Provided further that if solely because of physical handicaps the applicant is unable to read or write, then he, shall be exempt from the above stated requirements which he is unable to meet because of such physical handicap, and in such cases a member of the board of registrars shall read to the applicant the questionnaire and oaths herein provided for and the applicant's answers thereto shall be written down by such board member and the applicant shall be registered as a voter if he meets all other requirements herein set out." (Under, th [sic] provisions of Act No. 21, Special Session, 1961.)"	d	94,281 (37%)	163,847 (63%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that certain counties would be permitted to issue bonds and become indebted for the purpose of purchasing voting machines. Such bonds would be repaid within 20 years from the date of issue.	a	154,555 (63%)	91,004 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Agriculture policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed the following: "Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution, the legislature may hereafter, by general law, provide for the promotion of the production, distribution, marketing, use, improvement and sale of cattle. The legislature may provide for the promotion of cattle and the cattle industry by research, education, advertising and other methods, and the legislature is further authorized to provide means and methods for the financing of any such promotional activity by prescribing a procedure whereby owners of cattle may by referendum held among the owners of cattle in this State levy upon themselves and collect assessments, fees, or charges upon the sale of cattle for the financing of any promotional program or activity in cooperation with processors, dealers and handlers of cattle. Provided, no assessment levied hereunder shall exceed ten cents (l0c) per head on any cattle or calves sold by cattle producers and no assessment shall be levied or deducted from the sale price of any cattle or calves which sell for less than ten dollars ($10.00) per head. The legislature shall make provisions for the nonpayment of assessments by cattle owners, and for the refund of assessments to any cattle owner dissatisfied with the assessment program. The legislature shall provide for the collection and distribution of any such assessments or charges by dealers, handlers, processors and purchasers of cattle and provide penalties for failure to make collection and distribution of such assessments. The legislature shall provide for the designation of a nonprofit association or organization organized for the promotion and betterment of cattle and beef products to administer and carry out such promotional program which shall include the conducting of elections or referendums among cattle owners. The legislature shall further provide for the deposit, withdrawal, disbursement and expenditure by the designated association of any funds received subject to the supervision and control of the activities authorized herein by the department of agriculture and industries and the State board of agriculture and industries. Assessments, fees or other charges collected as authorized by any legislative act adopted in pursuance hereof shall not be considered as a tax within the meaning of this Constitution or any provision thereof. Any uniformity requirements of this Constitution shall be satisfied by the application of the program upon cattle and beef products. (Under the provisions of Act No. 20, Special Session, 1961.)"	a	156,214 (65%)	82,648 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that certain counties would be permitted to levy and collect a special county tax that would not exceed 50 cents on each $100 of property for educational purposes. The tax must be voted on by the electors and pass with a majority.	a	143,247 (61%)	92,198 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Jackson County would be authorized to levy and collect a special property tax of five mills on each dollar's worth of taxable property, provided that the aggregate of all taxes levied for educational purposes does not exceed 14.5 mills on each dollar's worth of property. Four and one-half mills of the tax proceeds would be used for capital outlay and the revenue of the remaining would go toward current operating costs.	a	121,542 (61%)	79,133 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to authorize Walker County to levy and collect a special county tax at a rate of one-half of one percent for the purpose of funding county and city school districts based on a teacher unit basis.	a	141,336 (64%)	78,184 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to authorize Marion County to levy and collect a special property tax at a rate of one-half of one percent for the purpose of funding current operating costs of the education system, excluding capital outlays and debt service. The tax must be voted on by the electors and pass with a majority.	a	139,299 (64%)	78,365 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to authorize Coffee County to levy and collect a special district tax not to exceed 50 cents on each $100 worth of taxable property for educational purposes. The tax must be voted on by the electors and pass with a majority.	a	138,153 (63%)	81,996 (37%)

1961

December 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to authorize the state to become indebted up to $10 million by issuing bonds for the purpose of purchasing, providing, constructing and equipping prisons an penal institutions.	d	74,718 (46%)	86,687 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to allow Tuscaloosa County the power to levy and collect a property tax for funding education. The tax would not exceed one-half of one percent of the value of taxable property. The tax must be approved by the electors.	a	85,220 (72%)	33,809 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Bond issues; Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that any previously obtained excess revenue from the 1947 Calhoun County special school tax act, which are not needed to payback bonds issued under the act, would be used to acquire, construct and improve public school buildings.	a	81,354 (69%)	36,035 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Chilton County be permitted to levy and collect a special property tax of two mills on each one dollar's worth of taxable property for the purpose of funding vocational trade schools and rural and industrial development. The tax must be approved by a majority vote.	a	79,165 (67%)	38,467 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Choctaw County be permitted to levy and collect an additional county tax of 50 cents on each $100 worth of taxable property for public school funding. The tax must be approved by a majority of electors.	a	84,549 (72%)	33,561 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Clarke County be permitted to levy and collect an additional county tax of 50 cents on each $100 worth of taxable property for public school funding. The tax must be approved by a majority of electors.	a	83,118 (72%)	32,116 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Clay County be permitted to levy and collect a special county tax of one-half of one percent of taxable property for public school funding. The tax must be approved by a majority of electors.	a	83,673 (72%)	32,226 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Tuscumbia be permitted to levy and collect a special property tax of five mills on each dollar's worth of taxable property for public school funding. The tax must be approved by a majority of electors.	a	82,784 (72%)	31,595 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 17	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Sheffield be permitted to levy and collect a special property tax of five mills on each dollar's worth of taxable property for public school funding. The tax must be approved by a majority of electors.	a	83,344 (72%)	32,284 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 18	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Muscle Shoals be permitted to levy and collect a special property tax of five mills on each dollar's worth of taxable property for public school funding. The tax must be approved by a majority of electors.	a	82,931 (72%)	31,773 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 19	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Franklin County be permitted to levy and collect an additional county tax of 50 cents on each $100 worth of taxable property for public school funding. The tax must be approved by a majority of electors.	a	81,799 (72%)	32,578 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to authorize the state to become indebted up to $3 million by issuing bonds for the purpose of improving the University of Alabama Research Institute at Huntsville.	a	115,280 (75%)	37,418 (25%)
LRCA	Amendment 20	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Jackson County be permitted to levy and collect a special property tax of two mills on each one dollar's worth of taxable property for the purpose of funding vocational trade schools and rural and industrial development. The tax must be approved by a majority vote.	a	76,296 (67%)	36,791 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 21	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed the following: "In addition to any taxes now authorized or that may hereafter be authorized by the Constitution and laws of Alabama, the several school districts of Jefferson County shall, subject to an election in each such school district as hereinafter provided, have power to levy and collect a special district tax of not exceeding fifty (50) cents on each one hundred dollars ($100) of taxable property in such district for the furtherance of education therein. A school district within the meaning of this section shall include (a) that part of Jefferson County outside of the municipalities of Birmingham, Bessemer, Fairfield Tarrant City and Mountain Brook as one district, (b) the City of Birmingham as one district, (c) the City of Bessemer as one district (d) the City of Fairfield as one district, (e) the City of Tarrant City as one district, and (f) the City of Mountain Brook as one district. No tax shall be levied hereunder unless the rate of such tax, the time such tax is to continue and the purpose thereof shall have been first submitted to the vote of the qualified electors in each such district and voted for by a majority of those voting at such election. (Under the provisions of Acts 637 and 1041, 1961.)"	a	82,648 (71%)	33,206 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 22	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Lamar County be permitted to levy and collect an additional county tax of 50 cents on each $100 worth of taxable property for public school funding. The tax must be approved by a majority of electors.	a	82,062 (72%)	31,788 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 23	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Lauderdale County be permitted to levy and collect a special property tax of one-half of one percent of taxable property outside of the city of Florence for public school funding. The tax must be approved by a majority of electors.	a	80,993 (72%)	31,445 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 24	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Lauderdale County be permitted to levy and collect a special tax of one-half of one percent of taxable property within the city of Florence for public school funding in Florence. The tax must be approved by a majority of electors.	a	79,679 (72%)	30,540 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 25	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Mobile County be permitted to levy and collect a special property tax of one-half of one percent of taxable property for public school capital outlay purposes. The tax must be approved by a majority of electors.	a	81,630 (71%)	33,227 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 26	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Randolph County be permitted to levy and collect a special property tax of one-half of one percent of taxable property in school district number one. The revenue from the above tax would be for educational purposes only. The tax must be approved by a majority of electors.	a	79,392 (72%)	30,521 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 27	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Talladega County be permitted to levy and collect a special county school tax of three-tenths of one percent of taxable property in the county or any school district within the county. The revenue from the above tax would be for public school purposes only. The tax must be approved by a majority of electors.	a	79,117 (72%)	30,920 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 28	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Washington County be permitted to levy and collect a tax of 50 cents on each $100 of taxable property in the county. The revenue from the above tax would be for public school purposes only. The tax must be approved by a majority of electors.	a	75,213 (72%)	29,007 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 29	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the county of Autauga or any city within the county would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the development of the cities in the county. The county would be authorized to invest, lend credit or grant public money for such endeavors. Furthermore, it would be authorized to levy and collect an ad valorem tax for the payment of securities. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	59,032 (60%)	39,844 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to authorize the state to become indebted up to $2 million by issuing bonds for the purpose of erecting, constructing or equipping hospitals, health centers and other medical facilities.	a	97,200 (70%)	41,961 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 30	Administration of government	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the state legislature would not be permitted to alter, via local, private or special laws, the function of government of DeKalb County without the prior consent of the voters of the DeKalb County.	a	66,895 (68%)	31,551 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 31	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the state legislature would fix, regulate and alter the fees, commissions, allowances and salaries received and levied by the judge of probate, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, clerk and register of the circuit court of Elmore County. All revenue collected by the above persons would be placed into the treasury and all wages and salaries would be paid out of the treasury. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	69,319 (70%)	29,086 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 32	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the county of Franklin or any city within the county would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the development of the cities in the county. The county would be authorized to invest, lend credit or grant public money for such endeavors. Furthermore, it would be authorized to levy and collect an ad valorem tax for the payment of securities. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	58,434 (60%)	38,960 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 33	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Geneva County would become indebted for up to $600,000 in principal through the issuing of bonds for the purpose of funding a new court house and county jail. An ad valorem tax of 2.5 mills on each dollar would be levied and collected to redeem the said bonds. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	66,954 (69%)	30,716 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 34	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Greene County would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the development in the county. The county would be authorized to invest, lend credit, grant public money or become indebted for such endeavors. Furthermore, it would be authorized to levy and collect a special ad valorem tax for the payment of securities. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	57,567 (59%)	39,528 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 35	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Lamar County and the cities within Lamar County would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the development in the county. The county would be authorized to invest, lend credit, grant public money or become indebted for such endeavors. Furthermore, it would be authorized to levy and collect a special ad valorem tax for the payment of securities. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	56,928 (59%)	39,670 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 36	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Lawrence County and the cities within Lawrence County would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the development in the county. The county would be authorized to invest, lend credit, grant public money or become indebted for such endeavors. Furthermore, it would be authorized to levy and collect a special ad valorem tax for the payment of securities. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	56,986 (59%)	39,670 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 37	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed the following: "For the promotion of local industrial, commercial or agricultural development, Madison County and the City of Huntsville shall each have full and continuing power (a) to purchase, construct, lease and otherwise acquire industrial, commercial and agricultural projects, including real and personal property, plants, buildings, factories, works, facilities, machinery and equipment of any kind whatsoever, (b) to lease, sell, exchange or otherwise convey all or any part of any such project to any person, firm or corporation, and (c) after an approving election as hereinafter provided, to sell and issue for such purposes interest-bearing general obligation bonds."	a	56,121 (58%)	40,195 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 38	Public employee retirement funds	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that officers who served Mobile County or any municipality within Mobile County prior to the establishment of a pension plan, would be eligible to receive equal retirement to those serving when the pension plan had been instituted. The county and city governments would be authorized to expand their funds to pay the pensions.	a	53,430 (54%)	44,895 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 39	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Mobile County would be authorized to become indebted up to $1,737,000 through the sale of bonds and the bonds would be secured via an ad valorem tax authorized in Amendment XVIII of the state constitution. The revenue derived from the issue of the above bonds would be for county improvements.	a	68,050 (67%)	34,111 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State legislatures measures	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to authorize the legislature, in the case of an enemy attack, to appoint temporary interim legislators to maintain the continuity of government.	a	94,387 (70%)	40,101 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 40	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed the following: "Authorizing and directing Mobile County Public Hospital Board, to prepare a budget for each fiscal year setting forth certain anticipated expenditures and receipts of the said board and to apportion any deficit in said budget among Mobile County and each municipality therein having a population of more than 1,000; providing that if a special ad valorem county tax for public hospital purposes shall be voted in Mobile County, the power of the said board to make and collect such assessments shall terminate within a specified period thereafter; authorizing the legislature by local or special legislation and without compliance with Section 106 of the Constitution to specify the character and maximum capacity of the hospital facilities with respect to which any budget may be prepared by the said board under said amendment; providing that the requirements of the said amendment and of any such local or special legislation respecting the facilities covered thereby shall terminate upon termination of the power of the said board to make and collect said assessments; validating all actions of Mobile County Hospital Board created and provided for by Act No. 105 adopted at the 1955 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama, as amended; providing for and validating the transfer by the latter board of all of its assets, contracts, properties, obligations and liabilities to the said board and the assumption of all thereof by the said board; providing for the dissolution of the said board created and provided for in the said Act No. 105, as amended; and providing that bonds and other securities issued by the said board shall not be deemed to constitute debts of Mobile County within the meaning of Section 224 or debts of any of said municipalities within the meaning of Section 225 of the constitution and shall not constitute bonds of said county or a subdivision thereof within the meaning of Section 222 of the constitution."	a	64,870 (65%)	34,193 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 41	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Mobile County would be authorized to levy and collect a special annual ad valorem county tax of three mills on each dollar of taxable property. The revenue from the said tax would be for public hospital use. The tax must be approved by a majority of electors.	a	68,974 (69%)	31,066 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 42	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would alter, fix or regulate court costs and charges in St. Clair County as well as the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances and salaries levied or received by county officials. The tax must be approved by a majority of electors.	a	67,943 (70%)	28,760 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 43	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the county of St. Clair or any city within the county would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the development of the cities in the county. The county would be authorized to invest, lend credit or grant public money for such endeavors. Furthermore, it would be authorized to levy and collect an ad valorem tax for the payment of securities. The above must be first approved by a majority of electors.	a	57,335 (60%)	38,605 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 44	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Tallapoosa County would be authorized to levy and collect a special district tax of 50 cents on each $100 worth of taxable property in Districts three and four. The revenue from the above tax would be for public hospital use. The tax must be approved by a majority of electors in Districts three and four.	a	66,081 (69%)	29,419 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 45	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Washington County would be authorized to become indebted up to $1 million through the sale of interest-bearing general obligation bonds. An ad valorem tax is authorized as provided in Section 2 of the constitution of the state. The revenue derived from the issue of the above bonds would be for the construction of a courthouse and county jail. The ad valorem tax must first be approved by a majority of electors.	a	65,797 (69%)	29,700 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Eminent domain policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that those bodies of government authorized to compulsorily acquire property must pay fair market value for properties taken. The said governing body is also liable for any damages or injuries incurred.	d	63,842 (48%)	69,336 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that any debt from bonds issued by an institution of higher education would not be regarded as state indebtedness and are the sole responsibility of the institution.	a	87,179 (68%)	41,833 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Higher education governance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed the following: "Auburn University, formerly called the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, shall be under the management and control of a board of trustees. The board of trustees shall consist of two members from the congressional district in which the institution is located, one from each of the other congressional districts in the state as the same were constituted on the first day of January, 1961, the state superintendent of education, and the governor, who shall be ex officio president of the board. The trustees shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, and shall hold office for a term of twelve years, and until their successors shall be appointed and qualified. The board shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal as may be, so that one-third may be chosen quadrennially. Vacancies occurring in the office of trustees from death or resignation shall be filled by the governor, and such appointee shall hold office until the next meeting of the legislature. The members of the board of trustees as now constituted shall hold office until their respective terms expire under existing law, and until their successors shall be appointed as herein required. No trustee shall receive any pay or emolument other than his actual expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties as such. No employee of Auburn University shall be eligible to serve on its board of trustees. Section 266 of Article 14 of the Constitution of Alabama 1901 is hereby repealed." (Under the provisions of Act No. 1043, 1961.)"	a	89,503 (71%)	37,295 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Baldwin County would be authorized to levy and collect a county tax of 50 cents on each $100 worth of taxable property for educational purposes. The tax must be approved by the electors.	a	85,929 (71%)	34,790 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to allow Bullock County the power to levy and collect a business license tax for funding education. The tax must be passed by the electors.	a	81,488 (70%)	35,538 (30%)

1960

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Business regulations	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed the following: "Section 1. Any corporation which is not organized under the laws of this State and has no place of business in this State may take and hold mortgages on real property located within this State, deposit the proceeds thereof in a bank account, or bank accounts, in this State, collect the debts secured thereby and may appoint a custodian or collection agent, who must be duly licensed under the laws of this State, to engage in the business of Mortgage Loan Broker, to hold for such non-resident such securities, collect such debts, manage any property acquired by foreclosure thereof, sell and dispose of any property acquired by foreclosure thereof and enforce the provisions of such mortgages and no such foreign corporation shall be deemed to be doing business in this State solely by reason of doing any or all of the acts designated herein; provided, however, that any custodian or agent appointed under the provisions of this Amendment by any such foreign corporation shall pay all applicable municipal license taxes and shall pay an occupational license tax as Mortgage Loan Broker to the State of Alabama of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for the first year that such Broker represents each such foreign corporation and Five Dollars ($5.00) annually for representing each such foreign corporation thereafter. Any foreign corporation which engages in any of the acts prescribed in this Section may sue or be sued in this State in relation to any such mortgages held by it, or real property, securities or debts acquired by it, and service of process may be perfected upon such foreign corporation by service upon any resident licensed Mortgage Loan Broker appointed as custodian or agent by such corporation in this State. Section 2. No foreign corporation, which does no other acts in this State than those provided in Section 1 hereof, shall be required to pay any franchise tax, qualification fee, permit fee, nor shall it be required in any other way to qualify to do business in this State. Section 3. This Amendment shall be self-executing, but the Legislature may, by General Act, make provision for enforcement thereof and provide penalties for the violation thereof. (Under the provisions of Act No. 396, Regular Session, 1959.)"	a	207,080 (80%)	51,518 (20%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Uniontown in Perry County would be authorized to purchase and manipulate all kinds of property for the purpose of promoting the development of the municipal economy. The city would be authorized to invest, lend credit or grant public money for such endeavors. Furthermore, it would be authorized to levy and collect an ad valorem tax for the payment of securities.	a	127,555 (70%)	54,863 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Roanoke in Randolph County would have the power to levy and collect, in school district no. 2, a special property tax of one-half of one percent of the property in the district per annum. The money collected from the above tax would be used for educational purposes within school district no. 2.	a	132,966 (74%)	47,357 (26%)

February 16

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed the following: "The State is authorized to become indebted and to issue interest bearing bonds, in addition to those heretofore authorized and sold, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $3,000,000. The proceeds derived from the sale of said bonds shall be used solely for the purpose of paying the expenses incurred in the sale and issuance thereof and for the construction and equipment of a hospital building to constitute a part of the University of Alabama Medical Center, and to be used for the care and treatment of mental patients and for training of medical students in the field of mental illness. Said bonds shall be sold only at a duly advertised public sale or sales, upon sealed bids or at auction, to the bidder whose bid reflects the lowest net interest cost to the state for the bonds offered for sale, and shall be sold at not less than their face value plus accrued interest thereon. Said bonds shall be direct general obligations of the state and for the prompt and faithful payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon the full faith and credit of the state are hereby irrevocably pledged. In addition thereto, there is hereby specifically and irrevocably pledged for payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds, pro rata and without priority of one bond over another by reason of prior issuance or otherwise, so much as may be necessary for said purpose of those portions of the state taxes on the sale of spirituous or vinous liquors and of the state license taxes on those selling, storing or receiving for distribution malt or brewed beverages that are required by law on the date of the adoption of this amendment to be paid into the Alabama Special Mental Health Fund. The said special pledge shall create a charge on the tax proceeds herein specially pledged prior to all other charges or expenses for mental health purposes or any other purposes whatsoever. The bonds issued under this amendment and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. The Legislature shall adopt appropriate enabling legislation to carry out the intent and purpose of this amendment."	a	131,916 (88%)	18,021 (12%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Lee County would be authorized to collect a special county property tax not to exceed one-half of one percent on the value of taxable property laying outside of the cities of Auburn and Opelika. The proceeds from the above tax would be for educational purposes and for payment against any indebtedness. The tax must be voted on by the electors and pass with a majority. The city of Opelika would also be authorized to collect a special property tax not to exceed one-half of one percent on the value of taxable property laying within the city of Opelika. The proceeds from the above tax would be for educational purposes and for payment against any indebtedness. The tax must be voted on by the electors and pass with a majority.	a	59,047 (65%)	31,437 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Auburn would be authorized to collect a special property tax not to exceed one-half of one percent on the value of taxable property laying within the city of Auburn. The proceeds from the above tax would be for educational purposes and for payment against any indebtedness. The tax must be voted on by the electors and pass with a majority.	a	59,538 (66%)	30,589 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that school district 1 in Madison County would be authorized to levy and collect a special 5 mill tax on each dollar's worth of taxable property. The tax must be voted on by the electors and pass with a majority. After the levy and collection of the said tax, the question of repealing the tax must be presented to the county in the form of a petition with no less than 20 percent of the electors within the district and voted upon by the electors.	a	58,292 (67%)	28,979 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	Public employee retirement funds	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that legislature would establish a pension fund for the public officers of Mobile County and the municipalities in Mobile County. The act must be voted on by the electors and pass with a majority.	a	57,152 (65%)	30,502 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed the following: "Mobile County is hereby authorized to issue its bonds not exceeding $3,000,000 in principal amount for the purpose of acquiring, providing, and constructing capital improvements in the county of which not exceeding $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount shall be issued to pay the costs of acquiring, providing, and constructing public school houses in the county and of which not exceeding $2,000,000 aggregate principal amount shall be issued to pay the costs of acquiring, providing, and constructing public hospital buildings in the county; provided, that the aggregate principal amount of any series of bonds at any time issued, hereunder, when added to the aggregate principal amount of all bonds then outstanding that are payable from or secured by the special annual ad valorem tax authorized in Amendment XVIII of the Constitution of Alabama, shall not exceed six and one-half percentum (6 1/2%) of the assessed valuation of the taxable property situated in said county, as assessed for state taxation for the state tax year next preceding the issuance of such bonds hereunder; provided, further, that any bonds may be issued hereunder only after the question of the issuance of such bonds shall have been submitted to the qualified electors of Mobile County at an election called for that purpose by the governing body of said county, at which a majority of said qualified electors voting at said election shall have voted in favor of the issuance of such bonds, any such election to be called, held, conducted, and canvassed, and notice thereof to be given, in the manner provided by the then existing general laws of Alabama with respect to elections on the issuance of bonds by counties; provided, however, that if a majority of the qualified electors of Mobile County participating in the election on the adoption of this constitutional amendment shall vote for adoption of this amendment, then the approval of this constitutional amendment expressed by the said vote in favor of its adoption shall of itself authorize the issuance of the bonds provided for herein and in that event no additional election by the voters of Mobile County shall be required to authorize the issuance of said bonds. In the event that the majority vote at any election held hereunder is not in favor of the issuance of the bonds proposed at such election, the governing body of Mobile County may from time to time call other elections hereunder on the issuance of such bonds but not more than one such election shall be held during any period of twelve months. The bonds issued hereunder shall be general obligations of Mobile County secured by a pledge of its full faith and credit and in addition thereto, the governing body of said county shall in the proceedings providing for the issuance of such bonds specially pledge for payment of the principal thereof and the interest thereon, at the respective maturities of such principal and interest, so much as may be necessary for said purpose of the said special tax, each such pledge to be on a parity with all valid pledges of said special tax at any time made, to;such extent as shall not impair the obligation of then existing valid pledges. The principal of each series of said bonds shall mature in annual installments, the first of which installments shall mature not later than three (3) years after the date of the bonds of said series and the last of which shall mature not later than thirty (30) years after the date of the bonds of said series; provided, that the maturities of each series of bonds issued hereunder shall be so arranged at the time of the issuance of such series of bonds that (a) no annual installment of principal of the bonds of such series maturing during any fiscal year of said county shall be more than four times as great as the smallest installment of principal of any series of bonds maturing during any prior fiscal year, and (b) the aggregate amount of principal and interest that will mature in any one fiscal year with respect to that series of bonds, and all other bonds then outstanding that are payable out of or secured by a pledge of the aforesaid special tax, shall not exceed the amount of the proceeds collected from the said tax during the then next preceding tax year. Except as herein otherwise provided, all bonds issued hereunder shall be issued in accordance with, and shall be subject to, the provisions of the general laws of Alabama existing at the time of the issuance of such bonds respecting the sale execution, issuance, and redemption of bonds by counties. For payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds that may be issued hereunder, and so long as any of said principal and interest remains unpaid, the governing body of Mobile County is hereby authorized to continue the levy of the said special annual ad valorem tax provided for in said Amendment XVIII at such rate as may be sufficient to pay such principal and interest at their respective maturities; provided, that the total rate of said special tax that may be levied and collected for payment of said bonds and all other bonds payable out of or secured by a pledge of said tax, shall not exceed one-half of one per centum (1/2 % of 1%) of the assessed valuation of taxable property in the county. The provisions of this amendment shall be self-executing, and authorization from or other action by the legislature shall not be a prerequisite to the issuance of bonds hereunder or the levy of said special tax for payment thereof."	a	61,654 (70%)	26,018 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed the following: "Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of Alabama is hereby proposed: Amendment XVIII to the Constitution of Alabama shall be and hereby is amended so that the said Amendment XVIII shall read as follows: Amendment XVIII. Mobile County may at any time and from time to time issue its bonds for construction and improvement, or either, of hard surfaced roads, hard surfaced bridges, and surface water drainage facilities, or any thereof, in said county and, to provide for payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds, may levy and collect a special annual ad valorem tax on the taxable property in said county at a rate not exceeding one-half of one per centum (1/2 of 1%) of the assessed valuation of the taxable property in said county; provided, that the total principal amount of each series of bonds at any time issued hereunder, when added to the principal amount of all then outstanding bonds theretofore issued hereunder and of all then outstanding bonds theretofore issued under any other constitutional amendment that are payable from or secured by the said special tax, shall not exceed six and one-half per centum (6 1/2%) of the assessed valuation of the taxable property situated in said county, as assessed for state taxation for the then preceding state tax year; provided, further, that the rate of the said special tax levied for payment of the bonds at any time issued hereunder and all other bonds at any time issued pursuant to any other constitutional amendment and payable out of or secured by said special tax shall not exceed said rate of one-half of one per centum (1/2 of 1%) hereinabove specified; and provided, further, that any bonds may be issued hereunder and said special tax for payment thereof may be levied and collected only after a majority of the qualified electors of said county voting at an election called for that purpose by the governing body of said county shall have voted in favor of the issuance of such bonds and the levy of such tax therefor. Each such election shall be called, held, conducted, and canvassed, and notice thereof shall be given, in the manner provided by the general laws of Alabama respecting elections on the issuance of bonds by counties, as such laws may exist at the time such election is called; provided, that prior to the holding of any election hereunder, the governing body of Mobile County shall cause to be prepared engineering maps and reports respecting the proposed work on roads, bridges and drainage facilities, or any thereof, shall adopt a resolution containing a brief description, including the name if any, of each proposed item of construction or improvement, a statement of the length or location of each such item and of the estimated cost thereof, and a statement of the total amount of the bonds proposed to be issued for all work of construction or improvement described in said resolution, and shall cause said resolution to be published in a newspaper published in the county one time not less than thirty days before such election. Any number of items of construction or improvement may be described in one resolution; and the question of the issuance of bonds and the levy and collection of said tax with respect to all of the work described in each resolution shall be submitted to the voters in one single proposition at any election held hereunder. Any number of such resolutions may be adopted on the same day, and any number of propositions may be submitted to the voters on the same day. Each engineering report prepared in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be accompanied by a certificate of the engineer preparing such report that the material proposed to be used for any road or bridge work described in such report meets the then existing specifications of the Alabama Highway Department applicable to the same type of construction or improvement. The limitation of six and one-half per centum (6 1/2%) of the assessed value of taxable property in the county, hereinabove provided for, is applicable only to the amount of bonds that may be outstanding immediately following the delivery of each series of bonds issued hereunder and shall not restrict the total amount of bonds that may be from time to time issued hereunder. The bonds issued hereunder shall be general obligations of Mobile County secured by a pledge of its full faith and credit, and in addition thereto, the governing body of said county shall in the proceedings providing for the issuance of such bonds specially pledge for payment of the principal thereof and the interest thereon, so much of the said special tax as may be necessary to pay said principal and interest at their respective maturities. Each such pledge of the special tax made for the benefit of the bonds issued hereunder shall be on a parity with all valid pledges of said special tax theretofore or thereafter made for the benefit of bonds issued hereunder or under any other constitutional amendment, to such extent as shall not impair the obligations of any then existing valid pledges. The principal of each series of said bonds shall mature in annual installments, the first of which installments shall mature not later than three (3) years after the date of the bonds of said series and the last of which shall mature not later than thirty (30) years after the date of the bonds of said series; provided, that the maturities of each series of bonds issued hereunder shall be so arranged at the time of the issuance of such series of bonds that (a) no annual installment of principal of the bonds of such series maturing during any fiscal year of said county shall be more than four times as great as the smallest installment of principal of any series of bonds maturing during any prior fiscal year, and (b) the aggregate amount of principal and interest that will mature in any one fiscal year with respect to that series of bonds, and all other bonds then outstanding that are payable out of or secured by a pledge of the aforesaid special tax, shall not exceed the amount of the proceeds collected from the said tax during the then next preceding tax year. Except as herein otherwise provided, all bonds issued hereunder shall be issued in accordance with, and shall be subject to, the provisions of the general laws of Alabama respecting the sale, execution, issuance, and redemption of bonds by counties, as such laws may exist at the time of the delivery of such bonds. The provisions of this amendment shall be self-executing, and the enactment of local legislation shall not be a prerequisite to the taking of any action hereunder by the said county and its governing body; and no local legislation at any time adopted with respect to this amendment shall be effective, and all such local legislation is hereby repealed."	a	51,893 (61%)	33,283 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature fix, regulate and alter fees, commissions, allowances, and salaries with regard to Russell County officers.	d	36,637 (44%)	46,785 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 17	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Coosa County would be authorized to levy and collect a special district school tax to net exceed 50 cents on each $100 of taxable property. The tax must be voted on by the electors and pass with a majority.	d	36,125 (43%)	48,665 (57%)
LRCA	Amendment 18	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature fix, regulate and alter fees, commissions, allowances, and salaries with regard to Shelby County's judge of probate, sheriff, tax assessor and tax collector. Furthermore, the county governing body would appropriate money from the general fund to pay said salaries and legal expenses associated with each of the above county offices, including the acquisition and maintenance of vehicles belonging to the sheriffs department.	d	35,068 (42%)	47,946 (58%)
LRCA	Amendment 19	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the governing body of Winston County would have the power to levy and collect a special county tax not to exceed 50 cents on each $100 of taxable property for public school purposes. The tax must be voted on by the electors and pass with a majority.	a	55,639 (66%)	28,875 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Highways and bridges	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature is prohibited from appointing the state highway department to maintain county roads, unless such proposal has been approved by a majority of electors. Furthermore, the state highway department must obtain the written permission of the director or the majority of the county governing board.	a	90,914 (73%)	34,111 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Barbour County be authorized to levy and collect a special county tax at a rate not to exceed 25 cents on each $100 of taxable property. The revenue from the said tax would fund a new county courthouse, the maintenance of public buildings, and for general county purposes. The said tax must be voted on by the electors and passed by a majority vote.	a	60,632 (66%)	31,400 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	County and municipal governance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be prohibited from passing any act that would alter the form of government in Colbert County or any city therein, nor would the legislature be permitted to shorten the office of an elected official, unless such an act be voted upon by the electors and passed by a majority.	a	59,778 (66%)	30,585 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Coosa County would be authorized to levy and collect a special county school tax not to exceed 50 cents on each $100 of taxable property. The tax must be voted on by the electors and pass with a majority.	a	62,088 (68%)	29,239 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that DeKalb County would be authorized to levy and collect a property tax of 7.5 mills on each dollar's worth of taxable property. The proceeds from the tax would be for educational purposes. The tax must be voted on by the electors and pass with a majority.	a	59,875 (65%)	31,985 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature fix, regulate and alter fees, commissions, allowances, and salaries with regard to Elmore County's judge of probate, sheriff, tax assessor and tax collector.	d	39,276 (46%)	46,598 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed the follow: "Any provision of the Constitution or laws of the State of Alabama to the contrary notwithstanding, Franklin County, or any, municipality in Franklin County, shall have full and continuing power and authority, after an election held in accordance herewith, to do any one or more of the following: 1. To purchase, construct, lease, or otherwise acquire real property, plants, buildings, factories, works, facilities, machinery and equipment of any kind. 2. To lease, sell for cash or on credit, exchange, give and convey any such property described in subdivision 1 above, to any person, firm, association or corporation. 3. To promote local industrial, commercial or agricultural development and the location of new industries or businesses therein. 4. To become a stockholder in any corporation, association or company. 5. To lend this credit or to grant public moneys and things of value in aid of, or to, any individual, firm, association, or corporation whatsoever. 6. To become indebted and to issue and sell interest bearing bonds, warrants (which may be payable from funds to be realized in future years), notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness, to a principal amount not exceeding fifty percent of the assessed value of taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in order to secure funds for the purchase, construction, lease or acquisition of any of the property described in subdivision 1 above or to be used in furtherance of any of the other powers or authorities granted in this amendment. Such obligations or evidences or indebtedness may (in addition to any pledge or pledges authorized by subdivision 8 of this amendment) be issued upon the full faith and credit of Franklin County, or the municipality therein, as the case may be, or may be limited as to the source of their payment. 7. To levy and collect annually, in addition to all other taxes now authorized or permitted, a special tax or taxes of not exceeding two percent on the value of all taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in the same manner as other county or municipal taxes are levied and collected. Such tax may be upon all property in Franklin County, or upon all property in the municipality, as the case may be, or upon all property in any district the boundaries of which the governing body of the county or the municipality, as the case may be, shall describe and which it shall determine to be specifically improved and benefited by any proposed use or expenditure of the proceeds of such tax. 8. To pledge to the payment of any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness the annual proceeds from any such special tax or taxes and to obligate itself irrevocably to continue to levy and collect such taxes annually until such obligations or evidences of indebtedness are paid in full and to pledge thereto any rental or sales proceeds of property leased or sold by it. 9. To create a public authority or corporation haying such powers, managed and governed by such board or governing body, and subject to such limitations as the governing body of the county or the governing body of the municipality, as the case may be, may impose, by approving and filing a certificate to that effect in the office of the judge of probate or the Secretary of State, or their respective successors in function, and to delegate to such public authority or corporation and its board or governing body all powers and authority conferred in this amendment upn [sic] Franklin County or any municipality therein. The recital in any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness that they were issued pursuant to this amendment or that they were issued to provide funds to be used in furtherance of any power or authority herein authorized or that any special tax herein authorized has been pledged to the payment thereof shall be conclusive; no purchaser or holder thereof need inquire further; and the levy and collection of such tax shall continue until the principal of and interest on such obligations or evidences of indebtedness shall have been paid in full. The bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued hereunder shall not be considered an indebtedness of Franklin County or any municipality therein for the purpose of determining the borrowing capacity of the county or any such municipality, as the case may be, under Sections 224 and 225 of the Constitution; and the taxes herein authorized shall be in addition to those provided for or permitted in Sections 215 and 216 of the Constitution and all amendments thereto. This amendment shall be self-executing; but the Legislature shall have the right and power by general, special or local act. to adopt laws supplemental to this amendment or in furtherance of the purposes and objectives hereinabove set forth. 10. Neither Franklin County, nor any municipality in Franklin County, shall make any engagement or commitment or undertake any project under the provisions hereof unless and until the proposition has been approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the county or of the municipality therein, as the case may be. The governing body of the county, or of the municipality, as the case may be, may provide for holding such election, but in no case shall an election be held until notice of the election and of the proposition to be voted on has been published for at least three successive weeks."	d	40,181 (45%)	49,140 (55%)

1958

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	County and municipal governance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be prohibited from passing any act that would alter the form of government in Lauderdale County or any city therein, nor would the legislature be permitted to shorten the office of an elected official, unless such an act be voted upon by the electors and passed by a majority.	a	50,732 (51%)	48,223 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Public education governance; Public education funding	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed the following: "The provisions of an act of the Legislature approved on the seventeenth day of June 1957 relative to the powers of Marion County to provide for schools and other improvements, being Act No. 29, H. B. 107, 1957 Regular Session, are hereby ratified, validated, and confirmed, and provisions of the Constitution of Alabama as amended to the contrary notwithstanding."	d	21,211 (22%)	76,582 (78%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes	The amendment proposed that, provided that the electors authorize the following by a majority vote, Montgomery County would be permitted to levy and collect an additional tax at the rate of fifty-five one-hundredths of one percent for the purpose of funding education.	d	46,232 (49%)	48,865 (51%)

May 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State judiciary	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to re-appropriate the Court of Appeals as the Court of Criminal Appeals, whose jurisdiction will apply to criminal and quasi-criminal cases of any degree.	d	58,766 (27%)	157,630 (73%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Higher education funding; Public education funding	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed the following: "The provisions of an act of the Legislature approved on the seventeenth day of June 1957 relative to the powers of Marion County to provide for schools and other improvements, being Act No. 29, H. B. 107, 1957 Regular Session, are hereby ratified, validated, and confirmed, and provisions of the Constitution of Alabama as amended to the contrary notwithstanding."	d	61,692 (31%)	139,879 (69%)

1957

December 17

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Ports and harbors	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that, in addition to the authority granted it by Section 93 of this constitution as amended, and notwithstanding the provisions of Section 213 of this Constitution as amended, and when authorized by appropriate laws passed by the legislature, the state may at a cost of not exceeding an additional $10 million to engage in works of internal improvement by promoting, developing, constructing, maintaining and operating along navigable streams or waterways now or all manner of docks, facilities, elevators, warehouses, water and rail terminals and other structures and facilities and improvements needful for the convenient use of the same, in aid of commerce and use of the waterways of the state; provided that any such work or improvements shall always be and remain under the management and control of the state through the Alabama State Docks Department.	a	101,902 (71%)	41,123 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature may authorize the use of any portion of the proceeds of any special county tax levied for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, equipping, operating, and maintaining public hospitals, public clinics, public health centers, and related public health facilities of any kind, or for any other purpose of providing hospital care and treatment for indigent residents of the county, or for the purpose of matching any state or federal funds made available for use in providing hospital care and treatment. Provided, however, that if any portion of the proceeds of such tax shall have been pledged to the payment of any bonds, warrants, notes, or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness, such portion of the proceeds of the tax as shall have been so pledged shall not be used for any purpose except in payment of such bonds, warrants, notes, or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness.	a	74,990 (69%)	33,971 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that obligations incurred and securities issued for any of the following purposes and under the following circumstances by a municipality having a population of less than 6,000 inhabitants would not be deemed to constitute indebtedness of such municipality within the meaning of Section 225 of this constitution; for the purpose of acquiring, providing or constructing sanitary or storm water sewers, or street or sidewalk improvements, the cost of which, in whole or in part, is to be assessed against the property drained, served or benefited by such sewers or abutting such improvements; or for the purpose of acquiring, providing or constructing school houses, provided that there would be pledged for payment of the principal of and interest on such obligations or securities a tax which the governing body of such municipality would have determined, upon the basis of its estimate of the revenues from said tax, will be sufficient to pay said principal and interest at their respective maturities.	a	60,484 (57%)	45,471 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature may fix, alter, and regulate the costs and charges of courts in Walker County, and the method of disbursement. Also, the legislature may, by general or local laws, fix, alter, and regulate the costs, charges, fees, commissions, percentages, allowances, and compensation to be charged or received by the judge of probate, sheriff, circuit clerk, register of the circuit court, tax assessor, and tax collector of Walker County, or any other County officer on a fee basis, and may place place any of such officers on a salary, and provide that the costs, charges, fees, commissions, percentages, and allowances collected by such officers would be paid into the County treasury from which their salaries and office expenses would be paid.	a	65,372 (65%)	35,443 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	State legislatures measures	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the "provisions of an act of the legislature approved on the seventeenth day of June 1957 relative to the powers of Marion County to provide for schools and other improvements, being Act No. 29, H. B. 107, 1957 Regular Session, are hereby ratified, validated, and confirmed, any provisions of the Constitution of Alabama as amended to the contrary notwithstanding."	d	35,992 (35%)	67,591 (65%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that any municipality in Bullock County, or any one or more of them, would have full and continuing power and authority, without any election or approval other than the approval of its governing body to do any one or more of the following: 1. To purchase, construct, lease, or otherwise acquire real property, plants, buildings, factories, works, facilities, machinery and equipment of any kind. 2. To lease, sell for cash or on credit, exchange, or give and convey any such property described in subdivision 1 above, to any person, firm, association or corporation. 3. To promote local industrial, commercial or agricultural development and the location of new industries or businesses therein. 4. To become a stockholder in any corporation, association or company. 5. To lend its credit or to grant public moneys and things of value in aid of, or to, any individual, firm, association, or corporation whatsoever. 6. To become indebted and to issue and sell interest bearing bonds, warrants, noted or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness, to a principal amount not exceeding fifty percent of the assessed value of taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in order to secure funds for the purchase, construction, lease or acquisition of any of the property described in subdivision 1 above or to be used in furtherance of any of the other powers or authorities granted in this amendment. Such obligations or evidences of indebtedness may (in addition to any pledge or pledges authorized by subdivision 9 of this amendment) be issued upon the full faith and credit of the municipality or may be limited as to the source of their payment. 7. To levy and collect, in addition to all other taxes now authorized or permitted, a special County privilege license tax or taxes of not exceeding one percent paralleling the state sales and use taxes imposed by Chapter 20 of Title 51, Code of Alabama (1940) as amended. 8. To construct a dam or system of dams, and to acquire a site or sites therefor, on any public stream flowing within the County for the purpose of impounding waters to be used in irrigation projects, or in generating hydroelectric power, or in providing recreational facilities, or for other purposes, and to accept any funds by way of gift, grant, or loan from the federal government, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, for the purpose of constructing such dam or system of dams. 9. To pledge to the payment of any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness the annual proceeds from any such special tax or taxes and to obligate itself irrevocably to continue to levy and collect such taxes annually until such obligations or evidences of indebtedness are paid in full and to pledge thereto any rental or sales proceeds of property leased or sold by it. 10. To create a public authority or corporation having such powers, managed and governed by such board or governing body and subject to such limitations as the governing body of any municipality in Bullock County may impose, by approving and filing a certificate to that effect in the office of the judge of probate or the secretary of state, or then respective successors in function, and to delegate to such public authority or corporation and its board or governing body all powers and authority conferred in this amendment upon any such municipality. The recital in any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness that they were issued pursuant to this amendment or that they were issued to provide funds to be used in furtherance of any power or authority herein authorized or that any special tax herein authorized has been pledged to the payment thereof would be conclusive; no purchaser or holder thereof need inquire further; and the levy and collection of such tax would continue until the principal of and interest on such obligations or evidences of indebtedness would have been paid in full. The bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued hereunder would not be considered an indebtedness of any municipality in Bullock County for the purpose of determining the borrowing capacity of such municipality under section 224 of the constitution.	a	54,624 (57%)	41,825 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that, in addition to any taxes now authorized by the constitution and laws of Alabama, the governing body of Tallapoosa County, would have the power to levy and collect in any school district in the county a special district tax not to exceed three-fourths of one percent on the value of the taxable property within such district for school purposes; provided that the levying of and the purpose of the tax would have been first submitted to a vote and approved by a majority. The election would be called, held, conducted and canvassed and may be contested as in the case of three-mill school tax elections held pursuant to Chapter 10, Article 7, Title 52, Code of Alabama of 1940. All funds arising from the special school tax levied in any district of the county would be expended for the exclusive benefit of that district as the law may direct. Provided, however, that the tax would not apply to any property which is subject to an additional municipal tax for school purposes, in the same or a greater amount, levied pursuant to the authority of Amendment LVI to the constitution of Alabama, so long as such municipal tax is levied and collected.	a	65,226 (68%)	30,729 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that, in addition to all other taxes authorized, the several school districts of Colbert County would have the power to levy and collect a special district tax of 50 cents on each $100 worth of taxable property for school purposes; provided, that the tax would have been first submitted to a vote of the and voted for by a majority; and further provided that such election would be held in the same manner as now provided for an election on the school district tax authorized in Article XIX of the constitution of Alabama; and be it further provided that the funds arising from the special school 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.	a	66,369 (69%)	30,068 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 17	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the court of County Commissioners, Board of Revenue, or like governing body of Butler County would levy and collect a special property tax, in addition to all taxes authorized by the constitution and laws of Alabama. The tax would exceed one percent on the value of the property in the county as assessed for state taxation during the preceding year, the proceeds of the tax would be used exclusively for educational purposes, provided that such tax and the purpose or purposes thereof, and the time such tax is proposed to be continued, would have been first submitted to a vote and voted for by a majority. The tax would be collected in the same manner and under the same requirements and laws as the taxes of the State are collected.	a	64,295 (67%)	31,102 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 18	Redistricting policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed the following: "The Legislature may, with or without the notice prescribed by Section 106 of this Constitution, by a majority vote of each house, enact general or local laws altering or re-arranging the existing boundaries, or reducing the area of, or abolishing, Macon County, and transferring its territory, or any part thereof, and its jurisdiction and functions, to contiguous counties. Toward this end, there shall be a committee composed of the senators and representatives who now represent the counties of Bullock, Elmore, Lee, Macon, Montgomery, and Tallapoosa in the Legislature, to study and determine the feasibility of abolishing Macon County or reducing its area, and to formulate the legislation deemed necessary for such purpose. The committee shall select a chairman and a vice chairman from among their number, shall meet on the call of the chairman, and shall report its findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the Legislative Council on or before the first Friday in October, 1958; and the Legislative Council shall submit such report and any legislation proposed by the committee shall be discharged upon the filing of its report with the Legislative Council. Committee members shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to their regular legislative per diem and allowances for each day they serve, not to exceed fifty days altogether. The committee may employ such engineering, technical, clerical, and stenographic personnel as may be necessary for the conduct of its work, and may fix their compensation. The compensation and expenses of the committee and its employees, and the other necessary expenses incurred by the committee, shall be paid from any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, on requisitions certified by the committee chairman; provided, that the aggregate amount to be expended by the committee shall not exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars."	a	75,019 (61%)	48,568 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 19	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that no municipal corporation in Walker County would have power or be authorized to levy, impose, assess, or collect any license, excise, tax or fee on the right to work for wages or on salary in the service of an employer.	a	52,116 (56%)	41,044 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the state would be authorized to become indebted and to issue interest-bearing bonds, in addition to those heretofore authorized and sold, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $3 million. The proceeds derived from the sale of said bonds would be used for paying the expenses incurred in the sale and issuance thereof and for the acquisition of sites for and the construction, reconstruction, alteration improvement and equipment of building faculties, including the renewal or replacement of structural parts, at the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. Said bonds would be sold only at a duly advertised public sale or sales, upon sealed bids or at auction, to the bidder whose bid reflects the lowest net interest cost to the state for the bonds offered for sale, and would be sold at not less than their face value plus accrued interest.	a	128,386 (86%)	20,238 (14%)
LRCA	Amendment 20	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature may, by general or local laws, fix, alter and regulate the costs and charges of courts in DeKalb County and the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances and salary, including the basis of their compensation, to be charged or received by the judge of probate, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, register and circuit clerk of DeKalb County, including the right to place any of such officers on a salary and provide for the fees charged or collected by them to be paid into the treasury from which their salaries are paid.	a	60,485 (66%)	30,972 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 21	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature may, by general or local laws, fix, alter and regulate the costs and charges of courts in Madison County and the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances and salary, including the basis of their compensation, to be charged or received by the judge of probate, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, register and circuit clerk of Madison County, including the right to place any of such officers on a salary and provide for the fees charged or collected by them to be paid into the treasury from which their salaries are paid.	a	62,118 (67%)	30,861 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 22	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature may, by general or local laws, fix, alter and regulate the costs and charges of courts in Colbert County and the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances and salary, including the basis of their compensation, to be charged or received by the judge of probate, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, register and circuit clerk of Colbert County, including the right to place any of such officers on a salary and provide for the fees charged or collected by them to be paid into the treasury from which their salaries are paid.	a	62,035 (67%)	30,274 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 23	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature may, by general or local laws, fix, alter and regulate the costs and charges of courts in Cullman County and the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances and salary, including the basis of their compensation, to be charged or received by the judge of probate, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, register and circuit clerk of Cullman County, including the right to place any of such officers on a salary and provide for the fees charged or collected by them to be paid into the treasury from which their salaries are paid.	a	62,467 (67%)	30,471 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 24	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature may, by general or local laws, fix, alter and regulate the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances and compensation to be charged or received by the judge of probate, tax assessor, tax collector, sheriff, coroner, register in chancery, circuit clerk, clerk-register and members of the court of county commissioners, board of revenue, or like governing body of Dallas County. The legislature shall also have the power and authority to place any of such officers on a salary and to provide that the fees, commissions, percentages and allowances collected by such officers shall be paid into the county treasury from which their salaries shall be paid. The compensation of any officer may be increased but not decreased.	a	59,390 (64%)	33,914 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 25	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature may, by general or local laws, fix, alter and regulate the costs and charges of courts in Montgomery County, and the method of disbursement thereof.	a	53,548 (58%)	38,195 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that bonds which may be issued for building construction and improvement purposes at Alabama State Hospitals and at Partlow State School for Mental Deficients, under the provisions of the amendment to the constitution which was proposed by Act No. 37 adopted at the First Special Session of the Legislature of 1956 and which was ratified by the electors at the general election held on November 6, 1956, may be sold, executed and delivered from time to time in series, may bear such date or dates, and may bear interest at such rate or rates not exceeding 4.5 percent per annum payable semiannually and evidenced in such manner.	a	126,523 (86%)	21,218 (14%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the State of Alabama is authorized to become indebted for building, construction and improvement purposes at the University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham. The said bonds would not exceed $4.5 million; the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama may provide the terms for the said bonds.	a	119,114 (82%)	26,366 (18%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the state of Alabama is authorized to become indebted for building, construction and improvement purposes at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn; interest bearing general obligation bonds of the state not exceeding $4.5 million in principal amount may be issued. The proceeds from the sale of any such bonds would, after payment of the expenses of their issuance, be set apart in a special fund in the state treasury to be designated the Alabama Polytechnic Institute Building Bond Fund; and such proceeds would be used exclusively for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, and improvement of college building facilities, including the acquisition of sites and equipment for such facilities, for use by the School of Agriculture, the Agricultural Experiment Station, and the School of Veterinary Medicine of The Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn; provided, that the plans and specifications for any building constructed with money from said special fund would be approved by the Alabama Building Commission or any agency designated by the legislature.	a	116,939 (81%)	27,992 (19%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that bonds which may be issued under the provisions of the amendment to the constitution which was proposed by Act No. 125 adopted at the First Special Session of the Legislature of 1956 and which was ratified on November 6, 1956, and ratified on November 15, 1956, may be executed and delivered in such forms, denominations, series and numbers, may be of such tenor and maturities, may bear such date or dates, may be in registered or bearer form either as to principal and interest or both with rights of conversion into another form, may bear interest at such rate or rates not exceeding four percent per annum payable semiannually, may contain provisions for redemption at the option of the state at such date or dates prior to their maturity and upon payment of such redemption prices. The principal of each series of said bonds would mature in annual installments in such amounts as would be specified in the order under which they are issued, the first of which installments would mature not later than one year after the date of the bonds of such series and the last of which installments would mature not later than ten years after the date of the bonds of the same series. None of the said bonds would be sold for less than face value plus accrued interest to the date of delivery, and all of the said bonds would be sold only at public sale or sales, either on sealed bids or at public auction, after advertisement in a financial journal published in New York City at least one time not less than ten days prior to the date fixed for the sale, to the bidder whose bid reflects the lowest net interest cost to the state computed to the respective maturities of the bonds sold; provided, that if no bid deemed acceptable by the governor is received all bids may be rejected.	a	109,103 (78%)	30,124 (22%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Mobile County is hereby authorized to become indebted for school building purposes and authorized to sell and issue, in addition to all other bonds of the County, interest bearing bonds not exceeding $3,000,000 in principal amount. The proceeds from each sale of any of the bonds would, after payment of the expenses of issuing the same, be covered into the County treasury and placed in a special trust fund to be designated the Public School Bond Fund. The money paid into such fund would be disbursed to the custodian of County school funds, and would be used solely for the acquisition of public school sites, for the construction, reconstruction, alteration and improvement of public school building facilities, for the procurement of equipment therefor, and for payment of obligations incurred for any of such purposes in Mobile County.	a	80,253 (71%)	32,286 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Taxes	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.	a	72,882 (68%)	33,586 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that, in addition to all taxes authorized, Russell County shall have the power to levy and collect a special County-wide school tax of eight mills on each dollar's worth of taxable property in Russell County, the proceeds of which shall be used exclusively for public school purposes; provided that such tax is proposed to be continued, shall have been first submitted to the vote and voted for by a majority. The special tax provided for herein may be renewed, in the manner provided herein, for such periods of time as are necessary. The tax collector shall distribute the proceeds of this special tax in such a manner as to turn over to the custodian of the County school funds of Russell County the revenue derived from the tax levied on all taxable property situated outside the corporate limits of Phenix city, such revenue is to be used by the County board of education for educational purposes in connection with schools located or to be located outside the corporate limits of Phenix city, and to turn over to the custodian of school funds of the city school system of Phenix city the revenue derived from the tax levied on all taxable property.	a	72,450 (69%)	32,771 (31%)

1956

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State legislatures measures	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that a senator would be elected by the qualified electors of every county in this state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1958, and in every fourth year thereafter. The terms of office of such senators would commence on the day after the general election at which they are elected, and expire on the day after the general election held in the fourth year after their election, except as otherwise provided in this constitution. The provisions of Section 50, Section 197, Section 198, Section 199, Section 200, Section 202, Section 203 and Section 284 of this constitution in conflict herewith are hereby superseded and repealed. It would be the duty of the legislature at its first session after the taking of the decennial census of the United States in the year 1960 and after each subsequent decennial census, to fix by law the number of representatives and apportion them among the several counties of the state according to the number of inhabitants in them respectively; provided that each county would be entitled to have at least one representative. Until such a re-classification of the House of Representatives is made as provided above the counties of Autauga, Bibb, Cherokee, Choctaw, Clay, Cleburne, Conecuh, Coosa, Crenshaw, Dale, Fayette, Greene, Lamar, Pickens, Randolph, Washington and Winston would each have one representative; the counties of Baldwin, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Chilton, Clarke, Coffee, Colbert, Covington, Cullman, DeKalb, Elmore, Escambia, Franklin, Geneva, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Marion, Marwould, Monroe, Perry, Pike, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Tallapoosa and Wilcox would each have two representatives; the counties of Dallas, Lauderdale, Madison, Morgan, Talladega and Walker would each have three representatives; the counties of Calhoun, Etowah and Tuscaloosa would each have four representatives; the county of Montgomery would have six representatives; the county of Mobile would have nine representatives; and the county of Jefferson would have fourteen representatives."	d	131,797 (37%)	229,188 (63%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the state wold be authorized to become indebted for building construction and improvement purposes at the Alabama state hospitals and at the Partlow State School for Mental Deficients, and to sell and issue, in addition to all other bonds of the state, interest-bearing general obligation bonds of the state not exceeding $4 million in principal amount. The bonds shall be general obligations of the state of Alabama and taxing power of the state are hereby pledged to the expedient payment of the principal of the bonds and the interest. The proceeds from the sale of such bonds are dedicated and shall be used exclusively for the acquisition of building sites; for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, and improvement of building facilities, including renewal and replacement of structural parts; and for the procurement of equipment for such buildings at the Alabama state hospitals and at the Partlow State School for Mental Deficients; provided that the expenses incurred in connection with the sale and issuance of the bonds may also be paid from such proceeds.	a	313,013 (83%)	62,119 (17%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the governor be authorized to issue interest-bearing bonds, not exceeding $2 million with an interest of not more than 2.5 percent, the proceeds of which would be used for the construction and equipping of hospitals, health centers, tuberculosis hospitals or sanatoria, and related medical facilities. Furthermore, local governments in the area where each hospital, health center, tuberculosis hospitals or sanatoria, or related medical facility is to be constructed or equipped would contribute at least as much money for the construction and equipping as does the state; and provided further that the state would not contribute more than $250,000 to the construction and equipping of any tuberculosis hospital or sanatoria and $100,000 for any other facility included within the scope of this amendment. In determining where a hospital, health center, tuberculosis hospitals or sanatoria, or related medical facility to be constructed with funds appropriated herein shall be located, consideration would be given to the communities on the basis of relative need. Each county having no hospital, health center, tuberculosis hospitals or sanatoria, or related medical facility shall have first priority. Counties receiving prior allotments hereunder would not be precluded from receiving an additional allotment for other facilities at the discretion of the State Board of Health. A sum not to exceed $40,000 may be used by the State Board of Health from the proceeds of the sale of sale bonds for administering the provision of this amendment.	a	253,208 (74%)	90,899 (26%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State judiciary	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature may fix, alter, and regulate the costs and charges of courts in Walker County, and the method of disbursement.	d	93,022 (36%)	166,582 (64%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	State judiciary	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature may fix, alter, and regulate the costs and charges of courts in Pike County, and the method of disbursement.	d	87,331 (43%)	116,166 (57%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature may fix, alter, and regulate the costs and charges of court and the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances and compensation to be charged or received by the judge of probate, sheriff, clerk and register of the Circuit Court, tax assessor, and tax collector of Colbert County, or any other County officer on a fee basis, and may place any of such officers, on a salary, and provide that the fees, commissions, percentages, and allowances collected by such officers would be paid into the County treasury from which their salaries shall be paid.	d	94,983 (45%)	115,952 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Tuscaloosa County may sell and issue its interest bearing bonds, to the extent of not exceeding $2.5 million in principal amount, for the purpose of constructing and equipping a County courthouse and jail in said County and acquiring land; provided, that before any such bonds would be issued the question of whether said bonds would be issued have first been submitted to a vote of the electors of said County at an election to be called for that purpose by the governing body of said County and the issuance of said bonds would have been authorized by a majority of said electors voting at said election. In the event the voters of Tuscaloosa County do not authorize the issuance and sale of said bonds at any election then other elections may be called by the governing body of Tuscaloosa County from time to time until the voters of Tuscaloosa County participating in the election as to the adoption of this constitutional amendment vote for such adoption of this amendment then this expression of the voters of Tuscaloosa County for this amendment would of itself authorize the issue and sale of said bonds and then no additional election by the voters of Tuscaloosa County would be required to authorize the issue and sale of said bonds and such bonds may be issued and sold as the full obligation of Tuscaloosa County without an additional election. In the event the voters of Tuscaloosa County do not authorize the issuance and sale of said bonds at any such elections herein referred to, authorized or called hereunder then other special elections would be called by the governing body of Tuscaloosa County do authorize the issuance and sale of said bonds; provided that no two special elections would be held within one year of each other except the first special election herein provided for; and provided further that such special elections would be held at least once every two years until said bonds are authorized. When authorized said bonds would be promptly sold and such court house and jail would forthwith be built. Tuscaloosa County would and is hereby specifically authorized to acquire adequate lands for said court house and jail and approaches and parking spaces. Such court house and jail may be built as one building or as separate buildings as the governing body of Tuscaloosa County may determine and would be properly and adequately equipped and furnished. The indebtedness herein authorized would be in addition to all other indebtedness authorized prior to the adoption of this amendment.	a	130,791 (60%)	87,014 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that, in addition to all taxes authorized by the constitution and laws of Alabama, the municipality of Gadsden would have the power and right to levy and collect a tax of not to exceed .5 percent in any one year on the taxable property. The proceeds of which would be used for the paying of bonds issued and outstanding at the time of the adoption of this amendment, and the interest thereon.	d	54,381 (26%)	152,605 (74%)

August 28

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would have the power to levy and collect a tax on net income from whatever source derived within this state upon every corporation organized under the laws of Alabama, and upon every foreign corporation doing business in Alabama, and to designate and define the incomes to be taxed and to fix the rates of taxes provided that the rate would not exceed five percent of the amount of the entire net income. Such taxes would be first assessed, collected, and paid upon and with respect to taxable income earned on and after January 1, 1956. The provisions of Amendment XXV, as ratified August 2, 1933, which are inconsistent with this amendment are hereby repealed.	d	66,549 (33%)	132,242 (67%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	School choice policy; Public education governance; Race and ethnicity issues	Repeal the requirement for a public school system, provide that there is no constitutional right to state-funded education, allow public funding and property transfers to schools operated by private or local entities, and permit laws letting parents choose schools for their children based on race	a	128,586 (61%)	80,866 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance		a	112,162 (58%)	82,121 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the cities of Auburn and Opelika, each, would have, in addition to the power to levy and collect an ad valorem tax at the rate of 1.5 percent as provided for in Amendmentt VIII of this Constitution, the further power to levy and collect each year an additional tax or taxes to such extent that the total ad valorem tax rate of either of these cities would not exceed two percent in any one year on the property situated in such city based on the evaluation of such property as assessed for state taxation during the preceding year; provided, however, that all additional ad valorem tax or taxes levied and collected by either the cities of Auburn or Opelika are not in excess of 1.5 percent would be levied and collected solely for public school purposes and may be pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds, warrants, and other evidences of indebtedness issued for public school purposes, which pledge would take priority as provided in such bonds, warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness, and provided, further, that before any such additional tax or taxes may be so levied and collected a majority of the qualified electors of the city voting at an election called for that purpose would vote in favor of the levy thereof, and provided, further, that the total ad valorem tax or taxes to be levied and collected by either of these cities would not exceed two percent in any one year. Each election held under the provisions hereof would be ordered, held, canvassed and may be contested in the same manner as is or may be provided by the law applicable to municipal corporations for elections to authorize the issuance of municipal bonds. The ballots used at such elections would specify that the proposed additional rate of taxation would be authorized for public school purposes only and may be pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds, warrants, and other evidences of indebtedness, issued for public school purposes, which pledge would take priority as provided in such bonds, warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness, and would contain the words "For...% additional rate of taxation"; and "Against...% additional rate of taxation"; the additional rate of taxation proposed to be shown in the blank space provided therefor. The voter would record his choice, whether for or against the additional rate shown, by placing a cross mark before or after the words expressing his choice. The proceeds of any such ad valorem tax or taxes in excess of 1.5 percent so authorized at any such election would be used only for public school purposes and may be pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds, warrants, and other evidences of indebtedness issued for public school purposes, which pledge would take priority as provided in such bonds, warrants, or other evidences of indebtedness, as authorized at such election. Elections to authorize the levy of such additional tax or taxes may be held as often as ordered by the governing body of either the city of Auburn or the city of Opelika, but when a proposition is submitted to the electors of either of these cities to levy such additional tax for public school purposes, and such proposition is defeated, then no second election would be held in such city for one year thereafter.	d	64,625 (46%)	74,573 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that any municipality in Marion County, or any one or more of them, would have full and continuing power and authority, without any election or approval other than the approval of its governing body to do any one or more of the following: 1. To purchase, construct, lease, or otherwise acquire real property, plants, buildings, factories, works, facilities, machinery and equipment of any kind. 2. To lease, sell for cash or on credit, exchange, or give and convey any such property described in subdivision 1 above, to any person, firm, association or corporation. 3. To promote local industrial, commercial or agricultural development and the location of new industries or businesses therein. 4. To become a stockholder in any corporation, association or company. 5. To lend its credit or to grant public moneys and things of value in aid of, or to, any individual, firm, association, or corporation whatsoever. 6. To become indebted and to issue and sell interest bearing bonds, warrants, noted or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness, to a principal amount not exceeding fifty percent of the assessed value of taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in order to secure funds for the purchase, construction, lease or acquisition of any of the property described in subdivision 1 above or to be used in furtherance of any of the other powers or authorities granted in this amendment. Such obligations or evidences of indebtedness may (in addition to any pledge or pledges authorized by subdivision 8 of this amendment) be issued upon the full faith and credit of the municipality or may be limited as to the source of their payment. 7. To levy and collect annually, in addition to all other taxes now authorized or permitted, a special tax or taxes of not exceeding two percent on the value of all taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in the same manner as other municipal taxes are levied and collected, provided the levying of such tax or taxes be first approved by a majority of the qualified electors of such municipality voting at an election held for such purpose. Such tax may be levied upon all property in the municipality or upon all property in any district the boundaries of which the governing body of such municipality would describe and which it would determine to be especially improved and benefited by any proposed use or expenditure of the proceeds of such tax. 8. To construct a dam or system of dams, and to acquire a site or sites therefor, on any public stream flowing within the County for the purpose of impounding waters to be used in irrigation projects, or in generating hydroelectric power, or in providing recreational facilities, or for other purposes, and to accept any funds by way of gift, grant, or loan from the federal government, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, for the purpose of constructing such dam or system of dams. 9. To pledge to the payment of any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness the annual proceeds from any such special tax or taxes and to obligate itself irrevocably to continue to levy and collect such taxes annually until such obligations or evidences of indebtedness are paid in full and to pledge thereto any rental or sales proceeds of property leased or sold by it. 10. To create a public authority or corporation having such powers, managed and governed by such board or governing body and subject to such limitations as the governing body of any municipality in Marion County may impose, by approving and filing a certificate to that effect in the office of the judge of probate or the secretary of state, or then respective successors in function, and to delegate to such public authority or corporation and its board or governing body all powers and authority conferred in this amendment upon any such municipality. The recital in any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness that they were issued pursuant to this amendment or that they were issued to provide funds to be used in furtherance of any power or authority herein authorized or that any special tax herein authorized has been pledged to the payment thereof would be conclusive; no purchaser or holder thereof need inquire further; and the levy and collection of such tax would continue until the principal of and interest on such obligations or evidences of indebtedness would have been paid in full. The bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued hereunder would not be considered an indebtedness of any municipality in Marion County for the purpose of determining the borrowing capacity of such municipality under sections 224 and 225 or the constitution; and the taxes herein authorized would be in addition to those provided for or permitted in sections 215 and 216 of the Constitution and all amendments thereto.	d	40,627 (29%)	97,137 (71%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that any municipality in Franklin County, or any one or more of them, would have full and continuing power and authority, without any election or approval other than the approval of its governing body to do any one or more of the following: 1. To purchase, construct, lease, or otherwise acquire real property, plants, buildings, factories, works, facilities, machinery and equipment of any kind. 2. To lease, sell for cash or on credit, exchange, or give and convey any such property described in subdivision 1 above, to any person, firm, association or corporation. 3. To promote local industrial, commercial or agricultural development and the location of new industries or businesses therein. 4. To become a stockholder in any corporation, association or company. 5. To lend its credit or to grant public moneys and things of value in aid of, or to, any individual, firm, association, or corporation whatsoever. 6. To become indebted and to issue and sell interest bearing bonds, warrants, noted or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness, to a principal amount not exceeding fifty percent of the assessed value of taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in order to secure funds for the purchase, construction, lease or acquisition of any of the property described in subdivision 1 above or to be used in furtherance of any of the other powers or authorities granted in this amendment. Such obligations or evidences of indebtedness may (in addition to any pledge or pledges authorized by subdivision 8 of this amendment) be issued upon the full faith and credit of the municipality or may be limited as to the source of their payment. 7. To levy and collect annually, in addition to all other taxes now authorized or permitted, a special tax or taxes of not exceeding two percent on the value of all taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in the same manner as other municipal taxes are levied and collected, provided the levying of such tax or taxes be first approved by a majority of the qualified electors of such municipality voting at an election held for such purpose. Such tax may be levied upon all property in the municipality or upon all property in any district the boundaries of which the governing body of such municipality would describe and which it would determine to be especially improved and benefited by any proposed use or expenditure of the proceeds of such tax. 8. To pledge to the payment of any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness the annual proceeds from any such special tax or taxes and to obligate itself irrevocably to continue to levy and collect such taxes annually until such obligations or evidences of indebtedness are paid in full and to pledge thereto any rental or sales proceeds of property leased or sold by it. 9. To create a public authority or corporation having such powers, managed and governed by such board or governing body and subject to such limitations as the governing body of any municipality in Franklin County may impose, by approving and filing a certificate to that effect in the office of the judge of probate or the secretary of state, or then respective successors in function, and to delegate to such public authority or corporation and its board or governing body all powers and authority conferred in this amendment upon any such municipality. The recital in any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness that they were issued pursuant to this amendment or that they were issued to provide funds to be used in furtherance of any power or authority herein authorized or that any special tax herein authorized has been pledged to the payment thereof would be conclusive; no purchaser or holder thereof need inquire further; and the levy and collection of such tax would continue until the principal of and interest on such obligations or evidences of indebtedness would have been paid in full. The bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued hereunder would not be considered an indebtedness of any municipality in Franklin County for the purpose of determining the borrowing capacity of such municipality under sections 224 and 225 or the constitution; and the taxes herein authorized would be in addition to those provided for or permitted in sections 215 and 216 of the Constitution and all amendments thereto.	d	53,370 (39%)	82,061 (61%)

1955

December 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that a statewide income tax be levied and collected according to the table below: If the adjusted income is:The tax would be: Not over $2,000 but more than $1,000 .0050 of the taxable income. Over $2,000 but not over $3,000 $10.00, plus .0060 of excess over $2,000. Over $3,000 but not over $4,000 $16.00, plus .0065 of excess over $3,000. Over $4,000 but not over $5,000 $22.50, plus .0070 of excess over $4,000. Over $5,000 but not over $6,000 $29.50, plus .0075 of excess over $5,000. Over $6,000 but not over $7,000 $40.00, plus .0080 of excess over $6,000. Over $7,000 but not over $8,000 $48.00, plus .0085 of excess over $7,000. Over $8,000 but not over $9,000 $56.50, plus .0090 of excess over $8,000. Over $9,000 but not over $10,000 $65.50, plus .0095 of excess over $9,000. Over $10,000 but not over $12,000 $75.00, plus .0100 of excess over $10,000. Over $12,000 but not over $14,000 $95.00, plus .0150 of excess over $12,000. Over $14,000 but not over $16,000 $125.00, plus .0200 of excess over $14,000. Over $16,000 but not over $18,000 $165.00, plus .0250 of excess over $16,000. Over $18,000 but not over $20,000 $215.00, plus .0300 of excess over $18,000. Over $20,000 but not over $22,000 $275.00, plus .0350 of excess over $20,000. Over $22,000 but not over $25,000 $345.00, plus .0375 of excess over $22,000. Over $25,000 but not over $35,000 $457.00, plus .0385 of excess over $25,000. Over $35,000 but not over $50,000 $842.00, plus .0395 of excess over $35,000. Over $50,000 but not over $65,000 $1,434.00, plus .0400 of excess over $50,000. Over $65,000 but not over $80,000 $2,034.00, plus .0405 of excess over $65,000. Over $80,000 but not over $90,000 $2,641.50, plus .0407 of excess over $80,000. Over $90,000 but not over $100,000 $3,048.50, plus .0408 of excess over $90,000. Over $100,000 $3,456.50, plus .015 of excess over $100,000.	d	64,134 (19%)	267,671 (81%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the register of the circuit court of Clarke County would be entitled to a total annual compensation in the amount of $1,800, plus such sum or sums as may accrue for performing his duties incidental to elections, as prescribed by law. Such compensation may be retained by the register out of fees and costs collected in the equity court, or may be paid by the County out of the County treasury, in equal monthly installments, as the court of County commissioners, board of revenue, or like County governing body may elect. In the event the fees and costs collected for any month are insufficient to compensate the register as provided herein, the deficiency would be supplied out of the County treasury; if there is an excess, the excess would be paid into the general fund of the County.	d	47,244 (23%)	157,836 (77%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature may fix, regulate, and alter the fees, commissions, allowances, and salaries, including the method and basis of their compensation, to be charged or received by the judge of probate, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector of Elmore County, and may place any or all of such officers on a salary and provide for the fees, commissions, allowances, and percentages collectible by such officers to be paid into the treasury from which their salaries are paid.	d	51,024 (25%)	154,550 (75%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the board of revenue or other governing bodies of Limestone County shall have the power to levy and collect a special County tax of one mill on each dollar's worth of taxable property , based upon the valuation of such property as assessed for state taxation, the proceeds of the above tax would be used for establishing and operating fire stations and providing fire protection to the persons and property in the County, and may also levy and collect a special tax not to exceed $.03 per acre against all forest lands in the County, the proceeds of such tax to be used solely for the purpose of participating in the Alabama State Department of Conservation's forest fire protection program and otherwise providing protection from forest fires in the County.	d	30,656 (15%)	176,901 (85%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that, for a period of one year, a special County tax of one mill on each dollar of taxable property in Limestone County would be levied and collected, the proceeds of which shall be used exclusively to finance a geological survey of Limestone County; provided, however, that any amount of tax collected in excess of the amount necessary to finance the geological survey shall be used for general County purposes. The tax would be collected and paid into the County treasury or depository in the same manner as other County taxes on property, and the proceeds shall be administered by the court of County commissioners, board of revenue, or like governing body of Limestone County to provide for the geological survey of the County.	d	29,187 (14%)	173,866 (86%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Russell County would have the power to levy and collect a special County-wide school tax of eight mills on each dollar's worth of taxable property in Russell County, the proceeds of which would be used for public school purposes; provided that such tax would have been first submitted to the vote of the qualified electors of the County and voted for by a majority of those voting at such election. The special tax may be renewed. If any proposal to levy the tax is defeated in any election, subsequent elections thereon may be held at any time. The elections provided for herein would be called, held, conducted, paid for, and governed otherwise in the manner provided for an election on the school district tax authorized in Amendment III, Article XIX of the Constitution of Alabama, by Article 7, Chapter 10, Title 52, Code of Alabama (1940). The County tax collector would collect the tax in the same manner and under he same requirements and laws as the taxes of the state are collected, and he- would keep the proceeds of this tax separate and apart from all other funds, and would keep clear accounts thereof. The tax collector would distribute the proceeds of this special tax in such manner as to turn over to the custodian of the County school funds of Russell County the revenue derived from the tax levied on all taxable property situated outside the corporate limits of Phenix City, such revenues to be used by the County board of education for educational purposes in connection with schools located or to be located outside the corporate limits of Phenix City, and to turn over to the custodian of school funds of the city school system of Phenix City the revenue derived from the tax levied on all taxable property situated within the corporate limits of Phenix City, such revenues to be used by the city board of education for educational purposes in connection with schools located or to be located within the corporate limits of Phenix City. In the event that any special property tax authorized herein would be authorized by a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question at the election, the County board of education of Russell County and the city board of education of Phenix City may, at such times as to them seem necessary and proper, sell and issue their tax anticipation bonds for the purposes for which the tax was authorized, which bonds would be in such amounts as the respective board of education would designate and, except as otherwise provided herein, would be subject to the provisions of the general laws now pertaining to the issuance by County and city boards of education of capital outlay warrants, and no further election would be required for the issuance of such bonds. The revenue derived from the sale of these bonds would be expended by the County board of education and the Phenix City board of education for public school purposes only. Any bonds issued under the authority of this amendment would be payable solely out of the proceeds of the special property tax hereby authorized, all or any part of which may be pledged therefor. The bonds issued under the authority of this amendment would constitute negotiable instruments, although payable from a limited source, and would be eligible for the investment of trust funds.	d	57,972 (28%)	151,079 (72%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that any municipality in Coffee County, or any one or more of them, would have full and continuing power and authority, without any election or approval other than the approval of its governing body to do any one or more of the following: 1. To purchase, construct, lease, or otherwise acquire real property, plants, buildings, factories, works, facilities, machinery and equipment of any kind. 2. To lease, sell for cash or on credit, exchange, or give and convey any such property described in subdivision 1 above, to any person, firm, association or corporation. 3. To promote local industrial, commercial or agricultural development and the location of new industries or businesses therein. 4. To become a stockholder in any corporation, association or company. 5. To lend its credit or to grant public moneys and things of value in aid of, or to, any individual, firm, association, or corporation whatsoever. 6. To become indebted and to issue and sell interest bearing bonds, warrants, noted or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness, to a principal amount not exceeding fifty percent of the assessed value of taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in order to secure funds for the purchase, construction, lease or acquisition of any of the property described in subdivision 1 above or to be used in furtherance of any of the other powers or authorities granted in this amendment. Such obligations or evidences of indebtedness may (in addition to any pledge or pledges authorized by subdivision 8 of this amendment) be issued upon the full faith and credit of the municipality or may be limited as to the source of their payment. 7. To levy and collect annually, in addition to all other taxes now authorized or permitted, a special tax or taxes of not exceeding two percent on the value of all taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in the same manner as other municipal taxes are levied and collected, provided the levying of such tax or taxes be first approved by a majority of the qualified electors of such municipality voting at an election held for such purpose. Such tax may be levied upon all property in the municipality or upon all property in any district the boundaries of which the governing body of such municipality would describe and which it would determine to be especially improved and benefited by any proposed use or expenditure of the proceeds of such tax. 8. To pledge to the payment of any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness the annual proceeds from any such special tax or taxes and to obligate itself irrevocably to continue to levy and collect such taxes annually until such obligations or evidences of indebtedness are paid in full and to pledge thereto any rental or sales proceeds of property leased or sold by it. 9. To create a public authority or corporation having such powers, managed and governed by such board or governing body and subject to such limitations as the governing body of any municipality in Coffee County may impose, by approving and filing a certificate to that effect in the office of the judge of probate or the secretary of state, or then respective successors in function, and to delegate to such public authority or corporation and its board or governing body all powers and authority conferred in this amendment upon any such municipality. The recital in any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness that they were issued pursuant to this amendment or that they were issued to provide funds to be used in furtherance of any power or authority herein authorized or that any special tax herein authorized has been pledged to the payment thereof would be conclusive; no purchaser or holder thereof need inquire further; and the levy and collection of such tax would continue until the principal of and interest on such obligations or evidences of indebtedness would have been paid in full. The bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued hereunder would not be considered an indebtedness of any municipality in Coffee County for the purpose of determining the borrowing capacity of such municipality under sections 224 and 225 or the constitution; and the taxes herein authorized would be in addition to those provided for or permitted in sections 215 and 216 of the Constitution and all amendments thereto.	d	49,116 (24%)	159,089 (76%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	Public education funding	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the Board of Education of Lawrence County may designate one or more school districts within said County (except that no part of the territory embraced within the special school district established under the provisions of the amendment of the Constitution proposed by Act No. 473 of the regular session of the Legislature of Alabama of 1949 shall be included in any such special school district) and may sell and issue bonds in an amount not exceeding $250,000 for each such special school district, plus such amount as is authorized by Amendment XCIX ratified on December 15, 1953, and proclaimed ratified on December 28, 1953, for the construction, improving, adding to, or equipping of a school building, or buildings, within said district. To pay the principal of and interest on said bonds and any redemption thereon, Lawrence County may levy and collect an annual tax on all taxable property situated within the special school district with respect to which such bonds may be issued, at a rate not in excess of five mills on each dollar's worth of said property as assessed for state taxation for the preceding tax year; provided, that whenever said tax has produced an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on said bonds the tax shall not be thereafter levied and any surplus remaining therefrom shall be used for general school purposes in said school district. The bonds and tax herein authorized shall be in addition to those heretofore authorized, and no such bonds shall be issued, no such tax shall be levied, until the estimated cost of constructing, improving, adding to, or equipping the school building or buildings to be built in such district, its estimated time of completion, the maximum principal amount of the bonds proposed to be issued, the maximum rate of interest to be paid thereon, and the period over which the bonds to be issued will be retired, shall have been determined and made public by the Board of Education of said County, and the proposed issuance of bonds and increase in the rate of taxation shall have been authorized by a majority of the qualified electors of such special school district voting upon such proposal at an election to be held not less than sixty days after the adoption of this amendment, but at anytime thereafter at the discretion of the said County governing body. The election provided herein shall be called, held, conducted and canvassed, and may be contested, as in the case of three mill school tax elections held pursuant to Article 7, Chapter 10, Title 52 of the Code of Alabama of 1940. Any bonds issued pursuant to this amendment shall be payable solely out of the proceeds of said tax which may be pledged therefor, but said bonds shall constitute negotiable instruments although payable from a limited source, and said bonds shall be eligible for the investment of trust funds.	d	56,446 (28%)	143,750 (72%)
LRCA	Amendment 17	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature may fix, alter, and regulate the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances and salaries to be charged or received by the tax collector and tax assessor of Bullock County, including the right to place such officers on a salary and provide for the fees charged and collected by such officers to be paid into the treasury from which their salaries are paid, and provide for the method and basis of their compensation. Any provision of this constitution or any amendment thereto to the contrary notwithstanding, the Legislature may alter or fix the salary or other compensation of the tax collector and tax assessor who are holding office at the time this amendment is ratified during the term for which they were elected or appointed. After the expiration of the term of the tax collector and tax assessor who are holding office at the time this amendment is ratified, the legislature shall not increase or decrease, or authorize the increase or decrease, of the salary or other compensation of the tax collector or tax assessor of Bullock County during the term for which they are elected.	d	44,373 (24%)	144,398 (76%)
LRCA	Amendment 18	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the cities of Auburn and Opelika would have, in addition to the power to levy and collect ad valorem taxes at the rate of 1.5 percent, as provided for in Amendment VIII of this Constitution, the further power to levy and collect each year an additional tax or taxes not exceeding .5 percent in any one year on the property situated therein based on the valuation of such property as assessed for state taxation during the preceding year; provided, however, that all such additional ad valorem tax or taxes levied and collected by either the city of Auburn or Opelika would be levied and collected solely for public school purposes and may be pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds, warrants or other evidences of indebtedness issued for public school purposes, which pledges would take priority as provided in such bonds, warrants or other evidences of indebtedness, and provided, further, that before any such additional tax or taxes may be so levied and collected a majority of the qualified electors.	d	56,901 (29%)	137,445 (71%)
LRCA	Amendment 19	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the court of County commissioners, board of revenue, or like governing body of Lee County would have the power to levy and collect a special property tax, in addition to all taxes authorized by the constitution and laws of Alabama, of not exceeding .5 percent on the value of the property in the County, the proceeds of which would be used for educational purposes; provided that such tax is proposed to be continued, would have been first submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the County and voted for by a majority of those voting at such election as hereinafter provided. If any proposal to levy a tax is defeated in any election, subsequent elections thereon may be held at any time. The election provided for herein would be called, held, conducted, paid for, and governed otherwise in the manner provided for an election on the school district tax authorized in Amendment III, Article XIX, of the Constitution of Alabama, by Article 7, Chapter 10, Title 52, Code of Alabama (1940). The tax would be collected in the same manner and under the same requirements and laws as the taxes of the state are collected. The revenue derived from the tax levied on all taxable property situated outside the corporate limits of Auburn and Opelika would be kept separate and apart from the revenues to be derived from the tax levied on all taxable property situated within the corporate limits of Auburn or Opelika. The revenues derived from the tax levied on property situated outside the corporate limits of Auburn and Opelika would be used solely for the construction of schools and other educational purposes outside the corporate limits of Auburn and Opelika, and the revenues derived from the tax levied on property situated inside the corporate limits of Auburn and Opelika would be used solely for school construction and other educational purposes within the limits of the city of Auburn or Opelika.	d	57,255 (29%)	137,369 (71%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the state would be authorized to become indebted for school building purposes, the state would sell and issue, in addition to all other bonds, interest bearing general obligation bonds of the state not exceeding $110,000,000 in principal amount. The proceeds of all such bonds shall, after payment of the expenses, be distributed as follows: 76.9 percent would be allocated and distributed to county and city school systems on a teacher unit basis in accordance with the minimum school program, to be sent in accordance with regulations of the State Board of Education and statutes governing school building construction; 6.3 percent would be allocated and paid to The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama; 6.3 percent would be allocated and paid to the Alabama Polytechnic Institute; 0.5 percent would be allocated and paid to Alabama College; 5.9 percent would be expended on the state institutions of higher learning under the state board of education, including Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College, Alabama State College, and the State Teachers' Colleges; 2.7 percent would be expended on trade schools; 0.5 percent would be allocated and paid to The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama for the construction of facilities for mental health education; 0.9 percent would be allocated and paid to the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. All of said proceeds so allocated and expended shall be used solely for the acquisition of school and college building sites, for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, and improvement of school and college building facilities, including renewal and replacement of structural parts, and for the procurement of equipment for school and college buildings. The legislature shall adopt appropriate enabling legislation to carry out the intent of this constitutional amendment; and shall provide that all bonds issued under this amendment shall be sold only at public sale and none thereof shall be sold for less than the face value thereof. All bonds issued under this amendment shall be direct general obligations of the State of Alabama, and for the prompt and faithful payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon the full faith and credit of the State are hereby irrevocably pledged. In addition, there is hereby specially and irrevocably pledged for payment of the principal of and interest on all bonds issued hereunder, pro rata and without priority of one bond over another, by reason of prior issuance or otherwise, so much as may be necessary for said purpose of that portion of the proceeds of all state taxes, except the income tax, that is required by law, at the effective date of this amendment, to be paid into the Alabama Special Educational Trust Fund. The pledge herein made shall create a charge on the tax proceeds herein specially pledged prior to all other charges or expenses for educational or any other purposes whatsoever. All bonds issued under this amendment and the income therefrom shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. The provisions of Section 261 of the constitution of Alabama shall not be deemed to apply to the tax proceeds pledged herein nor to the proceeds from any bonds issued hereunder.	d	70,961 (22%)	258,160 (78%)
LRCA	Amendment 20	State judiciary	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that any vacancy occurring in the office of judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit comprised of Jefferson County only, which is required to be filled by appointment on nominations made by a judicial commission, would be made within 90 days from the date of the submission of such nominations. In the event the governor fails to fill the vacancy from such nominations within such period, the appointment would be made by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama.	a	115,409 (51%)	112,919 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 21	County and municipal governance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that any municipality in Fayette County may make engagements or commitments or undertake projects authorized under the provisions of this constitution and amendments thereto provided any such engagement, commitment, or undertaking is first approved by a majority of electors of the municipality voting in a referendum election. The provisions of subdivision 10 of Amendment XCIV, submitted November 4, 1952, and proclaimed ratified November 19, 1952 (Proclamation Record, Vol. I, page 50) in conflict henceforth are superseded and repealed.	d	47,579 (25%)	143,570 (75%)
LRCA	Amendment 22	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the court of County commissioners, board of revenue, or like governing body of Butler County shall levy and collect a special property tax, in addition to all other taxes, of not exceeding one percent on the value of the property in the County as assessed for state taxation during the preceding year, the proceeds of which shall be used exclusively for educational purposes, provided that such tax and the purpose or purposes thereof, and the time such tax is proposed to be continued, shall have been first submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the County and voted for by a majority of those voting at such election. If any proposal to levy a tax is defeated in any election, subsequent elections thereon may be held at any time.	d	53,242 (28%)	139,906 (72%)
LRCA	Amendment 23	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that any municipality in Cullman County, or any one or more of them, would have full and continuing power and authority, without any election or approval other than the approval of its governing body to do any one or more of the following: 1. To purchase, construct, lease, or otherwise acquire real property, plants, buildings, factories, works, facilities, machinery and equipment of any kind. 2. To lease, sell for cash or on credit, exchange, or give and convey any such property described in subdivision 1 above, to any person, firm, association or corporation. 3. To promote local industrial, commercial or agricultural development and the location of new industries or businesses therein. 4. To become a stockholder in any corporation, association or company. 5. To lend its credit or to grant public moneys and things of value in aid of, or to, any individual, firm, association, or corporation whatsoever. 6. To become indebted and to issue and sell interest bearing bonds, warrants, noted or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness, to a principal amount not exceeding fifty percent of the assessed value of taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in order to secure funds for the purchase, construction, lease or acquisition of any of the property described in subdivision 1 above or to be used in furtherance of any of the other powers or authorities granted in this amendment. Such obligations or evidences of indebtedness may (in addition to any pledge or pledges authorized by subdivision 8 of this amendment) be issued upon the full faith and credit of the municipality or may be limited as to the source of their payment. 7. To levy and collect annually, in addition to all other taxes now authorized or permitted, a special tax or taxes of not exceeding two percent on the value of all taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in the same manner as other municipal taxes are levied and collected, provided the levying of such tax or taxes be first approved by a majority of the qualified electors of such municipality voting at an election held for such purpose. Such tax may be levied upon all property in the municipality or upon all property in any district the boundaries of which the governing body of such municipality would describe and which it would determine to be especially improved and benefited by any proposed use or expenditure of the proceeds of such tax. 8. To pledge to the payment of any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness the annual proceeds from any such special tax or taxes and to obligate itself irrevocably to continue to levy and collect such taxes annually until such obligations or evidences of indebtedness are paid in full and to pledge thereto any rental or sales proceeds of property leased or sold by it. 9. To create a public authority or corporation having such powers, managed and governed by such board or governing body and subject to such limitations as the governing body of any municipality in Cullman County may impose, by approving and filing a certificate to that effect in the office of the judge of probate or the secretary of state, or then respective successors in function, and to delegate to such public authority or corporation and its board or governing body all powers and authority conferred in this amendment upon any such municipality. The recital in any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness that they were issued pursuant to this amendment or that they were issued to provide funds to be used in furtherance of any power or authority herein authorized or that any special tax herein authorized has been pledged to the payment thereof would be conclusive; no purchaser or holder thereof need inquire further; and the levy and collection of such tax would continue until the principal of and interest on such obligations or evidences of indebtedness would have been paid in full. The bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued hereunder would not be considered an indebtedness of any municipality in Cullman County for the purpose of determining the borrowing capacity of such municipality under sections 224 and 225 or the constitution; and the taxes herein authorized would be in addition to those provided for or permitted in sections 215 and 216 of the Constitution and all amendments thereto.	d	22,353 (12%)	167,058 (88%)
LRCA	Amendment 24 and 25	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature may fix, regulate, and alter the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances, and compensation to be charged or received by the clerk of the circuit court of Cullman County and may change the method and basis of compensating such officer. Until changed by local law, the entire compensation of the clerk of the circuit court of Cullman County shall be a salary of $6,000 per annum, payable in equal monthly installments out of the general fund of the County. Such salary shall be in lieu of all other compensation provided by law, and all fees, commissions, percentages, and allowances, charges, and costs collected for the use of the circuit clerk shall be collected by him and be paid into the general fund of the County. Until otherwise provided by act of the legislature, the clerk shall be allowed the sum of $4,900 per annum for the employment of clerical assistants, the compensation of each to be fixed by the clerk, and shall be paid in equal monthly installments out of the general fund of the County.	d	39,343 (21%)	146,512 (79%)
LRCA	Amendment 26	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Tuscaloosa County may become indebted, and in evidence of such indebtedness may sell and issue its interest bearing bonds, not exceeding $2,500,000, for the purpose of constructing and equipping a County courthouse and jail and acquiring land therefor; provided, that before any such bonds would be issued the question of whether said bonds would be issued would have first been submitted to a vote of the electors of said County at an election to be called for that purpose by the governing body of said County and the issuance of said bonds would have been authorized by a majority of said electors voting at said election. In the event the voters of Tuscaloosa County do not authorize the issuance and sale of said bonds at any election called hereunder then other elections may be called by the governing body of Tuscaloosa County from time to time until the voters of Tuscaloosa County do authorize the issuance and sale of said bonds; provided that no two elections would be held within one year of each other. The court house and jail may be built as one building or as separate buildings as the governing body of Tuscaloosa County may determine. The indebtedness herein authorized would be in addition to all other indebtedness authorized prior to the adoption of this amendment.	d	60,355 (31%)	133,759 (69%)
LRCA	Amendment 27	Taxes	The measure would have authorized the governing body of Winston County to levy and collect a special county ad valorem tax of up to three mills per dollar of property valuation on real and personal property in the county.	d	53,226 (28%)	138,511 (72%)
LRCA	Amendment 28	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that any municipality in Marion County, or any one or more of them, would have full and continuing power and authority, without any election or approval other than the approval of its governing body to do any one or more of the following: 1. To purchase, construct, lease, or otherwise acquire real property, plants, buildings, factories, works, facilities, machinery and equipment of any kind. 2. To lease, sell for cash or on credit, exchange, or give and convey any such property described in subdivision 1 above, to any person, firm, association or corporation. 3. To promote local industrial, commercial or agricultural development and the location of new industries or businesses therein. 4. To become a stockholder in any corporation, association or company. 5. To lend its credit or to grant public moneys and things of value in aid of, or to, any individual, firm, association, or corporation whatsoever. 6. To become indebted and to issue and sell interest bearing bonds, warrants, noted or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness, to a principal amount not exceeding fifty percent of the assessed value of taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in order to secure funds for the purchase, construction, lease or acquisition of any of the property described in subdivision 1 above or to be used in furtherance of any of the other powers or authorities granted in this amendment. Such obligations or evidences of indebtedness may (in addition to any pledge or pledges authorized by subdivision 8 of this amendment) be issued upon the full faith and credit of the municipality or may be limited as to the source of their payment. 7. To levy and collect annually, in addition to all other taxes now authorized or permitted, a special tax or taxes of not exceeding two percent on the value of all taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in the same manner as other municipal taxes are levied and collected, provided the levying of such tax or taxes be first approved by a majority of the qualified electors of such municipality voting at an election held for such purpose. Such tax may be levied upon all property in the municipality or upon all property in any district the boundaries of which the governing body of such municipality would describe and which it would determine to be especially improved and benefited by any proposed use or expenditure of the proceeds of such tax. 8. To pledge to the payment of any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness the annual proceeds from any such special tax or taxes and to obligate itself irrevocably to continue to levy and collect such taxes annually until such obligations or evidences of indebtedness are paid in full and to pledge thereto any rental or sales proceeds of property leased or sold by it. 9. To create a public authority or corporation having such powers, managed and governed by such board or governing body and subject to such limitations as the governing body of any municipality in Marion County may impose, by approving and filing a certificate to that effect in the office of the judge of probate or the secretary of state, or then respective successors in function, and to delegate to such public authority or corporation and its board or governing body all powers and authority conferred in this amendment upon any such municipality. The recital in any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness that they were issued pursuant to this amendment or that they were issued to provide funds to be used in furtherance of any power or authority herein authorized or that any special tax herein authorized has been pledged to the payment thereof would be conclusive; no purchaser or holder thereof need inquire further; and the levy and collection of such tax would continue until the principal of and interest on such obligations or evidences of indebtedness would have been paid in full. The bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued hereunder would not be considered an indebtedness of any municipality in Marion County for the purpose of determining the borrowing capacity of such municipality under sections 224 and 225 or the constitution; and the taxes herein authorized would be in addition to those provided for or permitted in sections 215 and 216 of the Constitution and all amendments thereto.	d	22,530 (12%)	166,069 (88%)
LRCA	Amendment 29	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that all funds derived from fees, excises, or license taxes levied or imposed by the state relating to the registration, operation, or use of motor vehicles upon the public highways, except taxes levied by the state or gasoline or motor fuels, which are allocated for the use of Marion and Lamar counties under state law, may be expended by the court of county commissioners, board of revenue, or like governing body of the county to pay the cost of construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repair of public highways and bridges, the cost of acquiring highway rights-of-way, the cost of traffic regulation, the expense of enforcing traffic and motor vehicle laws, and for such other general purposes as such court, board, or body may prescribe, any provisions of this Constitution to the contrary notwithstanding.	d	20,190 (10%)	176,388 (90%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the in all counties in which there are no city school systems, the county shall have power to levy and collect additional taxes not exceeding $.55 on each $100 worth of taxable property in such counties for public school purposes, and in all other counties each school district of each county shall have power to levy and collect additional taxes on the taxable property located in the district of not to exceed $.55 per $100 worth of taxable property for public school purposes; provided, that the total of special county and school district taxes levied in the district for public school purposes under Section 269 of this constitution and all amendments to this constitution including the present amendment would not exceed a rate of $1.25 per $100 worth of taxable property located in the district, except that in determining whether the said rate of $1.25 per $100 will be exceeded there shall be excluded from such calculation taxes levied and collected under the authority of Amendment VI to this constitution and amendments wherein it is stated that their adoption would not affect the power, right or authority to levy special school taxes; provided further, that the adoption of this amendment shall in no wise limit, modify, abridge, or impair the power, authority or right of counties, municipalities, or school districts to levy and collect special school taxes or taxes of any kind for schools or school purposes vested in and conferred upon them, or any of them by this constitution, any amendment thereto, or any provisions of state law, or to make appropriations for schools or school purposes. A school district under the meaning of this section shall include school districts which consist of incorporated cities or towns, or any school district of which an incorporated city or town is a part of such other school districts now existing or hereafter formed as may be approved by the county board of education.	d	79,151 (29%)	196,903 (71%)
LRCA	Amendment 30	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that any municipality in Lamar County, or any one or more of them, would have full and continuing power and authority, without any election or approval other than the approval of its governing body to do any one or more of the following: 1. To purchase, construct, lease, or otherwise acquire real property, plants, buildings, factories, works, facilities, machinery and equipment of any kind. 2. To lease, sell for cash or on credit, exchange, or give and convey any such property described in subdivision 1 above, to any person, firm, association or corporation. 3. To promote local industrial, commercial or agricultural development and the location of new industries or businesses therein. 4. To become a stockholder in any corporation, association or company. 5. To lend its credit or to grant public moneys and things of value in aid of, or to, any individual, firm, association, or corporation whatsoever. 6. To become indebted and to issue and sell interest bearing bonds, warrants, noted or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness, to a principal amount not exceeding fifty percent of the assessed value of taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in order to secure funds for the purchase, construction, lease or acquisition of any of the property described in subdivision 1 above or to be used in furtherance of any of the other powers or authorities granted in this amendment. Such obligations or evidences of indebtedness may (in addition to any pledge or pledges authorized by subdivision 8 of this amendment) be issued upon the full faith and credit of the municipality or may be limited as to the source of their payment. 7. To levy and collect annually, in addition to all other taxes now authorized or permitted, a special tax or taxes of not exceeding two percent on the value of all taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in the same manner as other municipal taxes are levied and collected, provided the levying of such tax or taxes be first approved by a majority of the qualified electors of such municipality voting at an election held for such purpose. Such tax may be levied upon all property in the municipality or upon all property in any district the boundaries of which the governing body of such municipality would describe and which it would determine to be especially improved and benefited by any proposed use or expenditure of the proceeds of such tax. 8. To pledge to the payment of any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness the annual proceeds from any such special tax or taxes and to obligate itself irrevocably to continue to levy and collect such taxes annually until such obligations or evidences of indebtedness are paid in full and to pledge thereto any rental or sales proceeds of property leased or sold by it. 9. To create a public authority or corporation having such powers, managed and governed by such board or governing body and subject to such limitations as the governing body of any municipality in Lamar County may impose, by approving and filing a certificate to that effect in the office of the judge of probate or the secretary of state, or then respective successors in function, and to delegate to such public authority or corporation and its board or governing body all powers and authority conferred in this amendment upon any such municipality. The recital in any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness that they were issued pursuant to this amendment or that they were issued to provide funds to be used in furtherance of any power or authority herein authorized or that any special tax herein authorized has been pledged to the payment thereof would be conclusive; no purchaser or holder thereof need inquire further; and the levy and collection of such tax would continue until the principal of and interest on such obligations or evidences of indebtedness would have been paid in full. The bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued hereunder would not be considered an indebtedness of any municipality in Lamar County for the purpose of determining the borrowing capacity of such municipality under sections 224 and 225 or the constitution; and the taxes herein authorized would be in addition to those provided for or permitted in sections 215 and 216 of the Constitution and all amendments thereto.	d	20,651 (11%)	166,262 (89%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the governing body of a county is authorized to levy and collect, in addition to all other taxes authorized by law, a special tax not exceeding four mills on each dollar of taxable property in the area affected, the proceeds of which shall be used exclusively for acquiring, by purchase, lease, or otherwise, and constructing, operating, equipping, and maintaining a public hospital or other public health facilities. An election must be called within three months after receipt by the county governing body of a petition signed by not less than five percent of the qualified electors of each beat or precinct to be affected by the tax. The election shall be held and conducted in such manner and in accordance with such rules and regulations as the governing body of the county may prescribe. Whenever the tax shall be approved, the governing body of the county may anticipate the proceeds therefrom for any one or more of the purposes for which the tax shall have voted, by issuing, without further election, interest bearing tax anticipation bonds, warrants, or certificates of indebtedness payable solely from and secured by a pledge of not exceeding seventy-five percent of the annual proceeds from said tax. The governing body of each county in which the tax may be voted shall have the further power to designate as the agency of the county to acquire, construct, equip, operate, and maintain such hospital facilities any public corporation heretofore or hereafter organized for hospital purposes in the county under any general law heretofore or hereafter enacted by the Legislature. The issuance of such bonds and the power and authority of the county governing body with respect thereto shall be governed by the provisions of Amendment LXXVIl approved December 13, 1949, and proclaimed on December 21, 1949 (Proclamation Record, Volume H., p. 15, Office of the Secretary of State, State of Alabama). The provisions of this Amendment shall not apply to or in the counties of Jefferson, Mobile, and Montgomery.	d	67,949 (28%)	176,824 (72%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the governor may issue negotiable interest bearing bonds, which would be general obligations of the state of Alabama and the full faith and credit and taxing power of the State are hereby pledged to the punctual payment of the bonds and the interest. The aggregate principal amount of all bonds issued would not exceed $2,000,000 and they would mature within 10 years from the date of issuance. The proceeds from the sale of such bonds would be appropriated and would be used for the construction and equipping of hospitals, health centers, and related medical facilities pursuant to Act No. 211, General Acts of Alabama 1945, page 330, and approved July 7, 1945; and Act 287, General Acts of Alabama 1945, 474, approved July 7, 1945; and Act No. 46, General and Local Acts 1949, page 68, approved June 2, 1949; and such facilities established and operated by the governing bodies of a city or town, or a county governing body under the provision of Title 22, Section 189, Code of Alabama 1940. The funds provided hereby shall be used only for construction and equipping facilities under contracts which have been or are let on or after July 1, 1955; shall be used to match Federal funds available for hospital, health center, and related medical facilities provided under Public Law 725, 79th Congress and Public Law 482, 83rd Congress, as said Public Laws are now or may hereafter be amended, and that the local governments in the area where each hospital, health center, or related medical facility is to be constructed or equipped shall contribute at least as much money for the construction and equipping as does the state; and provided further that the state would not contribute more than $250,000 to the construction and equipping of any tuberculosis hospital or sanatoria and $100,000 for any other facility included within the scope of this amendment. In determining where a hospital, health center, or related medical facility to be constructed with funds appropriated would be located, consideration would be given to the communities on the basis of relative need. Each county having no hospital, health center or related medical facility shall have first priority. Counties receiving prior allotments would not be precluded from receiving an additional allotment for other facilities at the discretion of the state board of health. A sum not to exceed $40,000 may be used by the state board of health from the proceeds of the sale of said bonds for administering the provision of this amendment. All bonds issued and the interest thereon would be payable from any funds in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated. The bonds would be payable in substantially equal installments of principal and interest beginning in the next fiscal year after their date; they shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed 2.5 percent and they shall contain a provision for their call for payment at such a time or times prior to maturity, and at such a premium, if any, as the governor may prescribe in the notice of sale. All bonds issued hereunder shall be sold to the best bidder at an advertised public sale, on sealed bids or at auction, and shall not be sold for less than par and accrued interest; provided, bidders may be invited to name the rate or rates of interest, which the bonds are to bear. The right to reject any or all bids shall be reserved.	d	62,167 (26%)	178,438 (74%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the court of County commissioners, board of revenue, or like governing body of Montgomery County would have the power to levy and collect additional taxes for school purposes on the taxable property located in the County at a rate not to exceed .55 of one percent of the value of the taxable property. An election to determine whether or not such taxes shall be levied and the time during which such tax is to continue would be called, held, and conducted in the manner provided by law for calling, holding, and conducting elections to determine whether district school taxes shall be levied and collected under this constitution. The provisions of this amendment would not limit, modify, abridge, or impair the power, authority, or right of municipalities or school districts to levy and collect special school taxes as provided by law.	d	63,087 (28%)	163,515 (72%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that obligations hereafter incurred and securities hereafter issued for any of the following purposes and under the following circumstances by a municipality with a population of less than 6,000 inhabitants shall not be deemed to constitute indebtedness of such municipality within the meaning of Section 225 of this constitution: (a) for the purpose of acquiring, providing or constructing sanitary or storm water sewers, or street or sidewalk improvements, the cost of which, in whole or in part, is to be assessed against the property drained, served or benefited by such sewers or abutting such improvements; or (b) for the purpose of acquiring, providing or constructing school houses, provided that there shall be pledged for payment of the principal of and interest on such obligations or securities a tax which the governing body of such municipality shall have determined, upon the basis of its estimate of the revenues from said tax, will be sufficient to pay said principal and interest.	d	51,263 (23%)	170,987 (77%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that any municipality in Walker County, or any one or more of them, would have full and continuing power and authority, without any election or approval other than the approval of its governing body to do any one or more of the following: 1. To purchase, construct, lease, or otherwise acquire real property, plants, buildings, factories, works, facilities, machinery and equipment of any kind. 2. To lease, sell for cash or on credit, exchange, or give and convey any such property described in subdivision 1 above, to any person, firm, association or corporation. 3. To promote local industrial, commercial or agricultural development and the location of new industries or businesses therein. 4. To become a stockholder in any corporation, association or company. 5. To lend its credit or to grant public moneys and things of value in aid of, or to, any individual, firm, association, or corporation whatsoever. 6. To become indebted and to issue and sell interest bearing bonds, warrants, noted or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness, to a principal amount not exceeding fifty percent of the assessed value of taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in order to secure funds for the purchase, construction, lease or acquisition of any of the property described in subdivision 1 above or to be used in furtherance of any of the other powers or authorities granted in this amendment. Such obligations or evidences of indebtedness may (in addition to any pledge or pledges authorized by subdivision 8 of this amendment) be issued upon the full faith and credit of the municipality or may be limited as to the source of their payment. 7. To levy and collect annually, in addition to all other taxes now authorized or permitted, a special tax or taxes of not exceeding two percent on the value of all taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in the same manner as other municipal taxes are levied and collected, provided the levying of such tax or taxes be first approved by a majority of the qualified electors of such municipality voting at an election held for such purpose. Such tax may be levied upon all property in the municipality or upon all property in any district the boundaries of which the governing body of such municipality would describe and which it would determine to be especially improved and benefited by any proposed use or expenditure of the proceeds of such tax. 8. To pledge to the payment of any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness the annual proceeds from any such special tax or taxes and to obligate itself irrevocably to continue to levy and collect such taxes annually until such obligations or evidences of indebtedness are paid in full and to pledge thereto any rental or sales proceeds of property leased or sold by it. 9. To create a public authority or corporation having such powers, managed and governed by such board or governing body and subject to such limitations as the governing body of any municipality in Walker County may impose, by approving and filing a certificate to that effect in the office of the judge of probate or the secretary of state, or then respective successors in function, and to delegate to such public authority or corporation and its board or governing body all powers and authority conferred in this amendment upon any such municipality. The recital in any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness that they were issued pursuant to this amendment or that they were issued to provide funds to be used in furtherance of any power or authority herein authorized or that any special tax herein authorized has been pledged to the payment thereof would be conclusive; no purchaser or holder thereof need inquire further; and the levy and collection of such tax would continue until the principal of and interest on such obligations or evidences of indebtedness would have been paid in full. The bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued hereunder would not be considered an indebtedness of any municipality in Walker County for the purpose of determining the borrowing capacity of such municipality under sections 224 and 225 or the constitution; and the taxes herein authorized would be in addition to those provided for or permitted in sections 215 and 216 of the constitution and all amendments thereto.	d	28,175 (13%)	182,580 (87%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that any municipality in Conecuh County, or any one or more of them, would have full and continuing power and authority, without any election or approval other than the approval of its governing body to do any one or more of the following: 1. To purchase, construct, lease, or otherwise acquire real property, plants, buildings, factories, works, facilities, machinery and equipment of any kind. 2. To lease, sell for cash or on credit, exchange, or give and convey any such property described in subdivision 1 above, to any person, firm, association or corporation. 3. To promote local industrial, commercial or agricultural development and the location of new industries or businesses therein. 4. To become a stockholder in any corporation, association or company. 5. To lend its credit or to grant public moneys and things of value in aid of, or to, any individual, firm, association, or corporation whatsoever. 6. To become indebted and to issue and sell interest bearing bonds, warrants, noted or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness, to a principal amount not exceeding fifty percent of the assessed value of taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in order to secure funds for the purchase, construction, lease or acquisition of any of the property described in subdivision 1 above or to be used in furtherance of any of the other powers or authorities granted in this amendment. Such obligations or evidences of indebtedness may (in addition to any pledge or pledges authorized by subdivision 8 of this amendment) be issued upon the full faith and credit of the municipality or may be limited as to the source of their payment. 7. To levy and collect annually, in addition to all other taxes now authorized or permitted, a special tax or taxes of not exceeding two percent on the value of all taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in the same manner as other municipal taxes are levied and collected, provided the levying of such tax or taxes be first approved by a majority of the qualified electors of such municipality voting at an election held for such purpose. Such tax may be levied upon all property in the municipality or upon all property in any district the boundaries of which the governing body of such municipality would describe and which it would determine to be especially improved and benefited by any proposed use or expenditure of the proceeds of such tax. 8. To pledge to the payment of any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness the annual proceeds from any such special tax or taxes and to obligate itself irrevocably to continue to levy and collect such taxes annually until such obligations or evidences of indebtedness are paid in full and to pledge thereto any rental or sales proceeds of property leased or sold by it. 9. To create a public authority or corporation having such powers, managed and governed by such board or governing body and subject to such limitations as the governing body of any municipality in Conecuh County may impose, by approving and filing a certificate to that effect in the office of the judge of probate or the secretary of state, or then respective successors in function, and to delegate to such public authority or corporation and its board or governing body all powers and authority conferred in this amendment upon any such municipality. The recital in any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness that they were issued pursuant to this amendment or that they were issued to provide funds to be used in furtherance of any power or authority herein authorized or that any special tax herein authorized has been pledged to the payment thereof would be conclusive; no purchaser or holder thereof need inquire further; and the levy and collection of such tax would continue until the principal of and interest on such obligations or evidences of indebtedness would have been paid in full. The bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued hereunder would not be considered an indebtedness of any municipality in Conecuh County for the purpose of determining the borrowing capacity of such municipality under sections 224 and 225 or the constitution; and the taxes herein authorized would be in addition to those provided for or permitted in sections 215 and 216 of the constitution and all amendments thereto.	d	46,776 (22%)	163,557 (78%)

1954

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the municipalities of Haleyville and Double Springs in Winston County would be authorized to acquire and dispose of all kinds of property, to promote the development of these municipalities and the location of any industries or businesses within, to become a stockholder in any corporation, association or company, to lend their credit or grant public money and things of value in aid of individuals, firms, associations and corporations, to become indebted and issue and sell securities, to levy and collect a special ad valorem tax and to pledge to the payment of its securities the proceeds of such special tax and other incomes, to create public corporations or authorities and to delegate to such public corporations or authorities all powers or authorities granted by such proposed amendment to such municipalities. Neither municipality shall make any engagement or commitment, or undertake any project unless and until the provision has been approved by a majority of the electors of the respective municipalities.	a	46,580 (58%)	33,911 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature may alter and regulate the costs and charges of the Courts in Madison County, and the method of disbursement.	a	46,223 (59%)	32,080 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the County of Morgan would be authorized to levy and collect a school tax of 55 cents per $100, provided that the tax does not exceed a rate of $1.25 per $100. The said tax must be approved by a majority of electors.	a	48,119 (61%)	31,237 (39%)

1953

December 15

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Constitutional rights	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that to entitle a person a vote at any election, they would have resided in the state for at least two years, in the county one year, and in the precinct or ward three months, immediately preceding the election, and they would have been duly registered as an elector, and shall have paid on or before the first day of February next preceding the date of the election at which they offer to vote, all poll taxes due for the two calendar years next preceding. Provided, that any elector who, within three months next preceding the date of the election at which they vote has removed from one precinct or ward to another precinct or ward in the same county, incorporated town, or city, would have the right to vote in the precinct or ward from which they have so removed, if he would have been entitled to vote in such precinct or ward but for such removal.	a	70,951 (57%)	53,532 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature may fix alter, and regulate the costs and charges of court, and the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances, or salary of, any officer of Chambers County; may provide the method and basis of compensation of such officers; may fix the terms of office of such officers; and may consolidate any of the offices held by such officers. When any such officer is compensated on a salary basis the legislature may provide for the distribution of the fees, commissions, percentages, and allowances collectable by him, and the funds from which the salary of the officer shall be paid, any other provisions of this constitution to the contrary notwithstanding.	a	34,059 (51%)	32,345 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State legislatures measures	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that whenever a vacancy occurs in either house of the legislature, the governor would issue a writ of election to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the term. However, if the secretary of state determines that a legally qualified candidate for election to the vacancy is unopposed when the last date for filing certificates of nomination has passed, the election shall not be held. The secretary of state shall issue a certificate of election to the candidate, the same as if an election had been held, and the certificate shall be accepted by the house in which the vacancy occurred as evidence of the unopposed candidate's right to fill the position created by the vacancy. In the event an election is held, all the costs and expenses incurred thereby would be paid out of any funds in the state treasury.	a	62,551 (66%)	32,889 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that each municipality in Franklin County be authorized to acquire and dispose of all kinds of property to promote the development of the municipalities in Franklin County and the location of new industries or businesses, to become a stockholder in any corporation, association or company, to lend its credit or grant public money and things of value in aid of individuals, firms, associations and corporations, to become indebted and issue and sell securities, to levy and collect a special ad valorem tax and to pledge to the payment of its securities the proceeds of such special tax and other incomes, to create a public corporation or authority and to delegate to such a public corporation or authority all powers or authorities granted by such proposed amendment to such municipalities.	d	31,363 (44%)	39,718 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that in addition to all taxes now or hereafter authorized by the constitution, the governing body of Talladega County is authorized to levy and collect a special school tax not to exceed three-tenths of one percent on the value of the taxable property, the proceeds of which would be used exclusively for public school purposes; and a special tax not to exceed two-tenths of one percent on the value of the taxable property, the proceeds of which would be used exclusively for the construction and maintenance of County roads and bridges. The governing body of Talladega County may fix the rates of the additional taxes authorized, at its discretion, without submitting the question of levying such additional taxes to a vote of the qualified electors of the County.	a	36,051 (52%)	33,802 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the municipality of Russellville in Franklin County shall have the power and authority to issue bonds not to exceed the amount of $150,000 in order to provide funds to be used for the purpose of acquiring any plant or building existing on the effective date of this amendment. The governing body of the municipality of Russellville is empowered and authorized to lease, rent, mortgage, or sell any plant or building acquired under the provisions of this amendment, and any income derived the above transactions would be used to retire or redeem the bonds provided for in this amendment but the principal and interest on such bonds shall be the general obligation of the municipality of Russellville.	d	31,477 (46%)	37,361 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the Board of Education of Lawrence County may designate special school districts and may propose to issue and sell bonds, not exceeding $150,000, for the construction, improvement or the equipping of school buildings. Upon a majority vote by the electors in a district the said bonds may be issued and sold and Lawrence County may levy a tax not exceeding five mills per annum on each dollar's assessed valuation on property in the district, the proceeds of which tax may be pledged for payment of principal and interest. Such tax shall not be levied longer than necessary to pay said principal and interest. Said bonds shall be negotiable instruments and eligible for the investment of trust funds.	a	41,666 (62%)	26,023 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Mobile County would continue to have all rights granted by Amendment XVIII of the constitution and may become indebted within the limits of Section 224 for the construction or erection of public buildings, bridges and roads; debts incurred or bonds issued under this and Amendments XVIII and XXIX shall not be considered as a part of Mobile County's debt limit under said Section 224, and the six-and-one-half percent limitation in Amendment XVIII refers to the outstanding bonds issued. Amendment XVIII shall be applicable to roads, bridges and streets within or partly within municipalities, and to the constructing, improving and equipping school building to the extent of $1,000,000, and to the constructing and equipping of a courthouse and jail, including sites to the extent of $4,000,000; the question of issuing bonds for said buildings shall be submitted to the voters as a single question. Bonds issued under this amendment, or under Amendment XVIII and redemption premiums on those bonds would be payable from the tax levied under the said amendment, Mobile County governing body, in issuing school, courthouse and jail bonds hereunder, may, if necessary to prevent default agree to use the two-and-one-half mill tax under Section 215 of the constitution for the payment of principal and interest.	a	40,686 (59%)	27,707 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Marshall County would levy an additional special school tax to be used for constructing, repairing and equipping public school buildings not to exceed five mills on each dollar's worth of property after the question has been submitted and voted for by the qualified electors. The election and the collection of the tax is to be governed by Title 52, Chapter 10, Article 7, Code of Alabama 1940. If the tax is defeated or if less than five mills is voted for, the question of levying the tax or increasing the tax may be submitted at intervals of one year until the total tax levied hereunder is five mills. A levy hereunder collected for five years may be repealed by an election of the qualified electors called after a petition signed by not less than 20 percent of the qualified electors of the County is received by the County governing body. Upon a vote to repeal the tax shall cease after payment of outstanding pledges. If the vote is against repeal the question may in like manner be resubmitted at one year intervals.	a	42,632 (62%)	26,144 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Taxes	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.	a	40,533 (60%)	27,023 (40%)

1952

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Transportation; Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that no revenue derived from any fees, excises, or license taxes levied by the state and relating to registration, operation, or use of vehicles upon the public highways except a vehicle-use tax imposed in lieu of a sales tax, and no revenue derived from any fee, excises, or license taxes levied by the state that relate to fuels used for propelling such vehicles except pump taxes, would be spent on the cost of administering such laws, statutory refunds and adjustments allowed therein, cost of construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repair of public highways and bridges, cost of highway right-of-way, payment of highway obligations, the cost of traffic regulation, and the expense of enforcing state traffic and motor vehicle laws. The provisions of this Amendment shall not apply to any such fees, excises, or license taxes now levied by the state for school purposes for the whole state or for any county or city board of education.	a	215,029 (67%)	105,821 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Law enforcement officers and departments	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that a sheriff would be elected in each county by the qualified electors, who would hold office for a term of six years, unless sooner removed, and he shall be eligible to run as his own successor, provided that the terms of all sheriffs expiring in the year 1955 are hereby extended until the first Monday after the second Tuesday of January 1957. Whenever any prisoner is taken from jail, or from the custody of any Sheriff or his deputy, and put to death, or suffers grievous bodily harm, owing to the neglect, connivance, cowardice, or other grave fault of the sheriff, such sheriff may be impeached, under section 174 of this constitution. If the sheriff is impeached, and thereupon convicted, he would not be eligible to hold any office in this State during the term for which he had been elected or appointed to serve as sheriff.	d	94,075 (32%)	196,283 (68%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Fayette County would be permitted to hold an election on any of the following: To purchase, construct, lease, or otherwise acquire real property, plants, buildings, factories, works, facilities, machinery and equipment of any kind. To lease, sell for cash or on credit, exchange, give and convey any such property described herein to any person, firm, association or corporation. To promote local industrial, commercial or agricultural development and the location of new industries or businesses. To become a stockholder in any corporation, association or company. To lend its credit or to grant public moneys and things of value in aid of, or to, any individual, firm, association, or corporation. To become indebted and to issue and sell interest bearing bonds, warrants (which may be payable from funds to be realized in future years), notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness, to a principal amount not exceeding 50 percent of the assessed value of taxable property as determined for state taxation, in order to secure funds for the purchase, construction, lease or acquisition of any of the property described above or to be used in furtherance of any of the other powers or authorities granted in this amendment. Such obligations or evidences of indebtedness may be issued upon the full faith and credit of the municipality or may be limited as to the source of their payment. To levy and collect annually, in addition to all other taxes now authorized or permitted, a special tax or taxes of not exceeding two percent on the value of all taxable property therein as determined for state taxation, in the same manner as other County or municipal taxes are levied and collected. Such tax may be upon all property in any municipality in Fayette County or upon all property in any district the boundaries of which the governing body of such municipality would describe and which it would determine to be specially improved and benefited by any proposed use or expenditure of the proceeds of such tax. To pledge to the payment of any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness the annual proceeds from any such special tax or taxes and to obligate itself irrevocably to continue to levy and collect such taxes annually until.such obligations or evidences of indebtedness are paid in full and to pledge thereto any rental or sales proceeds of property leased or sold by it. To create a public authority or corporation having such powers, managed and governed by such board or governing body of any municipality in Fayette County may impose, by approving and filing a certificate to that effect in the office of the judge of probate or the secretary of state, or their respective successors in function, and to delegate to such public authority or corporation and its board or governing body all powers and authority conferred in this amendment upon any such municipality. The recital in any bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness that they were issued pursuant to this amendment or that they were issued to provide funds to be used in furthering any power or authority authorized or that any special tax authorized has been pledged to the payment thereof would be conclusive; no purchaser or holder thereof need inquire further; and the levy and collection of such tax would continue until the principal of and interest on such obligations or evidences of indebtedness would have been paid in full The bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued hereunder would not be considered an indebtedness of any municipality in Fayette County for the purpose of determining the borrowing capacity of such municipality under sections 224 and 225 of the constitution; and the taxes herein authorized would be in addition to those provided for or permitted in sections 215 and 216 of the constitution and all amendments.	a	91,429 (52%)	84,836 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance		a	88,246 (51%)	83,173 (49%)

May 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Salaries of government officials	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that neither the legislature, nor any county, by the imposition of new, different, or additional duties or otherwise, increase, or authorize the increase of the salary, fees or other compensation of any officer of the state or of any county of the state, who is elected or appointed for a fixed term, during the term for which he is elected or appointed, regardless of whether such officer may be removed by the authority electing or appointing him or only upon impeachment; nor shall the legislature or any county of the state in any manner or by any means decrease, or authorize the decrease of the salary, fees or other compensation of any such officer, during the term for which he is elected or appointed; nor shall the legislature or any county increase or decrease, or authorize the increase or decrease of, the salary, fees or other compensation of any person filling an unexpired term in any such office during the remainder of such term, either before or after the appointment or election of such person to fill the unexpired term. As to officers who are members of any court, board, commission, or similar body whose terms do not run concurrently, any increase or decrease in the salary, fees, or other compensation of the members of any such court, board, commission, or similar body shall become effective as to all such members thereof immediately after the expiration of the term or terms of office of the member or members whose term or terms first expire.	a	109,585 (62%)	65,985 (38%)

1951

December 11

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the state would be authorized to sell and issue interest bearing state bonds, in addition to those already authorized and sold, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $25,000,000, for the purpose of aiding in the acquisition, construction, and improvement of public roads, highways, and bridges; provided that the proceeds from any bond sold would be used for no other purpose than to match funds which have been heretofore or may be hereafter allocated to the State under any law of the United States for this purpose. The bonds issued hereunder shall be general obligation bonds and shall bear interest at a rate or rates not greater than three percent per annum, payable semiannually, and none of the bonds shall be sold at less than face value.	a	89,542 (57%)	66,546 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	Taxes	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.	d	37,890 (48%)	40,974 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	Business regulations	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that each municipality in Pickens County be authorized to acquire and dispose of all kinds of property, to promote the development of the municipalities in Pickens County, and the location of new industries or businesses therein, to become a stockholder in any corporation, association, or company, to lend its credit or grant public money and things of value in aid of individuals, firms, associations, or corporations, to become indebted and issue and sell securities, to levy and collect a special ad valorem tax and to pledge to the payment of such securities the proceeds of such special tax and other income, to create a public corporation or authority and to delegate to such public corporation or authority all powers or authorities granted by this amendment to such municipalities.	d	26,441 (35%)	50,019 (65%)
LRCA	Amendment 12	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Board of Education of Lawrence County be authorized to designate one or more school districts within the County as a special school tax district, and to sell and issue bonds not in excess of $150,000,00 for each such special school tax district, for the purpose of acquiring funds for the construction, improvement, adding to, or equipping of a school building or buildings within such special school tax districts. In the event such bonds are issued, shall the governing body of Lawrence County be authorized to levy and collect an additional special tax of not exceeding five mills on each dollar's worth of property located within such special school tax district for the purpose of paying the principal and interest on such bonds, provided such tax is authorized by a majority of the voters of such districts in an election called for that purpose.	d	37,403 (49%)	38,488 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 13	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would alter and regulate the costs and charges of courts in Baldwin County, and the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances or salary of, and the method of compensating any officer of Baldwin County.	d	33,957 (45%)	41,876 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 14	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Haleyville, located in Winston County, would be authorized to acquire and dispose of all kinds of property, to promote the development of the city of Haleyville, and the location of new industries or businesses therein, to become a stockholder in any corporation, association, or company, to lend its credit or grant public money and things of value in aid of individuals, firms, associations, or corporations, to become indebted and issue and sell securities, to levy and collect a special ad valorem tax and to pledge to the payment of such securities the proceeds of such special tax and other income, to create a public corporation or authority and to delegate to such public corporation or authority all powers or authorities granted by this amendment to such municipality.	d	22,698 (30%)	51,935 (70%)
LRCA	Amendment 15	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that each municipality in Walker County be authorized to acquire and dispose of all kinds of property, to promote the development of the municipalities in Walker County, and the location of new industries or businesses therein, to become a stockholder in any corporation, association, or company, to lend its credit or grant public money and things of value in aid of individuals, firms, associations, or corporations, to become indebted and issue and sell securities, to levy and collect a special ad valorem tax and to pledge to the payment of such securities the proceeds of such special tax and other income, to create a public corporation or authority and to delegate to such public corporation or authority all powers or authorities granted by this amendment to such municipalities.	d	21,698 (29%)	51,991 (71%)
LRCA	Amendment 16	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that each incorporated city or town in Colbert County would be authorized to acquire, own, and lease self-liquidating projects for the purpose of promoting industry and trade by inducing manufacturing, industrial and commercial enterprises to locate in Colbert County, to promote the use of agricultural products and natural resources, and promote a sound and proper balance in said County between agriculture, commerce and industry. The cities and towns of Colbert County would be authorized to issue bonds for the purpose of acquiring such projects, pledge the revenues from such projects to the payment of such bonds and mortgage such projects to secure the payment thereof, provided that such bonds shall not be general obligation bonds of the municipalities of said County, and no such municipality shall operate any such project as a business or in any manner except as lessor thereof.	d	23,158 (31%)	51,061 (69%)
LRCA	Amendment 17	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that each incorporated city or town in Marion County would be authorized to acquire, own, and lease self-liquidating projects for the purpose of promoting industry and trade by inducing manufacturing, industrial and commercial enterprises to locate in Marion County, to promote the use of agricultural products and natural resources, and promote a sound and proper balance in said County between agriculture, commerce and industry. The cities and towns of Marion County would be authorized to issue bonds for the purpose of acquiring such projects, pledge the revenues from such projects to the payment of such bonds and mortgage such projects to secure the payment thereof, provided that such bonds shall not be general obligation bonds of the municipalities of said County, and no such municipality shall operate any such project as a business or in any manner except as lessor thereof.	d	23,670 (32%)	50,247 (68%)
LRCA	Amendment 18	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that, in addition to all other taxes now or hereafter authorized, the governing body of Chambers County would have the power to levy and collect, for a period of not exceeding 12 years, a special ad valorem tax on all real and tangible personal property only, located within the County, at a rate not exceeding five mills on each dollar's worth of said real and tangible personal property for the purpose of acquiring, constructing and equipping public school buildings within the County, including city school buildings, provided, however, such tax shall not be levied and collected until it has been authorized by a majority of the voters of the County at an election called for that purpose. In the event such tax is authorized by the qualified voters of the County, the governing body of the County shall thereupon be authorized to sell and issue its tax anticipation bonds in such amounts as it may determine for the purposes for which said tax was authorized.	d	35,019 (47%)	40,000 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 19	State legislatures measures	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Act No; 81 (House Bill No. 220), approved June 8, 1951; also Act No, 55 (House Bill No. 224), approved May 30, 1951; also Act No. 42 (House Bill No. 222), approved May 23, 1951; also Act No. 41 (House Bill No. 221), approved May 23, 1951; relating only to Marion County, Alabama, would be validated and confirmed.	d	23,944 (34%)	47,363 (66%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Civil service	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that appointments and promotions in the civil service would be made according to merit, fitness and efficiency, to be determined by examination, which would be competitive. It would be the duty of the legislature to maintain laws necessary to implement, and to provide adequate financial support for, a positive program of personnel management in the state service. All State personnel laws now in effect that are not in conflict with this Article shall continue in effect until they are amended or repealed as provided by law. Civil service status acquired by employees under existing statutes shall not be affected.	a	78,230 (64%)	44,879 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 20	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that, in addition to all taxes now or hereafter authorized, Fayette County, shall have the power to levy and collect a special school tax of 55 cents on each $100 worth of taxable property in Fayette County, the proceeds of which shall be used exclusively for public school purposes; provided that such tax and the purpose thereof shall have been first submitted to the vote of the qualified electors of the County and voted for by a majority of those voting at such election. If the proposal to levy the tax is defeated in an election, subsequent elections thereon may be held at any time. The tax, if levied, shall continue for a period of 25 years.	d	36,038 (49%)	38,176 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment 21	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the governing body of Franklin County shall have authority to become indebted and to issue and sell interest bearing general obligation bonds, warrants, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness in a principal amount not to exceed $50,000 for the purpose of constructing a County agricultural building and for purchasing land on which to construct such building.	d	34,625 (47%)	38,727 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 22	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that, in addition to all taxes now or hereafter authorized, a special school tax of 50 cents on each $100 worth of taxable property in Jackson County would be levied and collected; the proceeds from the above tax would be used exclusively for the construction, alteration, and upkeep of public school buildings; provided, the time the tax is to continue and the purpose thereof shall have been first submitted to the vote of the qualified electors of the County and voted for by a majority of those voting at such election; and provided further, that in no event shall the tax continue for a period of longer than twelve years.	d	36,335 (48%)	39,021 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment 23	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to confer on the municipalities of Tuscumbia, Sheffield, Hurtsboro, Russellville, Lanett, Pell City, Heflin, Carrollton, Opelika, Fairhope, Pine Hill, Scottsboro, Stevenson, Brewton, Pollard, Flomaton, Atmore, Tuskegee, Aliceville, Gordo, Reform, Livingston, Camden, Monroeville, Phenix City, Florence, Huntsville, Athens, Auburn and LaFayette, in lieu of the power conferred by Amendment No. VIII to said constitution to levy and collect an ad valorem tax of one-half of one percent for the purpose of paying bonds and the interest thereon, the power to levy and collect such tax for the purpose of paying the principal of and the interest on bonds and warrants, whether outstanding at the time of the adoption of the amendment proposed by this act or issued thereafter; conferring on the municipalities of Roanoke, Florala, Opp, Evergreen, Fayette, Clayton and Clio, in lieu of the power conferred by Amendment No. XVII to said constitution to levy and collect an ad valorem tax of one-half of one percent for the purpose of paying bonds or indebtedness and the interest thereon, the power to levy and collect such tax for the purpose of paying bonds or indebtedness and the interest thereon outstanding at the time of the adoption of the amendment proposed in this act and for the purpose of paying the principal of and the interest on bonds and warrants, whether outstanding at the time of the adoption of said proposed amendment or issued thereafter; and authorizing each of the named municipalities to pledge for the benefit of any bonds, warrants, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued after the adoption of said proposed amendment the proceeds from the tax which such municipality is authorized to levy by said proposed amendment; and providing that unless otherwise provided in the proceedings authorizing their issuance, any securities for the benefit of which such pledge is made shall take precedence, in the order of their the adoption of said proposed amendment with respect to which no such pledge is made.	d	28,781 (39%)	45,912 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 24	State legislatures measures	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would not have power to repeal Act Number 485, adopted at the 1949 Regular Session of the legislature, as amended, which levied a sales tax and a use tax in Colbert County, or to amend said Act so as to alter for any purpose the distribution provided for in said Act of the revenues arising from said taxes, while there are outstanding and unpaid any warrants heretofore or hereafter issued by any board of education in said County for the payment of which warrants said revenues, or any share or part thereof, have heretofore or may hereafter be pledged. After the ratification of this amendment the Colbert County board of education is authorized to issue and sell revenue warrants against the taxes mentioned herein up to but not exceeding the principal amount of $600,000.	d	29,126 (40%)	43,371 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State National Guard and militia	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature, in providing for the organization, equipment, and discipline of the state military forces, shall conform to the regulations of the U.S. Department of Defense and the laws of the United States, governing the armed forces. All affairs pertaining to the state military forces shall be administered by a state military department, which shall be headed by the adjutant general, and who shall be responsible to the governor as commander-in-chief. Officers of the State military forces, including the adjutant general, shall be appointed, and shall be subject to suspension, discharge, removal, or compulsory retirement as such, solely on the basis of military proficiency, character and service, as determined by Department of Defense regulations and military usages sanctioned by the military laws of the United States, anything in this constitution to the contrary notwithstanding. The qualifications of personnel of the federally recognized national guard shall be as prescribed in pertinent regulations and policies of the United States Department of Defense. The Governor shall, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint the adjutant general and all general officers. The governor shall appoint his own staff, as may be provided by law.	a	67,796 (57%)	51,636 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Taxes; Veterans policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that anyone who honorably served in the military service of the United States between January 1, 1917, and November 11, 1918, or between September 16, 1940, and December 8, 1941, or at any time past, present or future, when the United States was, is or shall be engaged in hostilities, whether as a result of a declared war or not, with any foreign state shall be required after the beginning of such service to pay the poll tax specified in the constitution of Alabama as a prerequisite to the privilege of voting in Alabama; but, on the contrary, every such person shall be exempt from the payment of all poll taxes which have theretofore accrued and have not been paid or which may thereafter accrue; provided, however, that if any such person is discharged dishonorably from service the exemption herein provided is forfeited, and such dishonorably discharged person, as a prerequisite to the privilege of voting in Alabama thereafter, must pay the poll tax specified in the constitution of Alabama as if such person had never been in service.	a	97,806 (74%)	34,848 (26%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Constitutional rights	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that citizens of the United States over the age of 21 and have the qualifications as to residence prescribed in Section 178 of this Article, would be qualified to register as electors provided they shall not be disqualified under Section 182 of this constitution: those who can read and write any article of the constitution of the United States in the English language which may be submitted to them by the Board of Registrars, provided, however, that no persons shall be entitled to register as electors except those who are of good character and who embrace the duties and obligations of citizenship under the constitution of the United States and the state of Alabama, and provided that in order to aid the members of the boards of registrars, who are hereby constituted and declared to be judicial officers, to judicially determine if applicants to register have the qualifications, each applicant shall be furnished by the board of registrars a written questionnaire, which questionnaire shall be filled out and answered in the presence of the board.	a	60,357 (50%)	59,988 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Redistricting policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to divide the state into senatorial districts, so that the Senate will be composed of 67 senators, one senator being elected from each County.	d	35,461 (28%)	91,990 (72%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Business regulations	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that no foreign corporation shall do any business in this state without having at least one place of business and an authorized agent, and without filing with the secretary of state a certified copy of its articles of incorporation. Lawsuits against such corporations would be the same as for suits against domestic corporations. The Legislature shall also provide for the payment to the state of Alabama of a franchise tax by such corporation, and such franchise tax would be based on the actual amount of capital employed in this state. Strictly benevolent, educational, or religious corporations shall not be required to pay such a tax.	d	47,154 (44%)	59,960 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be allowed to fix, alter and regulate the fees, commissions, allowances and salaries of, and the method of compensating the probate judge, the sheriff and his deputies, including the chief deputy of Madison County.	d	36,990 (45%)	44,546 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that each municipality in Franklin County be authorized to acquire and dispose of all kinds of property, to promote the development of the municipalities in Franklin County, and the location of new industries or businesses therein, to become a stockholder in any corporation, association, or company, to lend its credit or grant public money and things of value in aid of individuals, firms, associations, or corporations, to become indebted and issue and sell securities, to levy and collect a special ad valorem tax and to pledge to the payment of such securities the proceeds of such special tax and other income, to create a public corporation or authority and to delegate to such public corporation or authority all powers or authorities granted by this amendment to such municipalities.	d	25,151 (32%)	53,467 (68%)

1950

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State judiciary	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would not establish any branch courthouse or any division or branch of any court of record to be held at any place other than the county seat, nor shall the legislature abolish any branch courthouse now existing or abolish any division or branch of any court of record now existing, unless such proposal be first submitted to a vote of the qualified electors and is approved by a majority.	a	55,420 (65%)	30,420 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Jefferson County would be authorized to levy and collect an additional tax of 50 cents on each $100 of taxable property for public school purposes; provided such tax shall not be levied until the question of the levy has been submitted to, and authorized by, a majority of the qualified electors of the area affected by the tax.	a	57,715 (65%)	30,481 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	State judiciary	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the method of filling vacancies in the office of judges of the Circuit Court holding in Birmingham be filled as provided by Act No, 562, Regular Session of the Legislature 1949; provided this amendment shall only apply to vacancies which occur subsequent to January 15, 1951.	a	43,827 (54%)	37,747 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Public economic investment policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that each municipality in Marion County be authorized to acquire and dispose of all kinds of property, to promote the development of the municipalities in Marion County and the location of new industries or businesses, to become a stockholder in any corporation, association or company, to lend its credit or grant public money in aid of individuals, firms, associations and corporations, to become indebted and issue and sell securities, to levy and collect a special ad valorem tax and to pledge to the payment of its securities the proceeds of such special tax and other incomes, to create a public corporation or authority and delegate to such public corporation or authority all powers or authorities granted by this amendment to such municipalities.	a	39,830 (53%)	35,668 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	State judiciary; County and municipal governance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Talladega County be authorized to regulate the costs and charges of the courts and to fix and regulate the fees, commissions, percentages, allowances, or salary of, and the method of compensating the public officials of said County.	a	49,365 (65%)	26,598 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that several school districts in Monroe County be authorized to levy an additional special tax of 30 cents on each $100 worth of taxable property for public school purposes; provided such tax and the time it is to continue shall have been first submitted to the vote of the qualified electors of the said school tax district in which tax is to be collected and voted for by a majority of those voting at such election.	a	51,741 (68%)	24,876 (32%)

1949

December 13

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed the governor shall be permitted to issues bonds, provided that the aggregate principal does not exceed $2,000,000 and would mature in 10 years. The proceeds from the above bonds would fund hospitals, tuberculosis hospitals and health facilities. priority would be given to those communities that do not already have health care facilities and would be entitled to no less than $60,000 per annum. The interest rate on the above bonds would not exceed two percent.	a	40,788 (62%)	25,464 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the County of Marion is authorized to issue bonds and warrants. The proceeds from the said bonds and warrants would go toward the constructing, equipping, operating, maintaining or improving public hospitals or health facilities.	a	28,150 (55%)	22,673 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that all counties, except Mobile and Jefferson, would be authorized, provided the electors vote by majority, to levy and collect a special county tax for the purpose of funding public hospitals. Furthermore, in anticipation of revenue from the said tax, the counties may issue bonds, not exceeding 75 percent of the annual proceeds from the said tax.	a	37,588 (61%)	24,492 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature fix, regulate or alter the fees, commissions, allowances and salaries of the county offices in the county of Franklin.	d	21,473 (50%)	21,651 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Utility policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to limit to 30 years, the use of streets, alleys, avenues, ways or public places for the construction or operation of any telephone, telegraph, light, power, water or transportation system.	d	21,333 (50%)	21,748 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to allow St. Clair County to levy and collect a special school tax of 50 cents on each $100 of taxable property.	a	23,150 (53%)	20,896 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to allow Cherokee County to levy and collect a special district tax of 50 cents on each $100 of taxable property for the funding of public schools.	a	23,293 (53%)	20,601 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Public education governance; Public education funding; Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to allow the board of dducation of Lawrence County to designate and establish a special school district within the school district in which the municipality of Courtland is located, and it would become indebted and issue bonds in an amount not exceeding $100,000 for the construction and equipment of a school building within said district. To pay said indebtedness, and its interest, Lawrence County may levy and collect an annual tax on all property situated within said district, at a rate not in excess of five mills; provided, whenever enough has been collected to retire the bonds and pay the interest thereon the tax will cease and any surplus remaining will revert to the Courtland school district.	a	23,154 (53%)	20,336 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to allow a special school tax of 50 cents on each $100 worth of taxable property in the school tax district of the city of Huntsville in Madison County to be used solely for public school purposes. The city of Huntsville shall issue and sell interest bearing bonds with principal and interest to be paid from the proceeds of the tax herein levied. The proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall be used for the sole purpose of constructing and improving school buildings and acquiring sites; provided, the proceeds of the bonds shall be paid immediately to the board of education of the city of Huntsville. The principal amount of the bonds shall in no event exceed the sum of $575,000. All bonds issued would be payable in annual installments, the first of which shall be payable not more than two years after the date of the bonds, and the last within the period of usefulness of the improvements for which the bonds are issued.	a	23,913 (54%)	20,351 (46%)

1948

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to fix, regulate and alter the fees, commissions, allowances and salaries to be charged or received by tax assessors, tax collectors, probate judges, circuit clerks, sheriffs and registers of the chancery in Talladega County.	d	41,487 (48%)	44,540 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment 10	State National Guard and militia	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to add to the constitution the following: Section 1. For the purpose of promoting the military proficiency and effectiveness of the armed forces of this State, all officers, including general officers, of the federally recognized active national guard, except the adjutant general and all officers of the State Military Department and the State Staff, shall be appointed, and after the adoption of this amendment shall be subject to suspension, discharge, removal or compulsory retirement as such, solely on the basis of their individual military proficiency, character, and service, as determined according to military or naval regulations and usages sanctioned by the law of this State and of the United States and not inconsistent with the provisions and spirit of this Amendment. The qualifications of such officers of the federally recognized active national guard shall be prescribed in military regulations promulgated in accordance with specifications of the United States War Department under authority of federal laws affecting the national guard; provided that all general officers of the line of the federally recognized active national guard shall have had at least six years service as commissioned officers in the federally recognized active national guard at the time of their recommendation and appointment as herein provided, and shall be members of the national guard at the time of their recommendation and appointment, and that officers of the State Military Department and the State Staff hereafter appointed (except when commissioned in the Medical Corps) shall have served at least three years in the federally recognized active national guard, Army of the United States, or Officers Reserve Corps, and they shall have military and civil education, training, and experience particularly fitting them for the positions to which they are assigned. Section 2. The governor shall, subject to confirmation by the Senate, appoint adjutant general, who may be commissioned a general officer. The person so appointed shall have military and civil education, training and experience particularly fitting him for the position, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the governor appointing him. After the adoption of this amendment, in the event of a national mobilization, war, or emergency during which the adjutant general is ordered, called, drafted, or serves in the federal service, the governor may appoint, subject to confirmation by the Senate, a temporary the adjutant general who shall serve until the adjutant general is released from Federal service, after which time the latter shall again assume his office, provided he is physically able and is acceptable to the Governor then in office. Section 3. All officers of the federally recognized active national guard shall be commissioned by the governor, as commander-in-chief of the militia, upon nominations made as provided. Section 4. All general officers of the line of the federally recognized active national guard, except the adjutant general, shall be appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate, subject to the following conditions and limitations: whenever there occurs a vacancy for any such officer, the adjutant general (or the governor if there is no adjutant general) shall, within thirty days after the occurrence of the vacancy, call a meeting of the State Military Advisory Board provided for in Section 10 of this Amendment, and, if such meeting is not called within the prescribed time by such officer, the ranking member of said board shall do so. Said State Military Advisory Board when so convened shall, by a majority vote, recommend to the governor within thirty days a list of one or more persons considered by it to be qualified as to education, professional training and ability, character, experience, and general ability for the office to be filled, and the governor shall within thirty days thereafter fill such vacancy by appointment from among the persons so recommended, and, if the governor fails or refuses to make such appointment within the prescribed time, the adjutant general (or the chief justice of the Supreme Court, if there be no adjutant general or such officer fails or refuses to act within another thirty days) shall make such appointment from such list of recommended persons, and any such appointment made by any of such officers shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate; provided, that where the appointment of a general officer requires the consent or concurrence of another state government, the governor shall not be bound by the time limits prescribed for making the actual appointment. Any person appointed to be adjutant general or a general officer at a time when the Senate is not in session shall hold and exercise such office until the Senate next convenes, when his appointment must be immediately submitted by the officer making the appointment to the Senate for confirmation. Section 5. The adjutant general shall select and nominate suitable and qualified officers to fill vacancies occurring in the State Military Department, the State Staff, and the Alabama portion of staffs of commanders who are not members of the national guard of this state. The officers in the State Military Department and on the State Staff shall serve at the pleasure of the adjutant general. Section 6. General officers, regimental groups, battalion, and squadron commanders shall have the right to select and nominate, subject to the approval of the adjutant general, suitable and qualified officers to fill vacancies occurring on their respective staffs in the federally recognized active national guard. Section 7. Commanding officers of regiments, groups, battalions, and squadrons shall be selected and nominated by the adjutant general from among persons qualified for the appropriate grade and branch with the concurrence of the State Military Advisory Board. Section 8. Nominations of officers to fill vacancies in the federally recognized active national guard not otherwise provided for in this amendment shall be made by boards composed of the adjutant general, all higher tactical commanders of the unit involved, and the commanding officers of the unit, if there be one, from persons qualified for the appropriate grade and branch. Section 9. Commissions and appointments of officers of the federally recognized active national guard shall be vacated or suspended only in the following manners: by resignation; by compulsory retirement at a definite maximum age, or voluntary retirement as provided by statutes consistent with this amendment and requirements of the United States Government; by sentence of a court-Martial; by suspension, discharge, or retirement for cause upon the recommendations of an Efficiency Board of three superior officers, in cases of officers other than general officers, because of neglect of duty or moral or professional unfitness for further service as a commissioned officer, the accused officer having the right to appear before such board, present evidence, and appeal to higher military authority; upon withdrawal of Federal recognition; upon failure to comply with Federal regulations for continuance of Federal recognition; upon conviction of a felony; and because of physical unfitness, upon the recommendation of one or more medical officers of the national guard or some other component of the United States Army. General officers of the federally recognized active national guard shall be subject to impeachment in the manner prescribed for the impeachment of the attorney general of the State and upon the same grounds. They may also be removed from office by the Governor upon the recommendation and with the concurrence of the State Military Advisory Board because of neglect of duty or moral or professional unfitness for further service as such officers upon written charges proffered by the Governor or a member of such Board. Section 10. There shall be a State Military Advisory Board composed of all active general officers of the line of the federally recognized active national guard, the adjutant general, the ranking judge advocate general, and the ranking active line officer of each combatant arm of the service represented in the organized national guard of Alabama. Such Board shall have such duties as are imposed upon it by law, in addition to its duties as provided for in this amendment. Section 11. All affairs of the state militia shall be conducted by a State Military Department, of which, the adjutant general shall be the head, and the employees of such department shall be appointed by the adjutant general; provided that nothing contained herein shall prevent the application of the merit system to the employees in such department, other than employees in active military service, in so far as it does not conflict with the provisions of this amendment. Section 12. The provisions of this amendment shall become effective immediately upon its adoption, and all of its provisions shall be self-executing. Nothing in this amendment shall be construed as requiring the removal of any officer mentioned herein who is holding office at the time of its adoption. Any provision of the existing constitution inconsistent with any provision of this amendment is hereby repealed.	d	41,264 (47%)	46,527 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 11	County and municipal governance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to add to the constitution the following: The legislature may, by general, local or special law, provide any plan, kind, manner, or form of municipal government for Jefferson County, and whenever deemed necessary or advisable may abolish city or town government and unite, consolidate, or merge cities and towns and County, or a portion thereof, under one municipal government. Any limitations in this constitution notwithstanding, the legislature may designate the names and fix and prescribe the number, designation, terms, qualifications, and method of appointment, election, and removal of the officers thereof; define their duties and fix penalties for nonperformance; fix and define boundaries of the territory so governed and specify its name, title, or manner of designation; and provide for the discontinuance of such form of government when deemed advisable. The legislature, in any such consolidation act, shall designate the officers or employees who shall perform the acts and duties required of County officers by the constitution or by law, as far as applicable. Such consolidated unit of government may levy and collect such taxes as are now or may hereafter be permitted to be levied by counties, and in addition thereto, all such taxes as are now or may hereafter be permitted to be levied by any municipality within any such consolidated area. For the purpose of levying such taxes, the Legislature shall provide a method and procedure by which the governing body may arrange, locate, change, or relocate any portion or portions of such territory into urban districts. State and County taxes, at the rate provided by the constitution and by law, shall be levied throughout the consolidated territory or area. The governing body shall have the power to levy additional taxes in the urban districts, which need not be uniform among the districts, in such consolidated territory or area at a rate not exceeding the highest rate of taxation allowed or permitted any municipality therein, at the time of such consolidation or merger. Such consolidated unit of government shall have all the power and authority to incur debt enjoyed by counties and municipalities subject to the limitations imposed by the constitution and by law. In determining the constitutional debt limit, the provisions of Section 224 and Section 225 of the constitution shall apply; provided, however, that all such property located within urban districts shall be taken and considered as being within a municipality. Bonded and other indebtedness of the political subdivisions united, consolidated, or merged under the terms of this section, existing at the time of such union, consolidation, or merger, shall be enforceable only against the property theretofore taxable.	d	27,613 (25%)	84,202 (75%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to authorize Marion County to levy and collect a special County tax not exceeding four mills on each dollar of taxable property for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, enlarging, operating, furnishing or maintaining County hospitals or other public hospitals, nonprofit hospitals and public health facilities for which federal funds have been provided.	a	42,677 (51%)	41,624 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to authorize Escambia County to levy and collect a special County tax not exceeding four mills on each dollar of taxable property for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, enlarging, operating, furnishing or maintaining County hospitals or other public hospitals, nonprofit hospitals and public health facilities. The tax must be authorized by the electors by a majority vote.	a	44,982 (54%)	38,644 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the county of Tuscaloosa and the city of Tuscaloosa would be authorized to levy and collect a special school tax of 50 cents for every $100 of taxable property for public schools. The said tax shall be voted on by special election. The tax, if passed, will remain in effect for a period of 30 years. Furthermore, the districts are permitted to sell interest bearing bonds and the revenue from the above taxes shall go toward paying the interest and principal on the said bonds. The money from the bonds would go toward the construction and improvement of school buildings.	a	45,579 (53%)	40,040 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to authorize every county, except the counties of Mobile, Montgomery and Jefferson, to levy and collect a special county tax not exceeding four mills on each dollar of taxable property for the purpose of acquiring, leasing, constructing, enlarging, operating, furnishing or maintaining county hospitals or other public hospitals, nonprofit hospitals and public health facilities, provided the electors vote on the said tax.	a	53,101 (56%)	42,318 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Local government finance and taxes; Sewage and stormwater	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to authorize the county of Jefferson to issue bonds in an amount not exceeding three percent of the assessed value of the taxable property within the county. The tax would pay for the construction, improvement, extension and repair of sewers and sewage treatment and disposal plants. The county would use the lien on the sewer rentals or service charges to pay the said bonds. Such issuance of bonds must be approved by the voters. The county shall retain all power over the said sewer and sewage facilities. The right to issue bonds for Jefferson county will expire December 31, 1958.	a	51,856 (56%)	39,996 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	State judiciary	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution: Article 6, Section 168. The amendment proposes that the said article and section would not be applicable to Precinct 3 in Houston County or to any precincts lying within the City of Dothan, a municipality having more than 1,500 inhabitants; nor would the legislature authorize or provide for the election or appointment of justices of the peace in such precinct or precincts. The legislature may create and establish an inferior court for Houston County and confer upon it Countywide jurisdiction of all matters, causes, actions, and proceedings of a criminal or civil nature, whether legal or equitable, and, by general or local laws, regulate the procedure, costs and charges thereof.	d	36,974 (47%)	42,499 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to authorize Jefferson County to levy and collect an additional County school tax of 50 cents on each $100 of taxable property for the purpose of funding public schools. The electors must vote on the said tax, except those electors who are already pay such a tax.	d	41,997 (48%)	46,354 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	State judiciary	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The legislature would have the authority to pass general or local laws establishing or abolishing divisions and branches of courts of record and to prescribe the places of holding such courts, but no division or branch of any court of record shall be established to be held at any place other than the county seat or abolished pursuant to any law unless the proposal is first referred to the vote of the qualified electors of the county or counties to be affected and is approved by a majority of those voting.	d	38,226 (45%)	46,651 (55%)

January 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State legislatures measures	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the governor would convene a special session of the legislature if A) an insurrection or lawless outbreak should occur or any infectious or contagious disease should threaten the state; or B) if three-fifths of the legislature petition the governor to do so.	d	63,191 (39%)	98,413 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Taxes; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to authorize the DeKalb County to levy and collect a four mill tax on each dollar of taxable property for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, operating, equipping or maintaining County hospitals or other public hospitals, nonprofit hospitals and public health facilities. The said tax must be approved by a majority vote by the electors.	a	55,308 (54%)	46,205 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that a license tax be enacted in Marshall County for those selling or keeping in storage for the sale of gasoline, woco pep, or any other motor fuel sold or stored. The proceeds from the said tax shall be used for the construction and maintenance of hard surface farm-to-market roads in the County. Such a tax must be voted upon by the electors every two years with a majority vote.	a	51,290 (51%)	48,627 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the county of Etowah, including the cities of Gadsden and Attala, would be authorized to levy and collect a special district tax of 50 cents for every $100 of taxable property for public schools.	a	55,712 (56%)	44,393 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the county of Calhoun, including the cities of Jacksonville, Piedmont, Anniston and other school districts within the county, would be authorized to levy and collect a special school tax of 50 cents for every $100 of taxable property for public schools. Furthermore, the districts are permitted to sell interest bearing bonds and the revenue from the above taxes may go toward the payment of both the principal and interest on said bonds.	a	51,196 (56%)	39,478 (44%)

1947

August 26

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance; Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the revenue received by the state from income tax be disbursed in the following way: $12,249,860 shall be set aside to pay interest and principal on Income Tax Bonds; approximately $6,700,000 would be added to the sinking fund to pay “Old Bonded Debt” and the “Carpet Bag Bonds”; the residual would pay the Building Commission for capital outlay only for educational purposes, provided that only 12 percent goes to institutions of higher education and not less than 88 percent to county and city boards of education.	a	111,212 (79%)	29,250 (21%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to fix, regulate and alter the fees, commissions, allowances and salaries to be charged or received by tax assessors, tax collectors, probate judges, circuit clerks, sheriffs and registers of the chancery in Etowah County.	a	57,985 (72%)	22,811 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes; State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to authorize the Montgomery County to levy and collect a four mill tax on each dollar of taxable property for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, operating, equipping or maintaining County hospitals or other public hospitals, nonprofit hospitals and public health facilities. The said tax must be approved by a majority vote by the electors.	a	55,558 (71%)	23,108 (29%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would be authorized to fix, regulate and alter the fees, commissions, allowances and salaries to be charged or received by tax assessors, tax collectors, probate judges, circuit clerks, sheriffs and registers of the chancery in Limestone County.	a	53,395 (70%)	22,375 (30%)

1946

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Decatur would levy and collect a tax, provided that the tax is voted upon and approved, on taxable property. The one mill County school tax would commence in the tax year beginning next after the election and end on October 1, 1967. Morgan County would levy and collect a tax on all taxable property at a rate not exceeding 10 cents on each $100 of taxable property, which tax would be used exclusively for the construction, equipping, enlargement, acquisition, repair and operation of public hospitals.	a	68,676 (68%)	32,664 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Healthcare facility funding	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the state may acquire, build, establish, own, operate and maintain hospitals, health centers, sanatoria and other health facilities. The legislature would appropriate public funds and may authorize counties, municipalities and other political subdivisions to appropriate their funds, and would designate or create an agency or agencies to accept and administer such funds for such facilities.	a	80,850 (72%)	31,195 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Haleyville would be authorized to levy and collect a tax on property not exceeding, in any one year, one percent of the value of such property as assessed.	a	67,983 (65%)	37,180 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Constitutional rights	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that on the first day of January, 1903, the following persons, and no others, who, if their place of residence remains unchanged, will have, at the date of the next general election, the qualifications as to residence prescribed in Section 178, would be qualified to register as voters, provided they would not be disqualified under Section 182 of the constitution: those who can read and write, understand and explain any article of the Constitution of the United States in English and who are physically unable to work and those who can read and write, understand and explain any article of the Constitution of the United States in English and who have worked or been regularly engaged in lawful employment, business, or occupation, trade, or calling for the greater part of the 12 months next preceding the time they offer to register, including those who are unable to read and write if such inability is due solely to physical disability; provided, however, no persons shall be entitled to register as electors except those who are of good character and who understand the duties and obligations of good citizenship under a republican form of government.	a	89,163 (54%)	76,843 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that each city whose ad valorem tax rate is limited to less than one and one-fourth percent of the value of the property within said city, would be further authorized to levy and collect each year an additional tax to the extent that the total ad valorem tax rate would not exceed one and one-fourth percent in any one year on the property within the said city.	a	59,366 (60%)	39,544 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	State legislatures measures	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would meet in the capitol in their respective houses; that the business conducted during legislative sessions must regard organization of the legislature, the election of officers, the appointment of standing committees for the next four years, the opening and publication of election returns, the determination of contested elections in cases of ties, and the qualifications of elected legislators. The legislature shall not remain in session longer than 36 days, special sessions would be convened if need be, but are limited to 36 days. Legislators would be paid $10 a day and 10 cents a mile to and from their residence to the seat of government.	a	62,755 (62%)	38,191 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Highways and bridges	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the state would not be authorized to engage in internal improvement, nor lend money or its credit in aid of such, except as may be authorized by the constitution: the state may appropriate funds for the construction, repair and maintenance of public roads, highways and bridges; the state may undertake such improvements as long said project does not exceed $10 million; the state may appropriate funds for the construction, improvement, repairs, maintenance and operation of public airports, air landing fields and other navigation facilities.	a	66,424 (66%)	33,853 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Taxes; Healthcare facility funding	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that all counties, except Mobile and Montgomery, must levy and collect a tax for the acquisition, lease, construction, operation, equipment and maintenance of a county hospital. The said tax shall not exceed 10 mills on each $100. The said tax must be voted on and passed by a majority vote.	a	63,941 (65%)	34,925 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Mobile County would continue to have and possess the right and authority to become indebted for the construction or erection of public buildings, bridges and roads, provided that Amendments XVIII, XXIX and XVIII are adhered to.	a	60,848 (66%)	31,604 (34%)

1945

October 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature levy and collect an income tax from whatever source derived within the state, including incomes from salaries, fees and compensation paid for the calendar year of 1933, and thereafter. The tax would be fixed at no more than five percent and three percent for corporations. From net income an exemption of not less than $1,500 would be allowed to unmarried persons and an exemption of not less than $3,000 would be allowed to the head of a family, provided that only one exemption would be allowed to husband and wife where they are living together and make separate returns for income tax; an exemption of not less than $300 would be allowed for each dependent under the age of 18. The funds derived from the tax would be used to create a trust fund for the payment of the principal of all outstanding warrant refunding bonds and to become part of and to supplement the sinking fund, created for the payment “Old Bonded Debt” and Funding Renewal Bonds; to replace revenues lost to the several funds by reason of exemption of homesteads from the state ad valorem tax; any residual funds would be paid into the state treasury.	d	42,368 (36%)	75,308 (64%)

1944

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature fix, regulate, or alter fees, commissions, allowances and salaries, including the basis upon which they are based, for the county of Houston.	a	83,159 (70%)	36,216 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Veterans policy; Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that those who have fought between January 1, 1917 and November 11, 1918, and September 16, 1940 and December 8, 1941, or anytime in the future, when the U.S. is at war, at the beginning of military service no such person shall pay the poll tax while in the service.	a	143,021 (84%)	27,605 (16%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Local government officials and elections	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that candidates for county offices need 25 percent of the votes cast in a primary election to run in the general election.	d	47,209 (38%)	76,819 (62%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Law enforcement officers and departments	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution: Article 5, Section 138. The amendment proposed that a county sheriff may serve a term of six years and may run as his own successor. The sheriff may be impeached for the death or bodily harm made to a prisoner due to neglect, connivance, cowardice or other grave fault of the sheriff or his deputies.	d	78,812 (50%)	80,181 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature fix, regulate, or alter fees, commissions, allowances and salaries, including the basis upon which they are based, for the county of Walker.	a	75,477 (67%)	37,720 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Banking policy	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution: Section 251. The amendment proposed that there would be no limit of time for the duration of a corporation hereafter organized as a bank or banking company, and it shall not be necessary hereafter to renew or extend the life or charter of any such corporation now existing. And all extensions of the life or charter of any such corporations are hereby ratified and confirmed.	a	70,546 (65%)	37,662 (35%)

1933

July 18

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CCRCA	Amendment 1	Federal government issues; Alcohol laws	The amendment proposes to repeal the 18th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution regarding the prohibition of alcohol in the United States. The amendment also proposes to ratify the 21st Amendment so as to reestablish the manufacture, sale, transport, storage and consumption of alcoholic beverages in the United States.	a	100,269 (59%)	70,631 (41%)

1932

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Sylacuaga would be permitted to become indebted in an amount, including present indebtedness, not exceeding five percent of the assessed value of the property within the city. Not included in the limitation of indebtedness: temporary loans made based on forthcoming taxes, to be paid within a year and not exceeding one-fourth of the general revenue of preexisting indebtedness; and the acquisition, provision, enlargement, improvement or the construction of school houses, sewers, water works, electric light, gas, sewage disposal plants, sidewalk improvements.	d	55,993 (32%)	120,112 (68%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State legislative elections	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that one Senator be elected from each county to the state Senate for a term of four years, beginning in 1934.	a	37,469 (70%)	15,950 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Law enforcement officers and departments	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that a county sheriff would be elected every four years and may run as his own successor. The sheriff may be impeached for the death or bodily harm made to a prisoner due to neglect, connivance, cowardice or other grave fault of the sheriff or his deputies.	d	86,480 (41%)	122,939 (59%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that cities with populations between 1,000 and 6,000 would be authorized become indebted in an amount, including present indebtedness, not exceeding eight percent of the assessed values of the property within city limits. Exclusions to the above indebtedness limit include: temporary loans made based on forthcoming taxes, which shall not exceed one-fourth of the general revenue for the preceding year; any indebtedness from the purchase, acquisition, provision, construction, enlargement or improvement of water works, electric light, gas, sewage disposal plants, sewer, street, sidewalk and other improvements. Geographical exclusions exclude the cities in the counties of Jackson, Marshall, Etowah and St. Clair.	d	49,809 (27%)	134,959 (73%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature be permitted to levy and collect a tax on incomes derived from salaries, fees and compensation paid by the state, county, municipality, and any agency or creature thereof. Net income exemptions include $1,500 for unmarried persons, $3,000 for the head of a family, provided that only one exemption shall be allowed to husband and wife where they are living together and make separate returns for income tax.	d	78,824 (35%)	144,685 (65%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Bond issues	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the state would be permitted to issue interest bearing bonds in an amount not to exceed $20 million to pay the indebtedness of the state outstanding on September 30, 1932. Interest rates shall not exceed six percent per annum, payable semi-annually. A sinking fund, funded from income taxes, would be created to pay the above bonds, any deficiencies may be payed through temporary loans not exceeding $3 million.	d	58,139 (27%)	157,884 (73%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature fix, regulate or alter fees, commissions, allowance to be charged or received by any county office of the following counties: Calhoun, Chilton, Colbert, Covington, Houston, Henry, Jackson, Lawrence, Limestone, Shelby Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa and Walker. County officers included are sheriff, judge of probate, tax assessor, tax collector, clerk of the Circuit Court and register of the Chancery Court.	d	66,024 (36%)	119,222 (64%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Public assistance programs	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the each county would be authorized to borrow money from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation under the Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932. Such funds would provide relief and work to the needy and distressed people relieving the hardships resulting from unemployment. Borrowing of such funds would be paid back with interest.	d	87,965 (26%)	249,799 (74%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature may fix, regulate or alter the costs, fees, commissions, allowances or salaries to be charged or received by the tax assessors and tax collectors for assessing and collecting taxes levied for public school purposes in Mobile County, provided that any such indebtedness would not fall onto the state, but rather fall to the Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County.	d	62,469 (35%)	115,021 (65%)

May 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the cities of Eufaula and Talladega would be authorized to levy and collect a tax of one-half of one percent per annum for the purpose of funding municipal government. The cities of Decatur, Red Bay, and Parish would be authorized to levy and collect a property tax of one-half of one percent per annum. The city of Bridgeport would be authorized to levy and collect a tax of one percent property tax per annum. The cities of Attalla and Altoona would be authorized to levy and collect a tax of one percent property tax per annum. All tax proposals for the above cities must be put be for the voters and approved by a majority vote.	d	21,261 (25%)	65,332 (75%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Parks, land, and natural area conservation; Forestry and timber	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would provide for the formation of forestry districts for the purpose of reforestation and development and protection of growing timber and for the collection of an acreage tax of not more than five cents per acre. This amendment would be retro-active beginning of the legislative session of 1931.	d	24,126 (27%)	66,013 (73%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Bond issues; Water	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Jackson be permitted to issue bonds with an aggregate amount not exceeding $700,000 for the purpose of purchasing, constructing, enlarging or improving water works, including pipe lines and pump stations.	d	24,293 (28%)	62,308 (72%)

January 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the city of Mobile is authorized to levy and collect a property tax for the purpose of funding city government. The said tax shall be, in aggregate, one and one-tenth percent of the value of property within the city.	d	13,357 (31%)	29,891 (69%)

1931

November 10

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution: Article XXI, Section 219. The amendment proposed that legislature assess, levy, and collect a tax on inheritances and for the levying of estate taxes not to exceed to the aggregate amounts which may be credited against or deducted from any similar tax upon inheritances or taxes on estates assessed or levied by the U.S. on the same subject.	a	57,094 (82%)	12,837 (18%)

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution: Article XX-B, Sections 1-10. The amendment proposed that the state is authorized to engage in the construction, improvement, repair and maintenance of public roads, highways and bridges and, to fund such projects, the state is authorized to sell or issue interest-bearing negotiable state bonds. The bonds were not to exceed value in the amount of $25 million and were not to yield an interest of more than six percent per annum. The ballot measure also included the following stipulations: * Construction or improvements made to public roads, highways and bridges must also include those connecting county seats and circuit courts within counties, if more than one circuit court should exist within a county. Proceeds from said bonds would not be used for the maintenance or discharge of contract debts, liability or obligations existing prior to the adoption of the amendment. A total of $18,425,000 would be set aside from the proceeds of the bonds to be apportioned in amounts of $275,000 to each county that is obligated to construct and hard surface all public roads and bridges. The remainder of the funds would be used to construct and surface existing or new highways and constructing or repairing bridges. * All proceeds from the bonds shall remain separate from all other funds. * Distributors, retail dealers or storers of gasoline shall pay a one-time excise tax for the selling, distributing or withdrawing from storage gas, except those entities that sell gasoline in interstate commerce. The excise tax would be levied at one cent and would create a sinking fund for the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds, which would be exempt from taxes forever.	d	31,034 (32%)	64,613 (68%)

1924

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Veterans policy; Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that those who served in the U.S. military or naval service between January 1, 1917, and November 11, 1918, would be exempt from payment of all poll taxes which have accrued or may hereafter accrue.	a	75,924 (70%)	32,982 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Local government organization	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature may form districts for establishing and maintaining a drainage system; for the building and maintaining of public roads, seawalls or other protection against waves, storm or flood therein; and provide for the assessment of the whole or part of the cost of such improvements, provided the improvements increase the value of the land. This amendment would only apply to Mobile and Baldwin counties.	a	60,095 (67%)	29,825 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the county of Mobile may levy and collect taxes for the funding of public schools. The rate of taxation would not exceed in the total of any one year, one-fifth of one percent of the value of such property as assessed. Such taxes would be in addition to those taxes authorized under Article XIX of the Alabama Constitution of 1901.	a	58,559 (67%)	28,873 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the municipalities of Thorsby, Piedmont, Greenville, Roanoke, Greensboro, Calera, Florala, Opp, Evergreen, Fayette, Clayton and Clio would have the power and right to levy and collect a tax one-half of one percent in any one year, provided that the purpose for the said tax is for paying bonds and or indebtedness issued and outstanding, and further provided that the proposed tax is put before the voters and passed with a majority vote. Alabama City would have the power and right to levy and collect a tax three-quarters of one percent in any one year, provided that the proposed tax does not impact, limit, modify, abridge or impair the power or authority of the city to levy and collect the special school taxes conferred upon the city, including the city of Selma.	a	55,321 (66%)	28,891 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Local government finance and taxes; Highways and bridges; Bond issue requirements	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Mobile county may issue bonds for the purpose of construction or improvement of concrete or better than concrete surfaced public roads and bridges between Mobile and Baldwin counties; such bonds would not exceed six and one-half percent. Any such indebtedness shall first go before the voters and passed with a majority vote.	a	57,410 (67%)	28,041 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Walker county would be authorized to levy and collect a road tax not exceeding 50 cents on each $100 worth of taxable property of the purpose of constructing or maintaining public roads, bridges and ferries, provided the proposed tax is put before the voters and passed with a majority vote.	a	56,535 (67%)	28,217 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that Town Creek School District No. 59, Landersville School District No. 23 and Moulton School District No. 28, in Lawrence county would be authorized to levy and collect a tax for the purpose of acquiring, constructing or repairing of school buildings. The said tax would not exceed five one-thousandths in any one year and must be voted upon by the electors of the district.	a	54,926 (68%)	25,566 (32%)

1920

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution: Section 93. The amendment proposed that the state not engage in works of internal improvement nor lend money or its credit in aid of such, unless the state chooses, under the provisions of the law, to use the net proceeds from the Convict Fund to be applied to such improvements. Such restrictions would not apply to the development or improvement of harbors or seaports.	d	77,480 (47%)	89,071 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Transportation; Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature would have the power to authorize counties that have taxable property valued in excess of $100 million to acquire, construct, purchase, own, lease maintain, use, control and operate highways, railroads, freight stations, passenger stations, wharves, piers, docks, warehouses, grain elevators, storage tanks, team trucks and all other facilities and structures for the purpose of receiving, carrying, delivering, reducing in bulk, storing or preparing for shipment of goods, wares and merchandise or passengers over such railroads or in or through such terminal facilities, in aid of intrastate, interstate, or foreign commerce, including the dredging, on both banks of the approaches to the water terminals. The above mentioned counties would be authorized to issue bonds, lend their credit, grant public money, or other things of value in aid of the internal improvement as described above. The said tax shall be restricted to twenty cents on each $100 of taxable property and all such counties would be authorized to increase the limit of county indebtedness from 3.5 to 4.5 percent of such taxable property.	d	70,198 (43%)	91,698 (57%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Taxes; Transportation	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that counties would have the power to levy and collect a road tax not exceeding 50 cents on each one hundred dollars worth of taxable property. Such taxes would be used to for the erection, construction or maintenance of the necessary public roads, bridges or ferries, provided that such taxes are first put before the voters for approval by a majority vote.	d	58,109 (37%)	99,070 (63%)

1915

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Taxes	The amendment proposed that the constitution be amended: Article XIX, Section 1, 2 and 3. The amendment proposed counties and school districts would have the power to levy and collect a special county or district tax that would not exceed 30 cents on each $100 worth of taxable property, provided that such a tax proposal would first be put before the voters.	a	69,341 (59%)	47,543 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Salaries of government officials	The amendment proposed the system by which Montgomery County officers would be paid, which took effect subsequent to the general election of November 1916. The system was as follows: the probate judge would receive $5,000 per annum and $5,500 per annum for office expenses, such as one clerk at $1,500 per annum or two clerks at $1,000 each per annum; or one clerk at $800 per annum and $1,200 for all other expenses, including extra clerks. The $1,200 was to be paid to the judge in monthly installments and disbursed by him. The tax collector of Montgomery County would receive a salary of $4,000 per annum, a $1,500 allowance for his clerk and $1,000 for extra help. The county tax assessor would receive a salary of $4,000 per annum, $1,500 for a chief clerk, $900 for assistant clerk and $600 per annum for extra help. The Montgomery County sheriff would receive a salary of $4,000 per annum, an allowance of $1,200 per annum for a chief clerk, $1,380 per annum for a chief deputy, $2,200 per annum for two deputies and $1,000 for extra assistance. These amounts were to be paid out of the county treasury. These salaries would not interfere with payouts to the sheriff for extra guards at the county jail or bailiffs for the courts, nor with the provisions for feeding prisoners. Monthly salary payouts for county officers were to be collected on the first Monday of each month.	a	53,207 (56%)	42,411 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Banking policy	The amendment proposed to repeal Article 13, Section 250. The amendment proposed would repeal the section regarding the obligation to give preference of payouts, over creditors, to holders of bank notes and depositors, who have not stipulated for interest, in cases of insolvency.	a	51,996 (54%)	44,034 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Taxes	The amendment proposed to allow the city of Selma further allowances on tax collection. The amendment proposed that the city of Selma would levy and collect annually an additional tax of two-tenths of one percent upon the value of the property therein as fixed for state taxation for the maintenance of public schools. The city would also levy and collect an additional tax of one-tenth of one percent upon the value of property therein as fixed for state taxation for the improvements and repairs of public school buildings, or to pay off debts owed by the city, provided that all the above taxes are in lieu of all other city taxes for the support of public schools.	a	50,373 (54%)	43,494 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Administration of government	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution: Section 48. The amendment proposed that the legislature, beginning with the first session of 1919, convene sessions biennially.	d	42,946 (46%)	51,284 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	Taxes	The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that municipalities, excepting Birmingham, Montgomery, Decatur, New Decatur and all municipalities located within the counties of Geneva, Pickens, Sumter, Baldwin, Dale, Escambia, Monroe, Henry, Houston, Marengo, Wilcox, Talladega, DeKalb Jackson and Marshall, are authorized to levy and collect an annual tax for general purposes not exceeding one-half of one percent of the value of the property within the municipality, provided that the proposed tax is put before the voters and passed with a majority vote.	d	41,686 (48%)	44,780 (52%)

1912

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	County and municipal governance	The amendment proposed that the constitution be amended. The amendment proposed to authorize the legislature, by general or local laws, to fix, regulate or alter the costs, charges of courts, fees, commissions, allowances and salaries to be charged or received by any county officer of Jefferson county, including the method and basis of their compensation.	a	62,417 (80%)	15,886 (20%)

1909

November 29

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Alcohol laws	The amendment proposed that the constitution be amended: Article XIX. The amendment proposed that the manufacture, sale and keeping for sale of alcoholic and malt liquors and other intoxicating beverages would be forever prohibited; alcohol may be sold for medical, scientific and mechanical purposes, and wine for sacramental purposes. The law shall not prevent the legislature under police power from designating places where such liquors may not be stored or kept.	d	49,093 (39%)	76,272 (61%)

1908

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	State and local government budgets, spending, and finance	The amendment proposed that the constitution be amended: Section 93, Article IV. The amendment proposed that the state would not undertake internal improvement nor lend money for such improvement; the state would not be interested in any private or corporate action, provided that the state may under appropriate laws cause the net proceeds from the state Convict Fund to be applied to the construction, repair and maintenance of public roads and the legislature may also make additional appropriations for that purpose.	a	45,794 (64%)	25,806 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	State legislatures measures	The amendment proposed that the constitution be amended: Section 48. The amendment proposed that the legislature meet biennially on second Tuesday in January following their election and shall remain in session for not more than 50 days.	d	27,915 (43%)	37,351 (57%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	County and municipal governance	The amendment proposed that the constitution be amended: Article XIX. The amendment proposed that new counties may be formed from pre-existing counties, provided that 1) 500 electors vote on the whether the land shall be taken from their county, 2) the removal of land from a pre-existing county does not reduce the population to below the threshold for the right to have a state representative, 3) the value of taxes of either county, old and new, does not drop below a million, 4) the counties’ total area remain within the constitutional limit, and 5) the new boundaries do not run within seven miles of the court of the old county, unless a county should have two court houses, in which case, one may be cut off into the new county. The vote should be held during the general election.	d	40,379 (47%)	45,281 (53%)

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