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Maine Bonus for Soldiers and Sailors, Amendment No. 3 (1921)
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The Maine Bonus for Soldiers and Sailors, also known as Amendment No. 3, was on the September 12, 1921 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated. The measure would have provided for a bond issue for the purpose of paying a bonus to Maine soldiers and sailors in the war with Spain.[1][2] This would have amended Section 14 and Section 20 of Article IX of the Maine Constitution.[3]
Election results
| Maine Amendment No. 3 (1921) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 15,316 | 56.13% | ||
| Yes | 11,969 | 43.87% | ||
Election results via: Main State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
Text of measure
The full text of the ballot language can be read here.
Constitutional changes
The full text of the proposed constitutional changes can be read here.
Similar measures
A similar measure was approved to issue bonds to pay for bonuses to soldiers and sailor in the war with Germany in 1920.
Two measures, a legislatively referred constitutional amendment and a legislatively referred state statute, in 1946 tried to provide bonuses and other compensations to veterans of World War II, but both were defeated.
- Maine World War II Veterans Bonus Bonds and Taxes, Proposed Constitutional Amendment (1946)
- Maine World War II Veterans's Bonus Taxes, Referendum Question (1946)
See also
- Maine 1921 ballot measures
- 1921 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- The Lewiston Daily Sun, "SPECIMEN BALLOT," Wednesday Morning, August 24, 1921
- Main State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
- National Conference of State Legislatures, State Ballot Measures Database
Footnotes
- ↑ Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, "Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-," accessed April 3, 2014
- ↑ The Lewiston Daily Sun, "SPECIMEN BALLOT," Wednesday Morning, August 24, 1921
- ↑ Resolves of the State of Maine Passed by the Eightieth Legislature. 1921, "Chapter 175," accessed April 18, 2014
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