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)
ResultVotesPercentage
Defeatedd No15,31656.13%
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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, "Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-," accessed April 3, 2014
  2. ↑ The Lewiston Daily Sun, "SPECIMEN BALLOT," Wednesday Morning, August 24, 1921
  3. ↑ Resolves of the State of Maine Passed by the Eightieth Legislature. 1921, "Chapter 175," accessed April 18, 2014
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