Maine Kennebec Bridge Bond Issue, Amendment No. 1 (1925)
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The Maine Kennebec Bridge Bond Issue Referendum, also known as Amendment No. 1, was on the September 14, 1925 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure authorized the issuing of bonds to fund the building of a bridge across the Kennebec River between the city of Bath and the town of Woolwich.[1][2] This amended Section 17 of Article IX of the Maine Constitution.[3]
Aftermath
On September 12, 1955, $1,110,000 bonded indebtedness remained on the Kennebec Bridge.[4] On October 12, 1959, the debt was $925,000.[5]
In 1972, a legislatively referred bond question was voted upon that would have issued $4 million in bonds for the construction of a toll bridge across the Kennebec River between Waterville and Winslow, but the measure was defeated.[6]
Election results
| Maine Amendment No. 1 (1925) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 54,107 | 86.80% | ||
| No | 8,228 | 13.20% | ||
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 constitutional changes can be read here.
Similar measures
Other measures that have been used to seek funding for similar bridge projects include the following:
- Maine Waldo-Hancock Bridge, Amendment No. 2 (1929)
- Maine Fore River Bridge Bond Issue, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 4 (1950)
- Maine Bangor-Brewer Toll Bridge Bond Issue, Referendum Question No. 2 (1951)
- Maine Lewiston-Auburn Toll Bridge Bond Issue, Referendum Question No. 3 (1951)
- Maine Jonesport Reach Bridge Bond Issue, Referendum Question (1955)
- Maine Passagassawaukeag River Bridge, Referendum Question No. 1 (1959)
- Maine Chebeague Island Bridge and Causeways, Referendum Question No. 5 (1963)
- Maine Lewiston-Auburn Bridge, Referendum Question No. 3 (1967)
- Maine Kennebec Bridge, Referendum Question No. 3 (1972)
See also
- Maine 1925 ballot measures
- 1925 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- Lewiston Evening Journal, "List of Questions," September 8, 1925
- 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
- ↑ Lewiston Evening Journal, "List of Questions," September 8, 1925
- ↑ Resolves of the State of Maine Passed by the Eighty-Second Legislature 1925, "Chapter 71," accessed April 18, 2014
- ↑ Lewiston Daily Sun, "Specimen Ballot," September 9, 1955
- ↑ Lewiston Daily Sun, "Specimen Ballot," October 5, 1959
- ↑ Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, "Votes on Maine Bond Issues, 1951-," accessed April 16, 2014
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