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Maine Municipal Debt Limit Increase, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 (1954)
The Maine Municipal Debt Limit Increase Referendum, also known as Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1, was on the September 13, 1954 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure raised the limit on municipal indebtedness from five percent to seven and a half percent.[1][2] The measure became the 76th amendment to the Maine Constitution, repealing and replacing Section 15 of Article IX of the Maine Constitution.[3]
Election results
| Maine Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 (1954) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 111,726 | 58.15% | ||
| No | 80,402 | 41.85% | ||
Election results via: The Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library
Text of measure
The language that appeared on the ballot as:[2]
| “ | Shall the constitution be amended as proposed by a resolution of the legislature to increase from 5% to 7½% the limitation of municipal indebtedness?[4] | ” |
Constitutional changes
The full text of the constitutional changes made by this measure can be read here.
Similar measures
- Maine Municipal Indebtedness, Question No. 3 (1911)
- Maine State and Municipal Indebtedness, Amendment No. 2 (1933)
- Maine Municipal Debt Limit Increase, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 (1951)
- Maine School Building Authority and Municipal Debt Limits, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 5 (1951)
- Maine School Building Authority and Municipal Debt Limits, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 (1955)
- Maine Regulation of Municipal Borrowing, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 (1973)
Path to the ballot
- Legislative Document: L.D. 912, S.P. 313(1953 Regular Session)
- Legislative Enactment: Resolves 1953, c. 78[1]
See also
- Maine 1954 ballot measures
- 1954 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- Lewiston Daily Sun, "Specimen Ballot," September 10, 1954
- Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
- National Conference of State Legislatures, State Ballot Measures Database
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, "Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820 - "
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lewiston Daily Sun, "Specimen Ballot," September 10, 1954
- ↑ Resolves of the State of Maine Passed by the Ninety-sixth Legislature 1953 "Chapter 78," accessed April 18, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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