Maine Municipal Indebtedness, Question No. 3 (1911)

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The Maine Municipal Indebtedness Referendum, also known as Question No. 3, was on the September 11, 1911 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure permitted municipalities of 40,000 inhabitants or more to increase their indebtedness to 7.5 percent. This amended Article XXII of the Maine Constitution.

Aftermath

In 1951, a ballot measure attempted to raise the municipal debt limit to seven and a half percent statewide, but it was defeated. However, the measure was later passed in 1954.

Election results

Maine Question No. 3 (1911)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		39,240	50.34%
No		38,712	49.66%

Election results via: Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, People's Vetoes 1909-

Text of measure

The full text of the ballot language can be read here.

Similar measures

• Maine State and Municipal Indebtedness, Amendment No. 2 (1933) d
• Maine Municipal Debt Limit Increase, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 (1951) d
• Maine School Building Authority and Municipal Debt Limits, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 5 (1951) a
• Maine Municipal Debt Limit Increase, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 (1954) a
• Maine School Building Authority and Municipal Debt Limits, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 (1955) a
• Maine Regulation of Municipal Borrowing, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 (1973) a

See also

Suggest a link

• Maine 1911 ballot measures
• 1911 ballot measures
• List of Maine ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine

External links

• Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
• I&R Institute ballot measure database for Maine
• The Lewiston Daily Sun, "Specimen Ballot," September 1, 1911

Footnotes

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