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Maine Municipal Indebtedness, Question No. 3 (1911)
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.[1] The measure permitted municipalities of 40,000 inhabitants or more to increase their indebtedness to 7.5 percent.[2] This amended Article XXII of the Maine Constitution.[3]
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 | ||
 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)
- 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 Municipal Debt Limit Increase, Proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 1 (1954)
- 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)
See also
- 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
- ↑ Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library, "Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-," accessed April 1, 2014
- ↑ The Lewiston Daily Sun, "Specimen Ballot," September 1, 1911
- ↑ Acts and Resolves of the Seventy-Fifth Legislature of the State of Maine . 1911, "Chapter 221," accessed April 18, 2014
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