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Maine Waldo-Hancock Bridge, Amendment No. 2 (1929)
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The Maine Waldo-Hancock Bridge Referendum, also known as Amendment No. 2, was on the September 9, 1929 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure allowed for the issuance of bonds of up to $1.2 million pay for building a bridge across the Penobscot River to be called the Waldo-Hancock Bridge.[1][2] This amended Section 17 of Article IX of the Maine Constitution.[3]
Aftermath
On September 12, 1955, $90,000 bonded indebtedness remained on the Waldo-Hancock Bridge, but $101,250.28 in cash deposit was available to pay for this.[4] On October 12, 1959, a debt of $45,000 remained on the bridge, but a cash deposit of $67,752.36 was available to pay it.[5]
Election results
| Maine Amendment No. 2 (1929) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 58,206 | 57.04% | ||
| No | 43,844 | 42.96% | ||
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 amended constitutional language can be read here.
Similar measures
Other measures that have been used to seek funding for similar bridge projects include the following:
- Maine Kennebec Bridge Bond Issue, Amendment No. 1 (1925)
- 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 1929 ballot measures
- 1929 ballot measures
- List of Maine ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine
External links
- Lewiston Daily Sun, "List of Questions," September 3 , 1929
- 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 Daily Sun, "List of Questions," September 3 , 1929
- ↑ Resolves of the State of Maine Passed by the Eighty-Fourth Legislature 1929, "Chapter 147," accessed April 18, 2014
- ↑ Lewiston Daily Sun, "Specimen Ballot," September 9, 1955
- ↑ Lewiston Daily Sun, "Specimen Ballot," October 5, 1959
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