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Maryland Abolish Office of the Surveyor, Question 17 (1972)

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The Maryland Abolish Office of the Surveyor Amendment, also known as Question 17, was on the November 7, 1972 ballot in Maryland as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure abolished the office of the surveyor in the city of Baltimore and the surveyor of Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Kent, Prince George's, Queen Anne's, St Mary's, Somerset, Talbot, Washington, Wicomico and Worcester counties.[1]

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Maryland Question 17 (1972)
ResultVotesPercentage
Approveda Yes 520,929 73.92%
No183,76026.08%

Election results via: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

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  1. ↑ Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, "Referenda Elections for Maryland 1968-1990," accessed June 4, 2014
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