Minnesota Borrow School Funds, Amendment 5 (1896)

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The Minnesota Borrow School Funds Amendment, also known as Amendment 5, was on the November 3, 1896 ballot in Minnesota as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure permitted cities, towns, villages, counties and school districts to borrow school and university funds.

Election results

Minnesota Amendment 5 (1896)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		127,151	77.87%
No		36,134	22.13%

Election results via: Minnesota Legislative Reference Library

Text of measure

The text of the measure can be read here.

See also

Suggest a link

• Minnesota 1896 ballot measures
• 1896 ballot measures
• List of Minnesota ballot measures
• History of direct democracy in Minnesota

External links

• Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
• 1895 Laws of Minnesota

Footnotes

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