Alabama County Tax, Amendment 5 (1948, November)
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The Alabama County Tax, Amendment 5, also known as Amendment 5, was on the ballot in Alabama on November 2, 1948, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed to authorize every county, except the counties of Mobile, Montgomery and Jefferson, to levy and collect a special county tax not exceeding four mills on each dollar of taxable property for the purpose of acquiring, leasing, constructing, enlarging, operating, furnishing or maintaining county hospitals or other public hospitals, nonprofit hospitals and public health facilities, provided the electors vote on the said tax.[1]
Election results
| Alabama Amendment 5 (1948) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 53,101 | 55.65% | ||
| No | 42,318 | 44.35% | ||
Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1951
See also
- Alabama 1948 ballot measures
- 1948 ballot measures
- List of Alabama ballot measures
- History of Initiative & Referendum in Alabama
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