Alabama County Budget, Amendment 18 (1960)

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The Alabama County Budget, Amendment 18, also known as Amendment 18, was on the ballot in Alabama on February 16, 1960, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was defeated. The amendment proposed to amend the constitution. The amendment proposed that the legislature fix, regulate and alter fees, commissions, allowances, and salaries with regard to Shelby County's judge of probate, sheriff, tax assessor and tax collector. Furthermore, the county governing body would appropriate money from the general fund to pay said salaries and legal expenses associated with each of the above county offices, including the acquisition and maintenance of vehicles belonging to the sheriffs department.[1]

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Alabama Amendment 18 (February 1960)
ResultVotesPercentage
Defeatedd No47,94657.76%
Yes35,06842.24%

Election results via: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1963

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