Maine Highways and Bridges Bond Issue Increase, Amendment No. 5 (1919)

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The Maine Highways and Bridges Bond Issue Increase Referendum, also known as Amendment No. 5, was on the September 8, 1919 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure increased the amount of bonds to be issued for the purpose of building state highways and providing for the building of intrastate, interstate and international bridges. This amended Section 14 and Section 17 of Article IX of the Maine Constitution.

Election results

Maine Amendment No. 5 (1919)
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		26,228	83.65%
No		5,125	16.35%

Election results via: Main State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-

Text of measure

See also: Maine Constitution, Article IX, Section 14 and Section 17

The full text of the ballot language can be read here.

Constitutional changes

The full text of the proposed constitutional changes can be read here.

Similar measures

Funding for state highway construction projects has been a frequent ballot issue in Maine. The following lists those that have been approved and defeated.

Approved

• Maine Bond Issue for State Highways, Question No. 2 (1912) a
• Maine Highways and Bridges Bond Issue, Amendment No. 2 (1925) a
• Maine Highways and Bridges Bond Issue Increase, Amendment No. 3 (1929) a
• Maine State Aid Highways Bond Issue, Amendment No. 2 (1935)a
• Maine State Highways Bond Issue, Referendum Question No. 1 (1957) a
• Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 2 (1959) a
• Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 1 (1961) a
• Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 2 (1963) a
• Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 2 (1965) a
• Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 1 (1968) a
• Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 1 (1974) a
• Maine Highway and Bridge Improvement Program, Referendum Question No. 2 (1975) a
• Maine Highway and Bridge Improvement Program, Referendum Question No. 7 (1977) a
• Maine Highway and Bridge Improvement, Referendum Question No. 1 (1979) a
• Maine Highway and Bridge Improvement, Referendum Question No. 2 (1981) a
• Maine Highway and Bridge Improvement, Bond Issue 3 (1983) a
• Maine Highway, Bridge and Airport Improvements, Bond Issue 4 (1985) a
• Maine Highway, Bridge, Airport and Harbor Improvements, Question 7 (1989) a
• Maine Highway, Bridge, Airport, Ferry Vessel and Harbor Improvements Matching Federal Funds, Question 8 (1991) a

Defeated

• Maine State Aid Highways Bond Issue, Amendment No. 2 (1921) d
• Maine Highways and Bridges Bond Issue Increase, Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (1939) d
• Maine State Highways Bond Issue, Referendum Question No. 1 (1951) d
• Maine State Highways Construction, Referendum Question No. 11 (1969) d
• Maine Highway, Bridge and Airport Improvements and Groundwater Pollution, Question 9 (1987) d

See also

Suggest a link

• Maine 1919 ballot measures
• 1919 ballot measures
• List of Maine ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine

External links

• Lewiston Evening Journal, "Proposed Constitutional Amendments to be Voted Upon September 8, 1919," August 23, 1919
• Main State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
• National Conference of State Legislatures, State Ballot Measures Database

Footnotes

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