Maryland 1966 ballot measures
Seventeen statewide ballot measures were on the November 8, 1966 ballot in Maryland.
- Sixteen of the measures were legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
- One of the measures was a veto referendum.
- Twelve of the measures were approved.
- Five of the measures were defeated.
On the ballot
November 8
Typ | Titel | Subject | Description | Result |
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LRCA | Amendment 1 | Gov't Finances | Permits a deputy treasurer to sign bonds, certificates and other evidences of the debt of the state | |
LRCA | Amendment 2 | Local gov't | Provides and optional system of home rule powers for certain counties | |
LRCA | Amendment 3 | Gov't salaries | Increases the annual salary of the governor | |
LRCA | Amendment 4 | Gov't Finances | Relates to the procedure to be followed to create debt in Baltimore | |
LRCA | Amendment 5 | Judiciary | Creates a Commission on Judicial Disabilities | |
LRCA | Amendment 6 | Eminent domain | Provides an optional procedure for the acquisition of land in Prince George's County | |
LRCA | Amendment 7 | Judiciary | Allows the general assembly to create intermediate courts of appeal | |
LRCA | Amendment 8 | Legislature | Makes a provision for filling vacancies in the office of state senator | |
LRCA | Amendment 9 | Labor | Establishes a Workmen's Compensation Commission | |
LRCA | Amendment 10 | Judiciary | Exempts Washington County from the provision concerning the removal of deputy clerks | |
LRCA | Amendment 11 | Eminent domain | Authorizes municipal corporations in Cecil County to take land for roads and sewage facilities | |
LRCA | Amendment 12 | Judiciary | Increases the number of judges residing in Cecil County | |
LRCA | Amendment 13 | Legislature | Changes the time of consideration of supplemental appropriation bills by the general assembly | |
LRCA | Amendment 14 | Gov't salaries | Provides that the salary of the State Treasurer be fixed by the general assembly | |
LRCA | Amendment 15 | Legislature | Empowers the general assembly to set its own compensation | |
LRCA | Amendment 16 | Admin of gov't | Abolishes the office of the Commissioner of the Land | |
VR | Amendment 17 | Transport | Authorizes the construction of a toll bridge across the Chesapeake Bay |
See also
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