A series of
referendums on the
legislature and
taxes were held in
American Samoa on 3 November 1970 alongside
general elections.
Voters were asked to approve a measure streamlining the spending of money obtained from taxes and duties, a ban on government employees or public officers running for the legislature while they held those positions, a measure setting the term of the
Fono
The Legislative Assembly ( sm, Fono Aoao Faitulafono a Samoa), also known as the Parliament of Samoa ( sm, Palemene o Samoa), is the national legislature of Samoa, seated at Apia, where the country's central administration is situated. Samoan P ...
as two 30-day sessions per year and another capping
MP salaries at six thousand dollars per year.
All these measures passed and were adopted into law.
References
{{American Samoan elections
Referendums in American Samoa
1970 in American Samoa