Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-08-15
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LEGAL ADVERTISING.

PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR
Whereas. Petitions signed by the reg
uisite number OF voters and praying for
to be hereinafter more particularly. de-
scribed have been duly and regularly
| filed In the office of the secretary OF
stitution of the state Of Montana; and
Whereas, The governor Of the state Is
required by law to issue his proclamation
announcing the filing Of such petitions;
NOW, Therefore, I, s. ". Stewart, as
governor OF the state Of Montana, 90
! hereby proclaim the filing OF such .psu-
tons for the submission to the qualified
voters Of the state Of Montana for their
approval or rejection, at the regular cleo
ton to be held on the second day OF NO
venber. A. D. 1920. of
| to increase the rate Of taxation on real
and personal property for state purposes
one and one-half qh) mills on each dol
lar OF valuation for period OF ten years.
| thorize and empower the legislative as
senably to levy tax for each year dur
Ing such period Of not exceeding three
and one-han (3h) mills on each dollar
OF valuation, and to appropriate the
money derived from one and one-half
| aAl mills of such levy for each year
tenance and improvement Of the institu-
tons now comprised In the University OF
Montana"
Also:
"A bill to enact by the Initiative law
to authorize the state of Montana to be-
come indebted in the sum Of five million
dollars $4,000 ,ooo in excess. Of the con-
stitutional limitation OF Indebtedness ard
over and above any bonded Indebtedness
heretofore incurred or created and for
which the state of Montana is now obli-
gated. for the construction, repair and
equipment of necessary buildings at the
several educational Institutions of the
state OF Montana now under the control
Of the state board of education, and con-
| un4v 0f
soula, the state college of agriculture
and mechanic arts at Bozeman, the Mon
tana state school Of mines at Butte, and
| the Montana state normal college at Dill
lon. comprised in the University Of Mon
tana and the state orphans home at
Twin Bridges, the Montana school for
tana state industrial school at Miles
| City. and the state vocational school for
| girls at Helena; providing for the issu-
| ance Of bonds in the name of the state of
ness and for the sale thereof; prescribing
the form OF such bonds; and providing
for the ievying of an annual tax suffi-
cient to pay the principal thereof and the
| interest accruing thereon"
| Also:
| "A bill to propose by initiative petition
| a law providing that the state OF Mon
tana shall have control over the financ-
| ing OF irrigation districts, and the con-
struction and acquisition of irrigation
systems within such districts: author;z-
| ing the state Of Montana to become In
| debted in the sum of twenty million dol
| lars CSC, 00o.00o) over ard above any ex-
| listing Indebtedness; providing for the is
| suance and sale OF such bonds in the
name of the state of Montana in the sum
| Of twenty million dollars (s2o.ooo 900, as
state obligations; to acquire funds for
| the purpose Of creating a state fund to
/ be known as the Montana Irrigation
| Development Fund with which to pur-
chase bonds of irrigation districts organ
| lied under the laws of Montana pre-
scribing the authority and duty OF the
| state board of examiners relative to the
| issuance of such bonds and the sale Of
| irrigation district bonds and the invest
| ment Of the proceeds derived therefrom,
| as well other money in the Montana
Irrigation Development Fund: prescrib-
ing the duties of state boards and off,
GERS in the administration Of this act.
| and providing for the submission of this
act to the qualified electors
! In Witness Whereof / have hereunto
set my hand and caused the Great Seal of
| the state to be affixed.
| Done in the city of Helena. the capital.
| this the tenth day of July, in the year of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred
| twenty
| (SeaD S. V. STEWART.
| C. r. STEWART. Secretary of state.