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NOTICE OF ELECTION
Constitutional Amendment)
CHAPTER II

All 1Cl iOI the SUBMISSION 10 the
Qualified Electors of the State of
Montana for an Amendment to Sec
tion Fifteen of Article Twelve of the
Constitution of the State of Montana,
as Amended Creating County Board
OF Equalization and State Board of
Equalization, and Defining and Pres
cribing their Powers and Duties"
b e 1T ENACTED BY THE LEGIS-
LATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE
STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. That Section Fifteen of
Article Twelve of the Constitution of
the State of Montana, as amended, be
amended as hereinafter provided, and
that the question of said amendment
be submitted to the qualified electors
of the State of Montana at the next
general election.
Section 2. That Section Fifteen of
Article XII of the Constitution, as
amended, be, and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section Is. The board of county
commissioners of each county shall
constitute the County Board Of Equal
ization. The duties Of such board shall
be to adjust and equalize the valua-
ton of taxable property within their
respective counties, and all such adj
justments and equalizations may be
supervised reviewed, changed, in
creased or decreased by the State
Board of Equalization. The State
Board of Equalization shall be COM
posed of three members who shall be
appointed by the Governor, by and
with the advice and consent of the
Senate. A majority of the members of
the State Board of Equalization shall
constitute quorum. The term of Of
flee of one of the members first ap-
pointed shall end ON March LIST, 1925,
of another first appointed on March
LIST, 1927 and of the third first ap-
pointed on March 1st, 1929. Each
succeeding member shall hold his Of
flee for the term of six years, and I'M
til his successors shall have been ap-
pointed and qualified. In case of a
vacancy the person appointed to fill
such vacancy shall hold office for the
term in which the vacancy
occurs. The qualifications and sal
aries of the members of the State
Board of Equalization shall be as pro-
yided by law, provided, however, that
such members shall be so selected
that the board will not be composed
of more than two persons who are af-
filiated with the same political party
or organization; provided, further,
that each member shall devote his en-
tire time to the duties of the office
and shall not hold any position of
trust or profit, or engage in any occu-
patton or business interfering or in
consistent with his duties as a mem
Der of such board, or serve on or I'M
der any committee of any political
party or organization, or take part,
either directly or indirectly, in any
political campaign in the interest of
any political party or organization
or candidate for office The State
Board Of Equalization shall adjust and
elualize the valuation of taxable prop
erty among the several counties, and
the different classes of taxable prop
erty in any county and in the several
counties and between individual tax
payers; supervise and review the acts
of the county assessors and county
boards of equalization; change, in
crease or decrease valuations made by
county assessors or equalized by
county boards of equalization; and ex-
ercise such authority and do all things
necessary to secure a fair, just and
equitable valuation of all taxable
property among counties, between the
different classes of property, and be-
tween individual taxpayers. Said
State Board of Equalization shall also
have such other powers, and perform
such other duties relating to taxation
as may be prescribed by law"
Section 3. Separate official ballots
shall be provided at the general cleo
ton to be held in November, 1922,
which shall have printed thereon all
of Section Is of Article XII. of the
of the State of Montana,
as amended by this act, and below the
same shall be printed the words.
For the above written amend
to the Constitution.
II Against the above written
amendment to the Constitution
Each elector shall Designated his
preference by marking an x in the
square before the proposition for
which such elector desires to vote.
Section f. The votes cast for and
against the amendment above propos-
ed shall be canvassed and declared as
provided by the general election laws
Of the State of Montana.
Section 5. All acts and parts of
acts in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
Section 6. This act shall take eff
feet and be in full force from and
after its approval.
Approved March %, 1921.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, }
So.
STATE OF MONTANA
|, G. T. STEWART, Secretary of
the State of Montana, do hereby
certify that the foregoing is true
and correct copy of an Act entitled:
An Act for the Submission to the
Qualified Electors of the State of
Montana of an Amendment to Sec
ton Fifteen of Article Twelve of
the Constitution of the State of
Montana, as amended: Creating
County Boards of Equalization and
State Board of Equalization, and
Defining and Prescribing their Pow
ers and Duties"
In Testimony Whereof, have