The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-08-12
NOTICE OF ELECTION CON-
STITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
CHAPTER 81

An Act to Provide for the Submission
to the Qualified Electors of the
State of Montana of an Amendment
to Article XII of the Constitution of
the State of Montana, Relating to
Revenue and Taxation by Adding a
New section Thereto Providing for
the Levying of Taxes for the Pur-
pose of Insuring Growing Crops
Against Loss or Damage by Hail.
Be 1t Enacted by the Legislative As
sembly of the State of Montana:
Section 1. That Article XII of the
Constitution of the State of Montana
be amended as hereinafter provided,
and that the question of said amend
ment be submitted to the qualified
electors of the State of Montana at the
next general election.
Section 2. That Article XII of the
Constitution be, and the same is here
by amended by adding thereto a new
section to be known as Section 10 and
to read as follows:
"Section 10. The providing of in
surance against loss or damage to
crops by hail is hereby declared to be
public purpose and the Legislative
Assembly is authorized and empower
ed to provide for the levy and collec-
ton annually of tax upon agricul-
tural land for said purpose; provided
however, that no such tax shall be lev
led against lands in any county until
a majority of the qualified electors OF
such county shall, at any regular cleo
ton or at an election held for such
purpose, have voted in favor of sub
mitting their lands and the crops
growing thereon to the provisions Of
the State Hail Insurance Laws, or un.
less the owner of any tract of land il
any county shall have consented il
writing to the imposition of such tax
Said tax shall be levied upon such
classification of said lands and with
such exemptions as may be provided
by law. The Legislative Assembly
may divide the state into hail insur-
ance districts on such basis as shall
seem just and necessary to secure an
equitable distribution of the burden OF
taxation among such lands and may
classify the lands within such dis.
trict and the rates of tax therein may
vary in accordance with the risk in
CURED. The Legislative Assembly
may determine the rates and may levy
the tax in the different districts or
may provide that such rates may be
determined and such tax levied by the
State Board of Equalization. The pro-
visions of Section of this Article linn
lting the rate of tax for such purposes,
shall not apply to the tax herein pro-
vided for but such tax shall be in adj
dition thereto"
Section 3. Separate official ballots
shall be provided at the general cleo
ton to be held in November, 1926,
which shall have printed thereon all of
Section 2 of this Act, and below the
same shall be printed the words:
For the above written Amendment
to the Constitution.
Against the above written Amend
ment to the Constitution.
Each elector shall designate his
preference by marking an x in the
square before the proposition for
which such elector desires to vote.
Section A. The votes for and
against the amendment above pro-
posed shall be canvassed, determined
and declared as provided by the gen.
eral 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 be in full
force from and after it's passage and
approval.
Approved March 10, 1925.
United States of America,
IS.
State of Montana
l, G. T. Stewart, Secretary of State
of the State of Montana, do hereby
certify that the foregoing il . true