The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-10-08

suSn distributor into and distributed and
solo by him within this state after it
mas arrived in and is brought to rest
Wlthln this state, whether sold in the
original packages or in the broken pack
ages during such year, provided that
an gasoline delivered by any distributor
70 any of his service stations in this
ssa I snail be deemed to have been sold
anu shall be treated and considered in
computing such license tax in the same
manner as though the same had been
sOId 70 dealers or to other persons"
section z That Section 1888 Of the
1IeNlsed Codes of Montana of 1921, as
dIhended by Chapter $50 of the Laws
OF 1873 and by Chapter 1876 of the Laws
OF 1925, be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
section 1888. Every dealer shall, for
the year 1927 and each year thereafter
when engaged in such business in this
state, pay to the state treasurer for the
exclusive use and benefit Of the State
OF Montana license tax for engaging
IN such business in this state equal to
IhFee cents for each gallon of gasoline
sold or distributed by such dealer in
eIllS state during such year. provided
however that no gasoline sold by such
| dealer which was purchased by him
from producer or distributor, who had
PAID the tax thereon, shall be included
/ or considered in discriminating the
amount of such license tax to be paid
| by such dealer, but only such gasoline
- W e1S SIllppeu, transported or import
ed into this state and purchased by
such dealer before it had arrived in and
was brought to rest within this state
and then resold by such dealer, whether
IN the original packages or in broken
packages, shall be included or consider
/ ed Tor the purpose of computing such
| license tax
Section 3. That Section 1892 of the
| Revised Codes of Montana of 1921. aus
amended by Chapter $50 of the Laws of
IL a Fvr
| OF 1925, be and the same is hereby
! amended to read as follows:
section 1892. All money received by
! the state treasurer in payment of IL
cense taxes under the provisions of this
act shall be deposited by him and cred
lJed to the state highway fund All
money so collected and deposited in the
state highway fund shall be used and
expended by the State Highway Com
mission in the construction reconstruc.
tlon betterment, maintenance, admins
tratlon and engineering on the Fedora
highways system of highways in this
state selected and designated under tn,
. provisions of the Federal Aid Act, ap
proved July II, 1916, and the Fedora
Highway Act approved November 8, 1921
and all amendments thereto, and for tn,
purpose of construction, reconstruction
, betterment, maintenance, administrator
and engineering Of highways LEADING
| from each county seat in the state t.
said Federal Highway system of Fed
, eral Aid roads where such county sea
, is not on said system, and for the pur
pose of construction, reconstruction bet
2 terment, maintenance, adminiStratiO
and engineering of such other roads a
= have been or may be authorized by tn
laws of Montana. Provided, that tn
Z total net cost to the state 70 radmins
4 tration and engineering on the Fedora
Aid work contemplated by this act sha
4 not exceed for any fiscal year SO c
the total State, Federal Aid and othe
3 available funds expended under the ST
2 pervision of the State Highway Con
? mission. 1t shall be the duty Of til
= State Highway Commission, in expenC
? ing such money, to carry forward cor
4 | Structlon from year to year, using til
g money expended through the matchin
: up of Federal Aid allotments to Montan
i upon the said Federal Highway systel
8 Of highways in the various parts of IL
y state so far as it may be possible will
q in reasonable development of IL
8 whole Federal Highway system, in pr,
b portion to the amount of mileage sti
n to be constructed in the various Sc
X tionS of that system"
Section 4. This act shall be in fu
> force and effect on and after Janual
= UNITE STATES OF AMERICA,
q State of Montana, SIS.
ii 1. G. T. Stewart Secretary of sta
Il of the State of Montana, do hereby ce
,r tify that the foregoing is a true al
e. correct copy of Proposed Petition f
Initiative No. 81 being:
IS A bill to enact by the Initiative a la
IN to amend Section 1882, Section 1883 al
III Section 1892 of the Revised Codes
c. Montana of 1921, as amended by Cha
ne ter $50 of the Laws of 1923 and
Chapter 186 of the Laws Of 1925, rela
to ing to the imposition of a tax on t
sale of gasoline and the collection a
nj disposition thereof
= IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. I ha
= hereuntO set my hand and affixed t
~ Great Seal of the State of Montana
Helena, the Capital this Second day
st October, 1926
he (SEAL) c. T. STEWART
as 21-4t Secretary Of Sta
Il