The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-09-17
LEGAL NOTICES
NO11CE ELECTION = ro,y.,
I4ONAL AMENDMENTS. NONST1TU-
CHAPTER Of

A. CHAPTER 81.
All ACT 70 Provide for the SI1hnot~.,.. A.
NE QuaIlfied Electors of the Sfo4n -
XII 55Tri' az 90, OF an Amendment to Article
81 OF the Constitution of tbe &C., 49,
OF Montana, Relating to Pe,, 1lIe otaIe
1IaXatlOn by Adding a NevJ Sso,t etllu
TTneIeIo PROVIDING for the Levine of
S G1AeS Tor the Purpose of Tns1IIiDe
age nv Hail lips Against Loss or Dam
BE II ENACTED by the Legislative Assam.
SSt Section G5 the State TS64 Of Montana:
Constitution of the state Of RTo,+ Oh ne ne
amended as hereinafter provided onS
IIldC the question of said amendment he
4 ptooil eI4eo 70 Ethe qualified electors of
ersl eIactio OF montana at the next gem
- Section 2. That Article XII of the
CONSTITUTION be, and the same is here
Dy amended by adding thereto a new
sectlon to be known as Section 10 and
10 read as follows: W
section 10. The providing Of insur-
bnGe a. against loss or damage to crops by
hall is hereby declared to be a public
purpose and the Legislative Assemble &c
auIhorlzed and empowered to provide for
the levy and collection ANNUALLY Of a
r re1 upon agricultural land for said pur-
pose provided, however, that no such
TAX snail be levied against lands in any
county until a majority Of the qualified
eIecIorS or such county shall at any
PPes ular election or at an election held
LOT such purpose, have voted in favor
OF submitting their lands and the crops
growing thereon to the provisions of. the
state Hail Insurance Laws, or unless
the owner OF any tract Of land in any
/ county shall have consented in writing
70 the imposition of such tax. Said tax
snail be levied upon such classification
Oh saIo lands and with such exemptions
as may be provided by law. The Legis-
!aJlVe Assembly may divide the state in
TO hail insurance districts on such basis
as shall seem just and necessary to Sc
] a NnN AfenAw
burden of taxation among such lands
and may classify the lands within such
district and the rates of tax therein
may vary in accordance with the risk
incurred. The Legislative Assembly
may determine the rates and may levy
! the tax in the different districts or may
! provide that such rates may be deter
mined and such tax levied by the State
! Board of Equalization. The provisions
/ Of Section 8 of this Article limiting the
rate of tax for such purposes, shall not
! apply TO the tax herein provided for
! but such tax shall be in addition there
! to-"
Section 8. Separate official ballots
/ shall be provided at the general election
/ to be held in November, 1926 which
shall have printed thereon all Of Sec
! ton 2sof this Act, and below the same
shall be printed the words:
For the above written Amendment to
the Constitution
Against the above written Amendment
| to the Constitution.
Each elector shall designate his pref
erence by marking an x in the square
before the proposition for which such
| electOr desires to vote.
Section 4. The votes for and against
the amendment above proposed shall be-
canvassed, determined 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 g. This Act shall be in full
| force and effect from and after it's pass
age and approval.
Approved March 10, 1925.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
II STATE OF MONTANA IS.
I, @. T. Stewart, Secretary of Stateoi
the State Of Montana, do hereby certify
that the foregoing is a true and correc
copy Of an act entitled: IAN Act t
Provide for the Submission to the Quail
flied Electors of the State of Montana
Of an Amendment to Article XII Of TIT
Constitution Of the State Of Montana
Relating to Revenue and Taxation b!
Adding a New Section Thereto Providing
for the levying Of Taxes for the Pur
pose of Insuring Growing Crops Aga1ns
Loss or Damage by HAIL"
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, nav
hereunto set my hand and affixed tn
Great Seal Of the State Of Montana a
Helena, the Capital, this 18th day o
July 1926. ,,,,,,v,,,1r
Secretary OF State.
First publication August 8, 1875:
Last publication November 3, 1876.