The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-10-15
NOTICE OF ELECTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
CHAPTER 81.


An Act to Provide for the Submission !
to the Qualified Electors of the State
of Montana of an Amendment to Ar 7
ticle XII of the Constitution OF the
state of Montana, Relating to Rev
enue and Taxation by Adding New
Section Thereto Providing for the Lee
vying of Taxes for the Purpose OF IN
surfing Growing Crops Against Loss
or amage by Hail:
Be It Enacted by the Legislative AS
sembly of the State of Montana:
Section l. That Article XII of the
Constitution of the State of Montana De
amended as hereinafter PROVIDED, ana |
that the question of said amendment
he submitted to the qualified electors OF
the State of Montana at the next gen.
eral election.
Constitution be. and the same is here
by amended by adding thereto new
section to be known as Section ~ and
to read aus follows:
Section 10. The providing OF lnsur-
ance against loss or damage to crops
/ by hail is hereby declared to be a pub
! lie purpose and the Legislative Assem-
bly, is authorized and empowered to pro-
| vide for the levy and collection annu-
! ally Of a tax upon agricultural land Tor
| said purpose; provided, however, that
no such tax shall be levied against lands
in any county until a majority or the
qualified electors Of such county snall,
at any regular election or at an election
held for 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
J writing to the imposition Of such tax.
, Said tax shall be levied upon such class
ification Of said lands and with such
exemptions as may be provided by law
The Legislative Assembly may divide
the state into hail insurance districts
\ on such basis as shall seem just and
y necessary to secure an equitable distrl-
button of the burden of taxation among
such lands and may CLASSIFY the lands
n within such district and the rates or tax
therein may vary in accord ance with
y the risk incurred. The Legislative AS
sembly may determine the rates and
A may levy the tax on the different dis
/ tricts or many provide that 6uch rates
may be determined and such tax levied
U by the State Board of Equalization. The
D / provisions Of Section of this Article
limiting the rate Of tax for such pur
n poses, shall not apply to the tax herein
Y provided for but such tax shall be II
n section 3. Separate official ballots
n | shall be provided at the general election
y to be held in November, 1925, which
. shall have printed thereon all Of Sec
o tion 2 Of this Act. and below the SAM
n shall be printed the words:
- For the above written Amendment I
" the Constitution.
% Against the above written Amendment
to the Constitution.
n Each elector shall designate his pref
" erence by marking an X in the sQuar
~ before the proposition for which sue
10 elector desires to vote.
m Section A. The votes for and agains
~ the amendment above proposed shall b
~ canvassed, determined and declared
10 provided by the general election laws o
the State of Montana.
m Section 5. All Acts and parts Of Act