The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-10-29
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Referendum Measure No. 90.
HHAPTER 17n

OI1AI LII 4tV.
An Act to Provide for an Increase
in the Rate of Taxation on Real and
Personal Property for State Purposes
Five CD Mills on Each Dollars of Val
uation for a Period of Twenty Years
Beginning with the Year 1927, and to
Authorize and Empower the Legisla-
tive Assembly to Levy a Tax for
Each Year During Such Period of not
Exceeding Eight and One-half (8h)
Mills on Each Dollars Of Valuation
and to Appropriate the Money Derived
from Five 90 Mills of Such Levy for
Each Year During Such Period for the
Maintenance Of the Public Elementary
and High Schools Of the State of Mon
tana, and to Provide for Submitting to
the Qualified Electors of the State of
Montana at the Next General or Spe-
cial Election the Question of the Fixing
Of Such Levy and to Prescribe the Form
of Ballots to Be Used and the Duties OF
the Secretary Of State Relative to the
Submission Of S a d Question to the
Qualified Electors Of the state.
Be It Enacted by tina Legislative As
sennbly of the state of Montana;
Section ]. That the rate OF taxa
ton on real and personal property for
state purposes for each year for
period of twenty (2O) years, beginning
with the year 1927, shall be increased
five 90 mills on each dollar Of tax
able valuation, and the Legislative AS
sembly is authorized and empowered
to levy a tax for state purposes for
each of said years Of not exceeding
eight and one-half (8h) mills on each
dollar of taxable valuation for state
purposes, and all money derived from
five 90 mills of such levy for each
of such years shall be appropriated by
the Legislative Assembly for the main
tenance Of the public elementary and
high schools Of the state.
Section g. This Act shall be sub
mitted to the people Of the State Of
Montana for their approval or rejec-
| tiOn at the next election, held in the
State Of Montana, whether such gen
| eral election be a special election or
the general election provided by law
in accord with Article Y, Section l, of
| the Constitution of the State of Mon
tana. Separate ballots shall be used
at such special or general election
which shall have printed thereon the
! title Of this Act and the words:
FOR the Referendum Meas
ure No. -..---------------- Providing FOL
five 90 mills state levy for the
maintenance of the public element
airy and high schools Of the State OF
Montana"
AGAINST the Referendum
| Measure No.--------------.----- Providing
for five 90 mills state levy FOL
the maintenance Of the public element.
airy and high schools Of the state OF
| Montana" and each of the electors
shall designate a preference for either
Of the provisions by making an x be-
| fore the proposition for which sucI
| elector desires to vote. The votes cast
for and against the law above proposed
shall be canvassed and determined as
! provided by the general election laws
of the State Of Montana.
Section 3. This Act shall be in ful
force and effect from and after its
| passage; provided the same shall b'
ratified by a majority vote Of the
| electors of the State Of Montana vot
II, arv,
eral or special held in the State o.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, }
State Of Montana
of the State of Montana, do hereb!
certify that the foregoing is a true ant
correct copy Of Referendum Measur
No. %, being an Act Entitled:
An Act to Provide for an Increas
in the Rate of Taxation on Real an,
Personal Property for State Purpose
Five CD Mills on Each Dollars of Val
uatiOn for a Period of Twenty Year
Beginning with the Year 1927, and t
authorize and Empower the Legislative
Assembly to Levy Tax for Each Yea
During Such Period Of not Exceeding
Eight and One-half (81a) Mills Of
Each Dollar of Valuation and to Ap
propriate the Money Derived from Fiv
CO Mills of Such Levy for Each Yea
During Such Period for the Mainten
: ance Of the Public Elementary an
High Schools of the State Of Montana
and to Provide for Submitting to tn
) Qualified Electors Of the State o
Montana at the Next General or Spe
= cial Election the Question of the Fix
? ing of Such Levy and to Prescribe tn
2 Form of Ballots to Be Used and tn
l Duties of the Secretary of State Rela
tive to the Submission Of Said Cues
) ton to the Qualified Electors Of tn
State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF,
I, have hereunto set my han
, and affixed the Great Seal {
the State Of Montana, at He
!, ena the Capital this Secon
day Of October, 1926
:, (SeaD c. T. STEWART
!. 27-4t Secretary Of Stat