Resolution 2212 - Workmen's Comp Amendment Opposition=`OLtSTIOI,! NO. 2212
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Honorable Mayor and the City Council
of the City of Kalispell, IiJontana, in regular imecting assembled,
that
Whereas, petitions are now being circulated for an
initia-Li-ve Lacasuro to amend the Workmen's Compensation Law
of the State of Iviontana in many respects, and,
Thoro,IS7 such amendments would place a tremendous and
unreasonalle burden on the economy of the entire State of
Montana and ;his community, and would serve to discourage new
industry coming in and drive present anduslLry from this State
the,eby creating more unemployment, and
Whereas, such burden would fall not on industry alone but
on all state, county and municipal bodies and all taxpayers
of th'is state, and that add ,tional tax in some unknown but
extremely large amount would be required to finance such a
program, and that all go-,ernmental activities would necessarily
ha;,e to be curtailed because of such financial load, and
Whereas, many state, county nd municipal officials and
employees are covered by the provisions of the Workmen's Com-
pensation Act, and are therefore vitally interested in it, and
Whereas, many persons have been and are now L)eing asked
to sign such petitions witkiout having a corfq)lote and full under-
standing of the measure and the bad effects it; would have on boh.
employer and employee,
NOW THEEEFORE, being gravely concerned regarding the wel-
fare of our state and this communit,and partictalnrly regarding
the dangers incident to such initiative measure, we hereby place
ourselves on record as being
7 ' vigorously opposed to such petitions
and such measure and that we further urge all citizens and tax-
payers to refuse to sign such petitions and to remove their
signatures from any such petition which they may have heretofore
signed or to sign P w'thdravlal petition if the origi
nal 'petition
is not now available.
Dated May 5, 1952.
ATTEST "I _j E, B c,je r F. ILill
City Clerk Acting Mayor
II g. !I. Boberg, Clerk of the City of Kalispell, do hereby
certify that the above; resolution was adopted by the Council
of said City at a meeting held this 5th day of May, 1952.
City Clerk of the City of Kalispell, Mont.
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