Show chain stores win referendum in campaign Compa ign against special tax law nearly neaily one thard of the states voters signed petitions dIr edWig Secret secretary airy of state E E to submit senate bill no 44 imposing posing a heavy special tax on chain stores to the electors next year it wu was disclosed disclosed this week by the official tabulation of first sucks 1111 referendum although the file law requires or 10 per cent of the vote basit 4 a the last 1114 4 election ananies of voters were nere obtained showed moreover the petitions MIMI seated in excess of 10 per ceniti lb of the vote ote in every county of the state whereas the abb law ulrea only IS counties tobe to be coic covered ired 1 la some codies more than 60 50 per cent oi 0 the voters signed the fhe petitions and lit in all except a few deleted 10 values names on technical grounds leaving leading signatures that were certified as valid in cv CT exy cry r respect esp act referendum law said to be one or of the most stringent in the united states permits only registered tired voters loters to sign petitt ions and disqualifies no names 9 that are not mc signed exactly its as they appear on the teg lists with the certification of the petitions petitions by secretary monson the bradle provisions of senate bill no ko weri here suspended until arthe loiters passed cassed judgement jud gement buthe on bhe proposal at the november 1942 general election lit ili of the 19 1942 ref re remote counties more than twice the required number of res certified secretary Mom sons tabulation attorney general greyer A giles has haa prepared the ballot title blikh will present the issue to the vaters the title reads an net act Te quirin 9 license tor for re toll tall stow store maintained or operated in utah by chains having 10 or more stores dores imposing special it 11 ceness aenese taxes ranging from SO 50 ito a annually for each store in utah on effective date of the act and from tt to annually for each store stare opened in utah after such lite late itlie itile amount of the tax depond lug on the kotul number of abores in the chain both within and without utah expressly exempting certain oil company sta 1 dons public utility storta stores common carrier facilities and newspaper br brandi nell offices and individually aa owned stores |