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NOTICE OF ELECTION
Constitutional Amendment
Chapter rs

| filming and Prescribing it's Powers
| and Duties; Authorizing the Legis-
| Iative Assembly to Create a Board
| OF Administration and Defining and
Prescribing its powers and Duties;
| and Authorizing the Legislative As
| sembly to Create such Administra-
tive Departments as the Interests of
the State May Require and in Great
ing such Departments, the Legisla-
tive Assembly May Consolidate or
Abolish any Boards, Offices and
Bureaus Created by Statutory Law,
and Define and Prescribe their Func
| lions, Powers and Duties"
BE it enacted by the Legislative AS
.sembiy of the State of Montana:
Section /. That Section 20 of Article
VII of the Constitution of the State Of
| Montana be amended, and that the
question of such amendment be sub
united to the qualified electors of the
state of Montana at the next general
eleclOn.
Section 2. That Section 20 of Article
VII OF the Constitution OF the State or
Monana be, and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 20. The Governor, Secre-
tary of State and Attorney General
shall constitute Board of Examiners,
which Board shall have general sup
ervisory control of the examination
and payment of all claims against the
oLaLe, under sucn regulations as may
Ne prescribed by law, aud snail per-
.orm sucn oIuer duties as may be pre-
ocriDed by law.
Inc Legislative Assembly may pro-
vide Tor Inc temporary suspension Ot
Tie State treasurer by the Governor
wnen the Board oil Examiners deem
sucu aclion necessary lor Inc proLec-
.iUn Oh the moneys OF the state. The
Legislative Assembly shall have pow
er to provide for the creation of a
Board of Administration, whose duty
1t shall be to examine and audit ali
claims against the State, except
claims for salaries apd compensation
of officers fixed by law. Such Board
of Administration shall have power to
regulate and control all purchases by
state officers. boards, departments
and bureaus, and perform such other
duties as may be prescribed by law.
NO claims against the State, except
ror salaries and compensation OF OF
Ulcers fixed by law, shall be passed
upon by the Legislative Assembly,
without first having been considered
and acted upon by the said Board OF
administration. The Legislative As
sembly, shall have power to create
such administrative bureaus, boards
or departments heretofore or hereaf-
tnr hu a ixro
Diy, and may define and prescribe the
functions, powers and duties of such
bureaus or departments, within the
powers, provisions and limitations of
this Constitution.
Section z. That separate official
DaliOls snail be provided at the gen.
erai election to be held November,
1920, which shall have printed thereon
all OF Section ~ OF Article VII of the
constitution OF the State of Montana
as amended by his act. Below said
amended section there shall be print
ed on the ballots.
For the above written amend
[ ment TO the Constitution,
II Against the above written a.
mendment 10 the Constitution.
Tue eieclor snail indicate his pref |
ereuce by marking an * in the
square before the proposition tor
WHICH he desires TO vote.
section 4. Inc votes cast for and |
against SAID proposed amendmena |
shall be canvassed and the result de- |
termined in the manner provided by |
the general election laws OF the state |
OF Montana.
Section s. All Acts and parts of Acts /,
in conflict herewith are hereby re-
pealed.
Section 6. This Act shall be in full
force and effect after its passage and
Approved August IL, 1919
UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN
SIS.
STATE OF MONTANA.
/, C. T. STEWART, Secretary of
State of the State of Montana, do
hereby certify that the foregoing is
a true and correct copy of an Act en-
titled: IAN Act for the Submission to
the Qualified Electors of the State of
Montana of an Amendment to Section
20 of Article of the Constitution of
he State of Montana Creating Board
Of Examiners and Defining and pre-
scribing it's Powers and Duties; Auth
)rizing the Legislative Assembly to
Create a Board of Administrative De-
partments as the Interests of the State
May Require and in Creating such
the Legislative Assembly
Nav Consolidate or Abolish any
Boards, Offices and Bureaus Created
~ Statutory Law, and Define and
Prescribe Their Functions, Powers
Ind Duties.
In Testimony Whereof, have here
INTO set my hand and affixed the
treat Seal OF the State Of Montana at
Helena, the Capital, this seventh day
Il July, A. D. 1890.
C. =. STEWART
0oeretary VI State.
First publication August. 9Th.
Twelfth publication October zsud.