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NOTICE OF ELECTION
Constitutional Amendment
Chapter rs

tiOn fthe State OF Montana Great
ing a aboard OF Examiners and De-
; filming and Prescribing its Powers
and Duties; Authorizing the Legis-
lative 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-
Il 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 1. That Section 20 of Article
WI of the Constitution of the State of
Montana be amended, and that the
Iquesion of such amendment be sub
United to the qualified electors of the
State of Montana at the next general
Ielecion.
/, Section 2. That Section 20 of Article
VII OF the Constitution of the State of
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
State, under such regulations as may
be prescribed by law, and shall per-
form such other duties as may be pre-
scribed by law.
| The Legislative Assembly may pro-
vide for the temporary suspension of
| the State Treasurer by the Governor
when the Board Of Examiners deem
such action necessary for the protec-
ton of the moneys Of the State. The
Legislative Assembly shall have pow
er to provide for the creation of a
Board Of Administration, whose duty
lit shall be to examine and audit all
claims against the State, except
claims for salaries and 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.
for salaries and compensation Of Of
upon by the Legislative Assembly,
without first having beeQ 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 OF hereaf-
ter created by the Legislative Assem-.
bly,, 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 2. That separate official
ballots shall be provided at the gen.
eral election to be held November,
1920, which shall have printed thereon
all of Section 20 of Article VII of the
Constitution of the State of Montana
as amended by his act. Below said
section there shall be print
ed on the ballots.
For the above written amend
ment to the Constitution.
" Against the above written a.
mendment to the Constitution.
IAe elector shall indicate his pref
,rence by marking an "X7 in the
square before the proposition for
which he desires to vote.
Section A. The votes cast for and
lgainst said proposed amendment
nall be canvassed and the result de-
ermined In the manner provided by
he general election laws OF the State
f Montana.
Section S. All Acts and parts of Acts
n conflict herewith are hereby re-
ealed.
Section s. This Act shall be in full 4
orce and effect after its passage and
pprovaL
Approved August IL, 1919.
United STATES OF AMERICA,)
SIS.
STATE OF MONTANA. } q
|, C. T. STEWART. Secretary of
tate of the State of Montana, do
ereby certify that the foregoing is
true and correct copy of an Act en-
tied: IAN Act for the Submission to
re Qualified Electors of the State of
[ontana of an Amendment to Section
D of Article z of the Constitution of
le State of Montana Creating Board
Examiners and Defining and pre-
,ribing its Powers and Duties; Auth
rizing the Legislative Assembly to
reate Board of Administrative De-
srtments as the interests Of the State
ay Require and In Creating such
apartments the Legislative Assembly
ay Consolidate or Abolish any
Dards, Offices and Bureaus Creatcd
I Statutory Law, and Define and
Their Functions. Powers
ID Duties.
In Testimony Whereof. have here
ito set my hand and affixed the
reat 6eal Of the State of Montana 1T
elena. the Capital, this seventh day
July, A. ID. 1870.
G. T. STEWART
Secrntafy Of State.
First publication Angnst 9Th.
Twelfth publicatiou October 23ud.