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NOTICE OF ELECTION
Constitutional Amendment)
CHAPTER 113.

AN Act to Provide for the Submits
sion to the Qualified Electors of the
State of Montana of an Amendment
to Article XVI of the Constitution OF
the State of Montana by Adding there
to a section to be known as Section 7,
Authorizing the Legislative Assembly
by General or Special Law to Pro-
vide Form and Plan Of Government
for Counties or for Cities and Coun-
ties Under Such Form or Plan as the
Legislative Assembly May Prescribe
BIZ 1T ENACTED BY THE LEGISLA-
TIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE
Or MONTANA:
Section /. That Article XVI of the
Constitution OF the State of Montana
! be amended as hereinafter provided,
and that the question of such amend
ment be submitted to the qualified
electors OF the State of Montana at
Lne general election to be held in
November, 1922.
Section 2. That Article XVI of the
Constitution Of the State of Montana
be and the same is hereby amended by
adding thereto section to be known
as Section Z and to read as follows:
Section 7. The Legislative Assem-
bly, may, by general or special law,
provide any plan, kind, manner or
| form of municipal government for
counties, or counties and cities and
towns, or cities and towns, and when
ever deemed necessary or advisable,
may abolish city or town government
and unite, consolidate or merge cities
and towns and county under one mu-
nicipal government, and any limita-
lions in this constitution notwith-
standing, may designate the name,
fix and prescribe the number, desig-
nation, terms, qualifications, methC,
Of appointment election OF removal
OF the officers thereof, define their
duties and fix penalties for the viola
ton thereof, and fix and define boun-
daries of the territory SO governed,
and may provide for the discontinue
ance of such form of government
when deemed advisable; provided,
however, that no form of government
permitted in this section shall be
adopted or discontinued until after it
is submitted to the qualified electors
in the territory affected and by them
approved.
Section 8. That separate official
ballots be provided at the general
election to be held in November, 1922
which shall have printed thereon the
words: For the amendment to the
Constitution relating to the form of
county governments or county and
city governments and each elector
shall designate, his preference by
making an "X' before the PROPOSE
ton for which such elector desires to
vote.
Section d. The votes cast for and
against the amendment above pro-
posed shall be canVassed and deter
mined as provided by the general
election laws of the State of Montana.
Section 5. All acts and parts of
acts in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
Section 6. This Act shall take eff
feet upon it's passage and approval.
Approved February rs, 1921.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
SIS.
STATE OF MONTANA.
|, c. T. STEWART, Secretary Of
the State of Montana, do hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true
and correct copy of an act entitled:
AN Act to Provide for the Submis-
sion to the qualified Electors of the
State of Montana of an Amendment
to Article XVI of the Constitution
of the State of Montana by Adding
Thereto a Section to be known as
Section 7, Authorizing the Legisla-
tive Assembly by General or Spec
ial Law to Provide Form and Plan
of Government for Counties or For
Counties and For Cities and Coun-
ties Under Such Form or Plan as
the Legislative Assembly May Pre-
scribe"
In Testimony Whereof, have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the Great Seal Of the State of Mon
tana at Helena, the Capitol, this
LIST day of August, A. D. 1922.
(SEAL)
C. T. STEWART,
Secretary of State.