Initiative measure No. 9, relating to consolidation of state institutions of higher education. To be voted upon at the general election, November 3, 1914 ..

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Initiative Measure No. 9

RELATING TO CONSOLIDATION OF STATE INSTITU-
TIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

To Be Voted Upon at the General Election,
November 3, 1914.

Published by the Secretary of State,
1914.

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THE NUMBER AND FORM IN WHICH THE QUESTION

WILL BE PRINTED ON A SEPARATE OFFICIAL

BALLOT ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Initiative Measure No. 9

A BILL
To Propose by Initiative Petition:

A Law Entitled: "An Act to provide for the consolidation
of the State University, now located at Missoula, the College
of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, now located at Bozeman,
and the School of Mines, now located at Butte, together with
such departments of the said institutions as may be organized
hereafter, under the name and style of the University of Mon-
tana, and to provide for the appointment of a Commission to
select a place of permanent location for the consolidated institu-
tions, and to permanently locate the University of Montana at
either Bozeman or Missoula, as may be decided by the said
Commission."

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For Initiative Measure No. 9.

Relating- to Consolidation of State Institutions of Higher
Education.

Against Said Measure No. 9.

"Section in, Revised Code as Amended:

"The manner of voting on measures submitted to the peo-
ple shall be: By marking the ballot with a cross in or on the
diagram opposite and to the left of the proposition FOR WHICH
the voter desires to vote."

Published by the Secretary of State,
June, 1914.

INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING CO.
HELENA. MONTANA

A BILL
To Propose by Initiative Petition :

A Law Entitled : '"An Act to provide for the consolidation
of the State University, now located at Missoula, the College
of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, now located at Bozeman, and
the School of Mines, now located at Butte, together with such
departments of the said institutions as may be organized here-
after, under the name and style of the University of Montana,
and to provide for the appointment of a Commission to select a
place of permanent location for the consolidated institutions, and
to permanently locate the University of Montana at either Boze-
man or Missoula, as may be decided by the said Commission."

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF MONTANA:

Section i. That the State University at Missoula, the Col-
lege of . Agriculture and Mechanic Arts at Bozeman, the School
of Mines at Butte, and such departments of said institutions as
may hereafter be organized, shall constitute the University of
Montana, under the name and style of "The University of
Montana."

Section 2. From and after August 1, 1915, said University
shall be consolidated and located at either Missoula or Bozeman,
Montana, or within five miles of either of said places. Said
location shall be determined in the manner hereinafter provided.

Section 3. On or before March 1, 1915, there may be filed
with the Secretary of State on behalf of Bozeman and Missoula,
or either of them, properly executed documents specifying a tract
or tracts of land available for the site of said University within
five miles of such city, and the terms on which the State Board
of Education may obtain the same for the site of said University
in case it is located in or near said city.

Section 4. That on or before March 1, 191 5, a committee
composed of the Governor, the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, or a ma-
jority of them, shall appoint a commission of five members to be
chosen from the Presidents of the State Universities which are
consolidated and include within their consolidation an Agricultural
College endowed by the Federal Government; which commission
shall by a majority of all of its members select a permanent

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location of said University of Montana in accordance with the
provisions of this act.

Section 5. That said comimission shall meet and organize
at the State Capitol, at Helena, Montana, and determine the
location of said University, and shall on or before August 1,
191 5, file with the Secretary of State its report in writing, desig-
nating the place of said location. Upon the filing of said report
the place therein designated shall be the seat of said University.

Section 6. Immediately upon the location of the said Uni-
versity being so determined, it shall be the duty of the State
Board of Education to procure, by purchase or otherwise, at the
place of location, not less than one thousand acres of land, in-
clusive of any lands owned by the State of Montana, as a site
for said University.

Section 7. The State Board of Education shall have such
powers as may be necessary to carry the provisions of this law
into effect.

Section 8. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed.

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