Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-20

bering ballots for the purpose of prevent.
ing and detecting fraud.
Sec. 4. All general elections shall be-
biennial. W
Sec. 5. Electors shall in all cases ex.
cept treason, felony or breach of the
peace, be privileged from arrest during
their attendance at election and in going
10 ana returning from the same. And no
electof shall be obliged to do military
. au.y on the days OF elections, except in
time of war or public danger.
Sec. q. No elector shall be deemed To
have lost his residence in this stata bv
reason of his absence on business of the
United States or of this state, or in the
military or naval Service of the United
States. AA'ess
Sec. Z. No soldier, seaman or marine
IN tne army or navy of the United States
snail be deemed resident of this state in
consequence OF being stationed therein.
Sec. .. Noperson under guardianship.
non compos mentis or insane. shall he
qualified to vote at any election, nor shall
any person convicted of treason or felony
be qualified to vote at any election unless
restored to civil rights.
sec. y. Any woman having the oualifi.
cations enumerated in section / of this
artlcle, as to age, residence and citizen.
snip, and including those now qualified
oy the laws of the Territory, NAV vote at
any election held solely for school pur.
poses and may hold any office in this
state, except as otherwise provided in this
ARTICLE WY.
EDUCATION AND SCHOOL LANDS.
Sec. l. The stability of a republican
form OF government depending upon the
morality and intelligence of the people,
1t shall be the duty Of the legislature to
estapllsh and maintain general and uni
form system of public schools wherein
tuition shall be without charge, and
equally open to all, and to adopt ali suit
able means to secure to the people the
advantages and opportunities of educa.
ton.
Sec. 2. All proceeds of the sale of
public lands that have heretofore been or
may hereafter be given by the United
States for the use of public schools in the
state; all such percentum as may be
granted by the United States on the sales
| of public lands; the proceeds of all prop.
erty that shall fall to the state by escheat;
the proceeds of all gifts or donations to
the state for public schools ornot otherwise
appropriated by the terms of the gift; and
all property otherwise acquired for public
schools, shall be and remain perpetual
fund for the maintenance of public
schools in the state. 1t shall be deemed
atrust fund held by the state. The prin-
cipal shall forever remain inviolate, and
may be increased, but shall never be di-
minished, and the state shall make good
all losses thereof which may in any man
ner occur.
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| this fund, together with the net proceeds
of all fines for violation of state laws and
all other sums which may be added there
to by law, shall be faithfully used and ap-
piled each year for the benefit of the
public schools of the state, and shall be
for this purpose apportioned among and
between all the several public school COR
porations of the state in proportion to the
number of children in each, of school
age, as may be fixed by law; and no part
OF the fund, either principal or interest,
shall ever be diverted, even temporarily,
from this purpose or used for any other
purpose whatever than the maintenance
! of public schools for the equal benefit of
all the people of the state.
/, Sec. 4 After ono year from the as
| sembling OF the first legislature, the lands
granted to the state by the United States
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upon the following conditions and no
other Not more than olle-third of all
such lands shall be sold within the first
fveyears, land no more than two-thirdswith-
in the first fifteen years after the title
thereto is vested in the state, and the
legislature shall, subject to the provisions
of this article, provide for the sale of the
same.
The commissioner of schools and pub
lie lands the state auditor and the county
superintendent of schools of the counties
severally, shall constitute boards of APP
praisal and shall appraise all school lands
within the several counties which they
may from time to time select and desig.
nate for sale at their actual value under
the terms of sale. They shall take care
to first select and designate for sale the
most valuable lands; and they shall as
certain all such lands as may be of spe-
cial and peculiar value, other than agricul-
tural, and cause the proper subdivision of
the same in order that the largest price
may be obtained therefor.
Sec. 5. No lands shall be sold for less
than the appraised value and in no case
for less than ten dollars an acre. The
purchaser shall pay one-fourth of the
price in cash and the remaining three
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years, one-fourth in ten years, and one
fourth in fifteen years, with interest
thereon at the rate of not less than six
per centum per annum, payable annually
in advace, but all such subdivided lands
may be sold for cash, provided that upon
payment of the interest for one full year
in advance, the balance of the purchase
price may be paid at any time. All sales
shall be at public auction to the highest
bidder, after sixty days advertisement of
the same in Il newspaper of general Cir
culation in the vicinity of the lands to be
sold, and one at the seat of government.
Such lands as shall not have been spe-
cially subdivided shall be offered in tracts
OF not more than eighty acres and those
so subdivided in the smallest subdivisions
All lands designated for sale and not sold
within four years after appraisal, shall be
re-appraised by the board of appraisal as
hereinbefore provided before they are
sold.
Sec 6. All sales shall be conducted
through the office of the commissioner of
school and public lands as may be pre-
bo1 nv law and ratI1rnc of all opnraic-