The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1898-10-27

L. NlCM AXIOM.
Proposed Amendment to the Con-
stitution of the State of North
Dakota.
Tho Fifth legislative assembly of the
state of North Dakota proposed the fol-
lowing amendment to the constitution
of the state bya
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Be it resolved by the house of represcn-
tatives of the state Of North Dakota,
the senate concurrins.
That the following amendment to tho
constitution of the state Of North Da-
kota be adopted by tho Fifth legislative
assembly of the state Of North Dakota,
and submitted for approval to the Sixth
legislative assembly, towit:
AMENDMENT.
Section seventy six l7G) of article three
(3) OF tho constitution of tho state of
North Dakota is amended so as to read
as follows:
The governor shall have power in
conjunction with the board of pardon
OF which the governor shall be ex-officio
member and tho other members of
which shall consist of tho attorney gen.
eral of the state of North Dakota, the
chief justice OF the supreme court OF the
state of North Dakota and two qualified
electors who shall be appointed by the
governor, to remit fines and forfeituros.
to grant reprieves, communications and
pardons after conviction for all offenses
except treason and cases OF impeach-
ment; but tho Legislative assembly may
by law, regulate tho mannor in which
the remission Of fines pardons. commu-
tations and reprieves may DO applied
for.
Upon conviction for treason tho gov
ernor shall have power to suspend the
execution of sentence until tho case
shall be reported to tho legislative as
sembly at its next regular session, when
the Legislative assembly shall either par
don or commute the sentence, direct the
execution OF the senterre or grant fur
+ thcr repricve. -
The governor shall communicate to
the legislative assembly at each regular
session each case of remission or fine
reprevie, communication or pardon grant
ed by the board of pardon, stating the
name of the convict. the crime for which
| he is convicted, the sentence and its
date and the date OF tho remission, com
mutation. pardon or reprieve, with theil
reasons for granting tho same."
| The aforesaid proposed amendment
| will be submitted to tho next Legislative
assembly.
Dated at Bismarck, N. D, this 18TH
day Of August, 1898.
Proposed Amendment to the Con.
stitution of the State of North
Dakota.
The Fifth legislative assembly of the
state of North Dakota proposed the fol
lowing amendment to tho constitution
of the state by a
| CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Resolved by the senate of the state o
| North Dakota, the house of represen
tatives concurring:
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
The following proposition to amcnc
| tho constitution of the state of NORTH
Dakota is hereby submitted to the Sixth
session of the legislative assembly of tht
state of North Dakota to be by it sub
mittcd to the qualified electors of thu
state for approval or rejection in case the
congress OF the United States amend:
the Enabling Act to like effect, namely
Section 1913 of the constitution of the
state of North Dakota is hereby amend
cd to read as follows:
mo lands shall be sold for less thar
the appraised value and in no case fol
less than five dollars per acre. The
purchaser shall pay at least one. fifth o
the price in cash and the remaining
four -tifths as follows: One-ffth in five
years. one fifth in ten years, one-fifth il
fifteen years and one-ffth in twenty
years, with interest at the ratio of moi
less than six per ccntum, payable annu
| ally in advance. All sales shall be held a
the county seat of the county in which
the land to be sold is situated and shal
be at public auction and to the highest
bidder after sixty days advertisement o.
the same in newspaper of general cir
culation in the vicinity of the lands t.
be sold, and one at the seat of govern
ment Such lands as shall not have
been specially sub-divided shall be offer
ed in tracts of one quarter section, and
those 50 sub-dividcd in the smallest sub
divisions All lands designated for sale
and not sold within two years after ap
praisal shall be appraised before the.
are sold. No grant or patent for any
such lands shall be issued until paymen
is made for the same. Provided, tha
the lands contracted to be sold by ths
state shall be subject to taxation from
the date of such contract. In case tn,
taxes assessed against any OF said land:
for any year remain unpaid until tht
first Monday in October of The following
year, then and thereupon the contrac,
OF sale for such lands shall become nul
and void
Approved, March 10, 1897.
The aforesaid proposed amendment
will be submitted to tho next Legislative
assembly.
Dated at Bismarck. N. d., this 15tl
day Of August 1898.