Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-11-02

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w. S. MOORHOUSE,
County Auditor.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO CON-
STITUTION.
BE it resolved by the House of Repre-
%sentatives of the State Of North Da-
kota, the Senate Concurring:
That the following amendment to the
constitution of the state Of North Da-
kota agreed to by the Fifth Legislative
assembly OF the state Of North Dakota,
be and the same is hereby agreed to.
and said amendment shall be submitted
to the people at the next general cleo
ton.
AMENDMENT.
Section !. Section IS of article 3 of
the constitution OF the state of North
Dakota is amended so as to read as
follows:
Sec. &c. The governor shall have
power in conjunction with the board
Of pardon of which the governor shall
be eX-otlicio a member and the other
members Of which shall consist Of the
attorney general Of state of North Da-
kota, the chief justice of the supreme
court Of the state OF North Dakota and
two qualified electors who shall be ap-
pointed by the governor, to remit fines
and forfeitures, to grant r%eprieves,
combinations and pardons after con-
viction for all offenses except treason
and cases of impeachment; but the
legislative assembly may by law regu-
late the name in which the remission
OF fines, pardons, combinations and re-
prleves may be applied for.
Upon conviction for treason the gov
ernor shall have the power to suspend
the execution of sentence until the case
shall be reported to the legislative as
sembly at it's mex regular session,
when the legislative assembly shall
either pardon Or commute the sentence,
direct the execution of the sentence or
grant further reprieve.
The governor shall communicate to
the legislative assembly at each regu-
lar session each case of remission of
fine, %reprieve, communication or pardon
granted 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 remission,
communication, pardon or reprieve, with
their reasons for granting the same.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO con-
STITUTION.
Be it resolved by the house of repre-
sentatives, the senate concurring:
That the following proposed amend
mento of section 179 of the constitution
OF the state of North Dakota, relating
to the assessment of railroads, express
companies, freight line companies, car
equipment companies, sleeping car
companies, dining car companies, tele-
graph companies and telephone COM
panies, agreed to by the Fifth legisla-
tive assembly of the state of North Da-
kota, be and the same is hereby agreed
to, and said amendment shall be sub
mitted to the people at the next gen
eral election.
AMENDMENT.
Sec. :. That section 10 of the con-
stitution Of the state OF North Dakota
be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 179. All property, except as
hereinafter in this section provided,
shall be assessed in the county, city,
township, town, village or district in
which it is situated, in the manner pre-
scribed by law. The franchise, road
way, r%oadbed, rails and rolling stock
of all railroads and the franchise and
all other property of all express CON-
panles, freight line companies, car
equipment companies, sleeping car
companies, dining car companies, tele-
graph or telephone companies or COR
porations operated in this state and
used directly or Indirectly in the carry
ing OF persons, property or messages,
Shall be assessed by the state board of
equalization at their actual value and
such assessed value shall be appor-
toned to the counties, cities, towns,
villages, townships and districts in
which such railroad companies, ex-
press companies, sleeping car compan-