Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-10-19
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO CON.

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 7G of article , Of
the constitution of the state of North
Dakota is amended so as to read as
follows:
Sec. T. The governor shall have
power in conjunction with the board
of pardon of which the governor shall
be eX-officio 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 reprieves,
combinations and pardons after con
viction for all otfenses 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-
prieves may be applied for.
ernor shall have the power to suspend
the execution of sentence until the case
shall be reported to n legislative as
sembly at its next 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 Oh 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
ment of section 179 of the constitution
of the state of North Dakota, relating
to the assessment of railroads, express
companies, freight line companies, cal
equipment companies, sleeping cal
companies, dining cal 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
eraI election.
AMENDMENT.
Sec. .. That section 179 of the con
ctif,ti0r NJ fJo cfof1 n Norfh INo1-Nf.
be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 179. All property, except a;
hereinafter in this section provided
shall be assessor in the county, city
township, town, village or district il
which it is situated, in the manner pre-
scribed by law. The franchise, road
way. roadbed, rails and rolling stool
of all railroads and the franchise an
all other property of all express com
panies, freight line companies, ca
equipment companies, sleeping ca
companies, dining car companies, tele
graph or telephone companies OF COZ
porations operated in this state an
used directly or indirectly in the carry
ing of persons, property or messages
shall be assessed by the state board {
equalization at their actual value an
such assessed value shall be appol
toned to the counties, cities, towns
villages, townships and districts /
which such railroad companies, e1
press companies, sleeping a compa1