The Dickinson press., 1902-10-25
Constitutional Amendments.

The following proposed amendments
to the constitution of North Dakota, hav-
ing passed the seventh legislative assem-
bly,, will be submitted to the eighth legis-
lative assembly for approval or rejec-
tion:-
Proposed Constitutional Amendment.
That subdivision s, of section 2I5, of
the constitution Of the state of North
Dakota be amended SO as to read as fol-
lows
Subdivision 8. A state hospital for the
insane at the city Of Jamestown, in the
county of Stutsman. And the legislative
assembly shall appropriate twenty thou
sand acres of the grant of lands made
by the act of Congress aforesaid for
"Other Educational and Charitable In
sttutions" to the benefit and for the en-
dowment of said institution, and there
shall be located at or near the city of
Grafton, in the counny OF Walsh, an in
grounds purchased by the secretary Of
the interior for penitentiary building.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment.
That section l76 of the constitution of
the state of North Dakota be amended,
by adding thereto and making part
thereof, the following clause
The legislative assembly may furthur
provide that grain grown within the state
| and held therein in elevators, warehouses
| and granaries may be taxed at fixed
| rate.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment.
Subdivision five, section two hundred
| and fifteen (2I5), of article nineteen No),
| of the constitution of the state of North
| Dakota, is amended so as to read as fol-
lows
Fifth. The school for the deaf and
| dumb OF North Dakota, at the city of
| Devils Lake, in the county of Ramsey.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment.
| 81. Section 1s8 of the constitution of
the state of North Dakota is amended to
read as follows:-
| SI58. No other lands other than those
granted ior the use and benefits of the
common schools, shall be sold for less
than appraised value, and in no case for
less than S per acre. The purchaser
shall pay one-tifth OF the price in cash,
and the remaining four-ifths at the op-
tion of the purchaser, in not more than
twenty years, with interest at the rate Of
not less than six percentum, payable an
nually in advance. All sales shall be
held at the county seat of the county in
which the land to be sold is situated, and
shall be at public auction and to the
highest bidder, alter sixty days adver-
tisement of the same, in newspaper o!
general circulation in the vicinity of the
lands to be sold, and one at the seat Of
government Such lands as shall not
have been specifically divided shall b..
offered in tracts OF one-quarter section,
and those so subdvided in the smallest
subdivisions. All lands designated for
sale and not sold within two years after
appraisal, shall be reappraised before
they are sold. No grant or patent for
any such lands shall issue until payment
is made for the same; provided, that tic
lands contracted to be sold by the state
shall be subject to taxation from the date
of such contract. In case the taxes as
sessed against any of said lands for any
year remains unpaid until the first Mon
day in October of the following year,
then and thereupon the contract of sale
for such lands. shall become null and
void; provided, further, that sections 10
and 36, or any indemnity lands selected
in lieu of losses thereof, appropriated Tor
the common schools of the state shall
not be sold for less than $40 per acre.
| E. F. Porter
| Secretary of State.
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