The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-09-17
constitutional Amendments.


l hereby certify that the following
proposed constitutional amendments
were passed by the last legislative as
sembly, and will be submitted to the
coming legislature of 1907 for their
approval or rejection.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment.
That section 1853 of the constitution
| of North Dakota is amended to read
as follows:
Section 1853. Amendment. Minimum
Price of State Landsl No land
shall be sold for less than the
appraised value and in no
| case for less than ten dollars
per acre. The purchaser shall pay one
fifth of the price in cash. and the re-
main6ng four fifths as follows: One
fifth in five years one-ffth in ten
years, one-fifth in fifteen years and
one- fifth in twenty years, with interest
at the rate of not less than six per
centum. payable annually in advance
All sales shall be held at the county
seat of the county in which the land
TO be sold is situate, and shall be at
public auction and to the highest bid
der, after sixty days advertisement of
the same in newspaper of general
circulation in the vicinity of the lands
to be sold, and one at the seat of gov
eminent. Such lands as shall not have
been specially subdivided shall be Of
fered in tracts of one quarter section
and those so subdivided in the small
est subdivisions. All lands designated
for sale and not sold within two years
after appraisal, shall be re-appraised
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patent for any such lands shall issue
until payment is made for the same;
provided, that the lands contracted to
be sold by the state shall be subject
| to taxation from the date of such con-
tract. In case the taxes assessed
against any of said lands for any year
remain unpaid until the first Monday
| I'M October of the following year, then
and athereupon the contract of sale
for such Hands Shall, at the election
| of thef board of university and school
| lands, become null and void; land no
| such contract heretofore made shall
be held void for non payment of taxes
accruing on the lands described there
| in; provided such taxes shall have
l been paid beforeA-this amendment takes
| effect, provided, further, that any
school or institution lands that may
/ be required for townsite purposes may
be paid for at any time and patent
| issued therefor
Proposed Constitutional Amendment.
| That section SO Of the constitution
of the state of North Dakota be
amended so as to read as follows:
/ Section SO. The supreme court
II ...lI frf ,e Ava dCrnZ
ID majority of whom shall be
/ or pronounce a decision, but one or
more of said judges may adjourn the
court from day to day or to a day cer-
tain.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment.
/ That section 1872 Of the constitution
OF the state of North Dakota be
amended so as to read as follows:
| Section 1872. The moneys OF
! the permanent school fund and
other educational funds shall be
invested only in bonds OF
school corporations. or of counties,
or Of townships. or of municipalities,
within the state, bonds issued for the
construction of drains under author
lily of law within the state, bonds OF
1.-THE United States, bonds OF the state
OF North Dakota, bonds OF other states,
j provided such states have never re-
1 pudiated any of their Indebtedness, OF
on first mortgage on farm lands IN
this state. not exceeding in amount
one-thi of the actual value of any
subdivision on which the same may
be loaned, such value to be determined
| by the board of appraisal Of school
lands.
i E. #. PORTER,
4 Secretary Of state
Bismarck, Aug. s. 1906.
.(Aug. 20; Sept IL; Oct. 2, ., 16, 23
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