Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-10-17
Constitutional Amendments

hereby certify that the following proposed
con stitutional amendments were passed by the
last legislative assembly, and will be submit
ted to the coming Legislature of 1907 for their
approval or rejection.
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
90 ~ ~ MENT. :. - ~.
That section 1873 of the constitution of North
Dakota is amended to read as follows:
LANps.l 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-flfth Of the price in cash, and the remain
ing four-hfths as follows: One-fifth in five
years, one-ffth in ten years, one-ffth in fifteen
years and one-fifth in twenty years, with utter
est 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 bidder, after
newspaper Of 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 specially snbdivided shall be offered in
tracts of one-quarter section, and those so sub
divided in the smallest subdivisions. All lands
designated for sale, and not sold within two
years after APPRAISAL shall be re-appraised be-
fore they aresold. No grant or 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 sub
ject to taxation from the date of snch contract
In case the taxes assessed against any of said
lands Tor any year remain unpaid until the
uESI MOuQdy OCgODeT OF following year,
then and thereupon the contract of sale for
such lands shall, at the election of the board
of university and school lands, become null
aud void; and no such contract heretofore made
shall be held void for non-pay ment of taxes
accruing on the lands. described therein; pro-
vided such taxes shall have been paid before
this amendment takes effect; provided, furth.
err, that anyschoo1 or Institution lands that
may be required for TOWNSHIP purposes may be
paid for at any time and patent issued therefor.
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
Et@e& f$@S@s .E MENT. tE'yz% e. & .7,f:r ,
f. That section 80 of the constitution of the state
of North Dakota be amended SO as to read as
follows: $ &JG$ E%a, - ~. -.,,5s2
8 3d. The supreme court shall consist of five
judges, majority OF whom shall be necessary
to form quorum or pronounce a decision, but
court from day to day or to a day certain.
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND.
MENT.F
That section 1852 of the constitution of the
state of North Dakota be amended so as to read
as follows: "a
a 1872. The moneys of the perm mt school
fund and other educational funds shall be In
vested only in bonds of school corporations,
or. OF counties, or OF townships, or Of munich
construction Of drains under authority Of law
within the state, bonds of the United States,
bonds of the state of North Dakota, bonds of
other states, provided such states have never
repudiated any OF their indebtedness or on
first mortgages on farm lands in this state, not
exceeding in amount one.third Of the actual
value or any subdivision on which the same
may be loaned, such value to he determined by
the board of appraisal of school lands. 3 +
EFF. PORTER,
B1sMARcg, Aug.8, 1905. 57