The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-31
Constitutional Amendments

thereby certify that the following pro-
posed constitutional amendments were
passed by the last legislative assembly,
and will be submitted to the coming
legislature OF 1907 for their approval or
rejection.
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
That section 15S of the constitution of
North Dakota is amended to read as
follows
3 1853. AMENDMENT, MINIMUM PRICE
OF STATE LANDs.l No land shall be
sold Tor less than the appraised value and
in no case for less than ten dollars per
acre. The purchaser shall pay one-ffth
of the price in cash, and the remaining
four ffths as follows: One fifth in five
years, one-fifth in ten years, one-fifth in
fifteen years and one-fitth 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 bidder,
after sixty days advertisement of the
same in newspaper OF general circuIa-
ton in the vicinity of the lands to be
sold, and one at the seat Of government.
Such lands as shall not have been speci-
ally subdivided shall be offered in tracts
of one quarter section, and those SO SUBJ
divided in the smallest subdivisions. All
lands designated for sale, and not sold
within two years after appraisal, shall be
re-appraised before they are sold. No
grant or patent for any such lancs shall
issue until payment is made for the same;
provided, that the lands contracted to be
sold by the state shall be subject to tax
alton from the date of such contract. In
case the taxes assessed against any of
said lands Tor any year remain unpaid
until the first Monday in October of the
following year, then, and thereupon the
contract of sale for such lanas shall, at
the election Of the board of-university
and school lands, become null and void !;
and no such contract heretofore made
shall be held void for non-payment of
taxes accruing on the lands described
therein; provided, such taxes shall have
been paid before 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 80 OF the constitution Of
the state of North Dakota be amended
so as to read as follows:
S89. The supreme court shall tconsist
of five judges, a majority Of whom shall
be necessary to form quorum or pro-
nounce decision, but one or more of
said judges may adjourn the court from
day to day or to day certain. IS
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
That section 1852 Of the constitution
Of the state Of North Dakota be amend
ed so as to read as follows:
s162. The moneys Of the permanent
school fund and other educational fund
aud shall be investes only in bonds Of
school corporations, or Of counties or
townships, or 9 Of municipalities
within the state, bonds issued for the,
construction Of drains nnder authority Of
Law within { Ike siste, bonds If iheuni T.
ed States, bonds Of the state Of North.
Dakota. bonds Of other states, provided
such states have never repudiated any Of
their indie tedness, or on first mortgages
on farm lands il this State, not exceed
Ing one-third 81 the actual value 81 any;
subdivision, On which tie same may Sci
loaned, snchs value Is be deter mined ~
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