Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-10-23
Proposed Amendments to the Constitu-
(. tion of the State of North Dakota
That Section 80 of the constitution of the
state of North Dakota be amended SO as to
read as follows:

That Section 50 Of the constitution of the
state of North Dakota be amended SO as to-
read as follows: s
Section 80. The supreme court shall con-.
sist of five judges, majority of whom shall
he necessary to form quorum or pronounce
IL decision. but one or more :of said Judges
may adjourn the court from day to day or
to u day certain. Is!
That section l5S of the constitution of the
state OF North Dakota be amended to reutt
as follows: q.
Section 49, Minimum price of state lands.
No land shall he sold for less than the APP
ten dollars per acre. The purchaser shall
pay One-fifth of the price in cash. and the
remaining four-ftfths as follows: One fifth
In five years, One-fifth in ten years, One-ftfth
III fifteen years and One-fifth in twenty
years, with interest at the rate of not less
sx per sass pya1 BE S,a in
county seat of the county in which the land
to be sold is situated, and shall be ut public
auction and to the highest bidder, after sixty
days advertisement of the same in u news
paper of general circulation in the vicinity
of the lands to l,e sold, and one ut the seat
have been specially sub-divided shall he
offered IN tracts of One-qunrter section, and
those SO sub,divided in the smallest sub
divisions. All lundsdesignated 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 land shall
Issue uutll IlcuV Is lluue IOf Lne Slmes
provided, that the lands contracted to I've
sold by the state shall be subject to tn xatiOn
from date of such contract. In case the
! taxes assessed against amy of said lands for
any year remain unpaid until the. first Mon
day In October of the following year, then
and thereupcn the contracts of sale for such
lands 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 nom payment Of
taxes accrutlg on the lands described there
in: provided. such taxes shall have been
paid before this amendment takes effect:
provided, further, that any school or illsti-
tuition Innds that may he req uired for town
site purposes may be paid for at amy time
and putent issued therefor.
That section lG2 of the constitution of the
! state of North Dakota lie amended to read
| us follows:
| Section l62. The moneys of the permanent
school fund and other educational funds
shall he invested only in bonds of school
corporations, or OfcOunties. or of townships,
or of municipalities within the state, bonds
! issued for the 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, pro-
| vtded. such states have never repudiuted
any of their Indebtedness, or in first mort
cages on farm lands in this state, not ex-
ceedtng In amount One-third of the actual
value of any subdivision OH which the
same may he loaned, such value to be de-
termined by the board OfapprnisnI of school
lands.