Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-10-30
UGH other institution as the legislative

/ UGH other institution as the legislative
fassembly may determine at II such
fplace iH:soneE Of the counties OF Nc.
Henry, Ward, Bottineau or. Rolette as
the electors of said counties ma de-
termine by an election for; that, pur-
pose, to be held as provided BY the
! Fifth. A scientific school, or such
Eotheri educational Or charitable insti-
Tuition as the legislative assembly may
Eprescribe,1 at the city Of sWahpeton.
Igcounty> Of Richland, with, a grant of
Iforty~ til ousand acres. = :.
III Sixth. A state normal school at the
city OF. Minot, in the county of Ward:
provided. that no other institution of
a character similar to any one of those
located by this article shall be, estab
lished or maintained without revi-
sion of this constitution. %'-,.'
PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
- That section 1853 of the constitution
of the state of North Dakotar-be
amended so as to read as follows:
!. Sec.. 1873. 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-
naming four-fifths, as follows: One
fifth in five years, one-fifth on or be-
, fore the expiration Of ten years, one
fifth on or before the expiration of
fifteen years, and one-ffth on or before
the expiration Of twenty years, with
interest at the rate of not less than
five per cent per annu1n payable an
nually in advance; provided, that when
payments are made before due they
shall be made at an interest paying
date, and one years interest in ad-
vance shall be paidSon all moneys so
paid. All sales Shall be held at the
county seat of the county in which the
land to be sold is situated, and all be
at public auction and to the highest
bidder after sixty days advertisement
of the same in a newspaper in general
circulation in the vicinity of the land
to be sold, and also published in
newspaper published at the county
seat and also in newspaper published
at the seat of government. Such
lands as shall not have been especially
subdivided shall be offered in tracts of
one quarter section and those subdi-
vided in the smallest subdivision. 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 such lands shall
issue until payment is made for the
same; provided. that the lands con-
tracted to be sold by the state shall be
subject to taxation from the date of
such contract. In case the taxes as
sessed againts any Of said lands for
amy year remain unpaid until the first
Monday in October of the following
year, then and thereupon the contract
of sale for such lands shall, if the
board of university and school lands so
determine. become null and void.
Any lands under the provisions of
section 1853 of the constitution of the
state of North Dakota that have here
tofore been sold may be paid for, ex-
cept as to interest, as provided herein;
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 AMENDMENT.
That section 176 of the constitution
of the state Of North Dakota be
amended so as to read as follows:
Sec. 176. Laws shall be passed tax
ing by uniform rule all property &C
cording to its true value in money,
and the Legislature may pass laws tax
Ing incomes, but the property of the
United States and the state, county
and municipal corporations, both real
and personal, shall be exempt from
taxation, and the legislative assembly
shall by general law exempt from
taxation property used exclusively for
school, religious, fraternal, cemetery
OF charitable purposes, public hospi-
tails under the control of religious or
charitable societies. used wholly or in
part for public charity, and personal
property to any amount not exceeding
in value two hundred dollars for each
individual liable to taxation; but the
legislative assembly may, by law, pro-
vide for the payment of a per centum
Oh gross earnings of railroad compan-
county, township and school taxes on
property exclusively used in and
about the prosecution Of the business
of such companies as common car
riers, but no real estate of said cor
porations shall be exempted from tax
alton in the same manner ana on the
asme basis as other real estate is
| taxed, except road-bed, right-of- way,
shops and buildings, used exclusively
in the business as common carriers
and, whenever, and SO long as such
| law providing for the payment Of a
| per centum on earnings shall be in
force, that part Of section 17A of this
article relating to assessment of rail-
road property shall cease . be in
force. ~ ,.
| ALFRED BLAIsDELL,
| Secretary of State.