The pioneer express., 1910-09-30
Proposed Amendments
To Constitution


The following proposed Amendments
to the Constitution of the State OF
North Dakota, having passed the Elev.
enth Legislative Assembly, will be sub.
mitted to the Twelfth Legislative Assem-
bly, for approval or rejection:
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Section l12 of the constitution of the
state of North Dakota is amended so as
to read as follows:
Section 1l2. The legislative assembly
shall provide by law for the election of
justices of the peace in each organized
county within the state, but the num-
Der of SAID justices to be elected in each
organized county shall be limited by law
to such number as shall be necessary
for the proper administration of justice.
The justices of the peace herein pro-
vided for shall have concurrent jurisdic-
tion with the district courts and with all
county courts in all civil actions when
the amount in controversy, exclusive of
costs, does not exceed two hundred dol
lars, and they shall have such jurisdic-
tion to hear and determine cases of mis-
demeanor as may be provided by law, but
in no case shall said justices of the peace
have jurisdiction when the boundaries of
or title to real estate shall come in ques-
tion. The legislative assembly shall
have power to abolish the office of JUS
tice of the peace and confer that juris-
diction upon judges of county courts or
elsewhere.
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Section 81 of the constitution of the
state of North Dakota Is amended to
read as follows:
Section 81. The term of office of the
judges of the supreme court, except as
in this article otherwise provided, shall
be ten years, beginning on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in Janu-
ary of the year next following their cleo
tion, and they shall hold their Offices
until their successors are duly qualified.
This section shall not be construed as
extending the term of Office Of the judges
serving at the time of the adoption of
this amendment, except as herein pro-
vided. The terms of Office of the judges
of the supreme court elected at the gen.
eral election of 1910 shall be as follows:
The one receiving the highest number
of votes at such election shall hold his
Office for a term of ten years; the one
receiving the. next highest number of
votes at such election shall hold his Of
flee for term of eight years; and the
one receiving the lowest number of votes
at such election shall hold his Office for
a term of SIX years.
PROPOSED CoNsTITUTIo oNAL AMENDMENT
Article 9, section 158 of the constitu-
tion of the state of North Dakota is
amended so as to read as follows,
Section 158. 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 remaining four
fifths as follows: One-fifth in five years,
one.fifth on or before the the expiration
of ten years, one-ffth 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 annum,
payable annually in advance; provided,
that when payments are made before
due they shall be made at an interest
paying date. and one years interest in
advance shall be paid on all money so
paid. All sales shall be held at the
county seat Of the county in which the
land to be sold is situated, and shall be
at public auction and to the highest
bidder, after sixty days advertisement
of the same in a newspaper of general
circulation IN the vicinity of the land to
be sold, and one at the seat of govern
ment. Such lands as have not been
especially sub-divided shall be offered in
tracts Of one-quarter section, and those
snb-divided in the smallest subdivision.
All lands dcsignsted for sale and not
sold within two years after appraisal
shall Be reapprsised before they are sold.
Nogrsnt or patent for such lands shall
issue nntil payment il made for the
ssme; provided thst tho land contracted
to beaold * the state shall be subject