Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-10-28
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
TO CONSTITUTION

mentS to the constitution OF the
state of North Dakota, having
passed the Eleventh Legislative
Assembly. will be submitted to
the Twelfth Legislative Assembly
for appoyal or rejection:
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.
Section Up of the constitution
Of the state of North Dakota is
amended 50 as to read as follows:
Section 112. The legislative
assembly shall provide by law for
the election of justices Of the
peace in each organized county
within the state, but the number
Of said justices to be elected in
each organized county shall be
limited by law to such number
as shall he necessary for the prop
er administration Of justice. The
justices Of the peace herein pro-
vided for shall have concurrent
jurisdiction 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 hum
dred dollars, and they shall have
such jurisdiction to hear and de-
termine cases of misdenleanor 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 es-
tate shall come in question The
legislative assembly shall, have
power to abolish the Office Of jus.
tice of the peace and confer that
jurisdiction upon judges Of cour-
ty 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. be.
ginning on the first Tuesday afte,
the first Monday in January Of
the year next following thei,
election, and they shall hold theil
offices until their successors are
duly qualified. This section shall
not be construed as extending the
term Of Office of the judges serv
ing at the time of the adoption O
this amendment. except as hereir
provided. The terms Of office O.
the judges Of the supreme cour
elected at the general election i!
1910 shall be as follows: The on
receiving the highest number o
votes at such election shall hol.
his office for term Of ten years
the one receiving the next high
est number Of votes at such elec
tion shall hold his office for
term of eight years. and the on
receiving the lowest number 0
votes at such election shall hol
his office for term Of six years
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.
Article ., section lbs of tn
constitution Of the state of Mort
Dakota, is amended so as to rea
as follows:
Section l5s. No land shall b
sold for less than the appraise
value and in no case for less tina
ten dollars per acre. The pul
chaser shall pay one-ffth Of tn
price in cash and the remainin
four.t ifths as follows: One-fift
in FIVE years, one-sfth on or b.
fore the expiration Of ten year!
one.hfth on or before the expire
ton of fifteen years. and one-fift
on on before the expiration {
twenty years. with interest at tt
rate of not less than i've per Ger
per annum, payable annual
in advance: provided. that whe
payments are made before dr
they shall be made at an intere!
paying date. and one years inte
est in advance shall be paid on a
money s, paid. All sales shall
held at the county seat of tt
county in which the land to (
sold is situated, and shall be I
public auction and to the highe
bidder, after sixty days. adve
tisement of the same in q new
paper of general circulation
the vicinity of the land to
sold, and one at the seat Of 60
eminent. Such lands as shall NJ
have been especially sub-divide
shall be offered in tracts Of on
quarter section, and those SUI
divided in the smallest sup-divi
ion. All lands designated Fl
sale and not sold within two yea