Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-08-26
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
TO CONSTITUTION.

The following proposed amend
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 appoval or rejection:
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.
Section 1l2 of the constitution
of the state of North Dakota is
amended so as to read as follows:
Section ll2. 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 be necessary for the prop
er administration Of justice. The
justices of the peace herein pro-
vided Tor 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 hun
dred dollars, and they shall have
such jurisdiction to hear and de-
termine cases Of misdemeanor 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 coun-
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 after
the first Monday in January of
the year next following their
election, 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 serv.
ing at the time of the adoption of
this amendment, except as herein
provided. lhe terms Of office of
the judges of the supreme court
elected at the general election in
1910 shall be as follows: The one
receiving the highest number of
votes at such election shall hold
his Office for term of ten years;
the one receiving the next high.
est number Of votes at such cleo.
tion shall hold his office for q
term of eight years, and the one
receiving the lowest number Of
votes at such election shall hole
his Office for a term Of six years
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.
Article 9, section l58 Of tn,
constitution of the state of Nortl
Dakota, is amended so as to reat
as follows:
Section 1853. No land shall b,
sold for less than the appraised
value and in no case for less thai
ten dollars per acre. The pur
chaser shall pay one-ffth of tn,
price in cash and the remaining
four-fifths as follows: One.fftl
in five years, one-ffth on or be
fore the expiration of ten years
one-fifth on or before the expira
tion Of fifteen years, and one.fftl
on or before the expiration O
twenty years, with interest at tn,
rate of not less than five per cen
per annum. payable annual!
in advance; provided, that whel
payments are made before du
they shall be made at an interes
paying date, and one years inter
est in advance shall be paid on al
money 50 paid. All sales shall b
held at the county seat of tn
county in which the land to b
!. sold is situated, and shall be a
public auction and to the highes
bi@der, after sixty days adve1
tisement Of the same in a news
paper of general circulation j
the vicinity Of the land to b
sold, and one at the seat of gov
ernm=nt, Such lands as shall no
have been especially sub-divi!e
i shall be offered in tracts of one
|, quarter section, and those sui
!, div in the smallest sub-divis