The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-08-26
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
P. O.. Address, Washburn. N. ID.
CONSTITUTION


The following proposed amendments to the
constitution of the state of North Dakota. hav-
ing. passed the eleventh legislative assembly,
will Be submitted to the twelfth legislative as.
sombbly for approval or rejection:
Section 112 of the constitution of the state OF
North Dakota is amended so as no read as fol-
lows: .
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
to such a number as shall be necessary for the
pr per administration of justice. The justices
of the peace herein provided for shall tave con;
with all the county courts i'll all civil. actions
when the amount in controversy, exclusive of
cost. d"sS not exceed two hundred dollars, and
and determine cases Of m~isdemeanor as may be
provided by law. but i'll no case shall said jus
tices Of the peace have jurisdiction when the
boundaries of or title to real estate shall come
in question. The Legislative assembly shall
have power to abolish the office of Justice of
the peace and confer that jurisdiction upon
judges of county courts or elsewhere.
PROPOSED CoNsTiTrTIoNAL 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 9TH
erwise provided. shall be ten years: beginning
on the first Tuesday after the first Monday, in
ton, and they shall hold their offices until their
successors are duly qualified. This section shall
not be construed as extending the term OF office
ton of this amendment. except as herein pro-
vided. Terms of office of judges of supreme court
ELECTED at the general election in 1870 shall be
Der of votes at such election shall hold his Of
flee for a term of ten years; the one receiving
the next highest number of votes at such cleo.
years. and the one receiving the lowest, num-
Der of votes at such election shall hold his Of
flee for a term of six terms.
PROPOSED INSTITUTION AMENDMENT
Article 8, section 158 of the constitution of the
state Of North Dakota, is amended so as to read
as follows:
than the appraised value. and in no case for
less than ten dollars per acre. The purchaser
shall pay one.afth of the price in cash and the
five years, one-dfth on or before the expiration
of ten years. one.fifth on or before the expira-
tion of fifteen years, and one.fifth on or before
the rate Of not less than five per cent per an
num-, payable annually in advance: provided.
that when payments are made before due they
one years interest in advance shall be paid on
all money so paid. all sales shall be neld at
county seat of ,%county, in which land to be sold
to the highest bidder. after sixty days adver-
tisement Of the same in q newspaper of gener-
al circulation in the vicinity of the land to be
lands as shall not have been especially sub-di-
vided shall be offered in tracts of one-quarter
section, and those sub-diveded in smallest sub.
division. All lands designated for sale and not
sold within two years after appralisal shall be
patent for such lands shall issue until payment
is made for the same; provided. that the land
contracted to be sold BY the state shall be sub
ject to taxation from the date of such contract:
In case the taxes assessed against any ct said
M ldo q sSf in az 8c ssse Fe 81 she %iaiio%in sps sss sse t asss
and thereupon the contract of sale for such
lands shall, If the board of university and school
lands under the provisions q section is of The
constitution. of the state of North Dakota that
have heretofore been sold, may be paid for. ex.
cept as to interest, as provided. herein; provid.
ed further that any. school or institution lands
school house sites, church sites, cemetery sites.
sites for other educational, or charitable
institutions, public parks. fair grounds, public
highways. railroad right-of-way. or for. other
railroad uses and purposes, reservoirs for the 3
irrigation bitches. and lands that may be re.
quired for any OF the purposes over which the
right OF eminent domain may be exercised UNI
der:constitption and laws of state Of North Pc.
section, and shall DO paid for, principal and in
terest. in full, in advance. at the time of sale,
or at any time there after. and patent issued
therefor, when principal and interest are paid.
The legislative assembly is hereby authorized
and empowered to provide by law for the erec:
tion, purchasing or leasing and operation OF
one or more terminal grain elevators. in the
be maintained and operated ia such manner as
the legislative assembly shel! prescribe, and
provide for inspection. weighing and grading
Of all grain received 70 such e%Ilsyyater q elevators
Bismarck. N. OAK. August &. 1910.