The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-10-30
GOVERNING SALE OF SCHOOL
LANDS.
C-oNCURRENT REsoLuTIoN.

OANbIALNL1AN L INEoSLC i'm.
IS. 3. No. 1876. w. Plain.)
Concurrent Resolution to amend
Section 15S of the Constitution of the
state of North Dakota, Governing
the Sale of School Lands to Railroad
Companies.
State of North Dakota, the House of
Representatives Concurring:
The following proposed amendment
to the Constitution of the State Of
North Dakota, adopted by the Eleventh
Legislative Assembly of the State of
North Dakota, and by it referred to the
Twelfth Legislative assembly of said
state for approval or rejection is here
be submitted to the qualified electors
or the state at the next general cleo
ton for approval or rejection in ac-
cordance with the provisions of Sec
ton 202 of the Constitution OF the
state of North Dakota.
AMENDMENT1 Article {, Section
l5S Of the Constitution OF the State OF
North Dakota, is amended so as to read
as follows:
Section 15S. No land shall be sold
for less than the appraised value, and
In no case for less than ten dollars per
acre. The purchaser hall pay one
NTH of the price in cash, and the re-
naming four-1fths as follows:
One-fifth in five years, one-fifth on
or before the expiration of ten years,
and one-fifth on or before the expira-
ton 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, pay
able annually in advance: provided,
that when payments are made before
que they shall be made at an interest
paying date, and one years interest in
advance shall be paid on all money go
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 gov
eminent, UGH lands as shall not have
been specially sub-divided shall be Of
Tered in tracts of one-quarter section,
and those sub-divided in the smallest
subdivision. All lands designated for
sale n not sold within two years
after appraisal shall be reappraised be-
tore they are sold. No grant or patent
for such lands shall issue until pay
ment Is made for the same; provided,
hat the land contracted to be sold by
the state shall be subject to taxation
from the date of the contract. In case
the taxes assessed against any of said
lands for any year remain unpaid un-
til the first Monday in October of the
following year, then thereupon the
contract of sale for, such n shall,
II the board of university n school
lands so determine become null and
800 ~ AANO 49,
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. fur
ther, that n school or institution
lands that may be required for town
site purposes, school house sites
church sites, cemetery sites, sites fol
other educational or charitable insti-
buttons, public parks, fair grounds,
public highways, railroad right of way,
or for other railroad uses and purposes
reservoirs. for the storage of water for
irrigation, drain bitches or Irrigation
bitches, n lands that may be requir-
ed for any of the purposes over which
the right of eminent domain may be
exercised under the Constitution and
the laws of the State Of North Dakota,
may be sold under the provisions of
this section, and shall be paid for,
principal and interest, in full in ad-
time thereafter, and patent issued
therefor, when principal and interest
are paid.