Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-09
GOVERNING SALE OF SCHOOL
LANDS D
ConrlrreNf RAeolntion

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CONCURRENT REsoLUTloN, to men,
Section 15S Of the Constitu' ion of tn
State of North Dakota, Governing. tn,
Sale Of School Lands to railroad Com
panicS. .
Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Stat
of North Dakota. the House Of Repre-
scntatives ConCuiiing:
The following proposed amendment t.
the Constitution of the State Of Nortl
Dakota. adopted by the Eleventh Legis
Dakota, and by it referred to the Twelfth
Legislative Assembly OF said state TO
approval or rejection Is hereby agreed Il
and such amendment shall be submitted
the next general election for approval OF
rejection in accordance with the .provi-
sions Of Section 202 of the Constitution
of the State Of North Dakota.
AMENDMENT.) Article 9, Section 1855
Of the Constitution Of the state Of North
lows:
Section 1853. No land shall be sold 70,
less than the appraised value, and in NJ
case for less than ten dollars per acre.
price in cash. and the remaining four.
ffthS as follows.
one fifth in tive years, one fifth on OF
before the expiration Of ten years. ant
one-ffth on or before the expiration OF
fifteen years. one-ffth on or bcfor,
the expiration Of twenty years, with in
tereSt ut tho rate of not less than iiv
per cent. per annum, payable annually u
ADVANCE; provided. that when payment:
are made before due they shall be mad
interest In advance shall be. pnlu on al
money so, paid. All sales shall be hell
at the county seat of the county in whlcf
the land to be sold is situated. and shall
bidder, after sixty days advertisement
Of the same. In a newspaper of genera
circulation in the vicinity of the land t
DO sold, and one at the seat of govern
nlent. Such lands a. shall not have beer
specially sub-divided shall be offered /,
sub-dividel in the smallest subdivision
All lands designated for sale and not SOLE
within w years after appraisal shall bf
re-appraiscd before they are sold. Nc
until payment Is made for the same; pro
vided, that the land contracted to be sold
by the state shall be subject to taxation
from the date Of contract. In case the
taxes assessed against any OF said land;
for any year remain UNPAID. until the first
Monday in October Of the following yea
then thGIeupon the contract of sale for
such lands shall If the board Of univer.
sity and school lands SO determine, be-
come null and void. Any lands under thu
ton Of the State of North Dakota that
have heretofore been sold. may be paid
for, except as TO, interest, as provided
further, that any school or institution
lands that may be required for towpsite
purposes. school house sites. church Sites
cemetery sites, sites for other educatiulla
or charitable institutions, public park
fair, grounds, public highways. railroa'
right of'way. or for ether railroad uses
and purposes. reservoirs for the storage
81. water for irrigation. drain bitches or
.ditches.s and lands that may
bc, REQUIRED for any Of the purposes over
which the right of eminent domain may
De exercised ulder tile Constitution and
the laws q. the. State Of North Dakota,
may. be sold under the provisions Of this
section, and shall be paid for, principal
and interest, III full in advance. at TIE
time Of sale, OF, at any time thereafter,
and patent issued therefor, when .prin-
cipal and interest are paid.