The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-10-04
AMEND
MEMS TO THE CON-
STITUTION
Of the State Of North Dakota
To be submitted to the Electors Of the state and
to be voted upon at the General Election to be
held on Tuesday, November 5th, 1912
Governing Sale Of School Lands
Concurrent Resolution

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c9 s!se IS q Tie tosesitDt3Ss 4 + t f@: ssst So. Of
North Dakota. Govarnin, the Sale of School
Lands to Railroad Companies.
Be 1T Resolved by tn. Senate OF the State OF
The tol!owin; proposed a%e Sds to the
of the State Of North Dakota. and by it referred
to the Twelfth Legislative assembly of said
state for approval or rejection is hereby agreed
to and such amendment shall he submitted to
the qualified electors of the state at the next
general election for approval or rejection in ac-
cordance with the provisions Of Section 2O2 Of
AMENDMENT:] Article 8: section rs 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
less than ten dollars per acre. The purchaser
remaining four;tifths as folllows;
fore the expiration Of ten years, and one-ffth
on or before expiration OF fifteen years. and
one-fifth on or before the expiration of twenty
five per cent per ,annum. payable annually in
advance: provided. that when payments are
made before due they shall be made at an in
s advance ea snail i be paid ic' on o' ali INC money ! 50 pai i.
All sales shall be held at the county seat of the
county in which the land to be sold is situated,
ana shall be at puDiiC auction ana TO Che nigh
est bidder. after sixty days advertisement of
same in Il newspaper of general circulation in
the vicinity of the land to be sold. aud one at
the seat Of government. Such. lands as shall
not have been specially sub-divided shall he
offered in tracts Of oue-quarter section. and
those sub.divided in the smallest subdivision.
All lands designated for sale ard not sold with
in two years after appraisal shall be re-apprais.
ed before they are sold. No grant or patent
for such lands shall issue until payment is
made for the same provided, that the land con
tracted to be sold by the state shall he suhjac
to taxation from the date OF contract. In case
the taxes assessed against any of said lands
for any year remain unpaid until the first Mon
day in October of the following year. then
thereupon the contract of sale for such lands
shall, If the board of university and school
lands SO determine, become null and void. Any
lands under the provisions Of Sec ion 1888 of the
Constitution of the state of North Dakota that
have heretofore been sold, may he paid for, ex.
cept as to interest. as provided. further. that
any school or institution lands chat may be
required for townsise purposes, school house
other educational or charitable institutions.
public parks. fair grounds. publ 9 highways.
railroad right of way. or for otaer railroad
uses and purposes, reservoirs for the storage nt
water for irritation. drain bitches or irrigation
bitches, and lands that may be rerut, ed for a ~
of the purposes over which the RICH It eminent
domain may be exercised under lie Constitu-
tion and the laws of the State of North Dakota.
may be sold under the provisions of this sec
ton. and shall be paid for. principle and in
terest, in full in advance, at the time OF sale Or
at any time thereafter. and patent issued there
for. when principal and interest are paid.