Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-10-22
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
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That Section i, Of Article VII, of the
Constitution Of the State Of South Da-
Section 1. Every person resident OF his
state who shall be Of the age Of twenty
one years and upwards. not otherwise
dSlsaualifled. %belonging, to either of the fol-
the United States one year, in this state
six months, in the county thirty days, and
In the election precinct where such per-
son offers his vote, ten days next proceed
Ing any election, shall be a qualified cleo
tor at such election.
First. Citizens of the United States.
shall nave declared their intention to be-
come citizens confor1nably to the laws of
the United States Upon the subject Of
naturalization. y
Section S. No land shall be sold for
less than the appraised value and in no
case for less than ten dollars an acre.
the purchase price In cash and the re-
naming three-fourths as follows: One
fourth In five years, one-fourth in ten
interest thereon at the rate Of not less
than five per cent per annum, payable
annually: and all such subdivided lands
may be sold for cash; provided further
have the right and option of paying the
balance of the purchase price, or any In
stallment thereof at any time. All sales
bidder. after sixty days advertisement of
the same in at least two o. Of
general circulation in the vicinity of the
government. Such lands as shall not
have been specially subdivided shall be
offered in tracts of not more than eighty
acres, and these subdivided in the small
est subdivision Of lands designated for
sale and not sold within two years after
their appraisal shall be re-appraised by
the board OF appraisal as h~ereinbefore
provided before they are sold.
No z
Section 5. In each organized county at
the first general election held after the
admission OF the State of South Dakota
into the Union. and every two years
thereafter, there shall be elected a clerk
of the court; sheriff, county auditor, reg
lister of deeds, treasurer, states attorney,
schools. whose terms Of office respective
ly snail be two years.. and except the
clerk of the court and superintendent Of
schools, no person shall be eligible for
more than four years in succession to any
Of the above named offices.
No. q.
Section l.. The legislative power shall
consist of a senate and house Of repre-
sentatives. Except that the people ex-
pressly reserve to themselves the right to
propose measures, which measures the
legislature shall enact and submit to a
vote Of the electors of the state, and also
the right to require that any laws which
the legislature may have enacted shall
be submitted to a vote of the electors Of
the state before going into effect Except
such avs as may be necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public
peace. health or safety, support Of the
state government and its existing public
institutions).
Provided, that not more than five per
centum of the qualified electors of the
state shall be required to invoke either
the initiative OF the referendum.
This section shall not be construed so as
to deprive the legislature or any member
thereof of the right to propose any meas
ure. The veto power of the executive shall
not be exercised as to measures referred
to a vote of the people. This section
shall apply to municipalities; except in tho
case of municipalities the Legislature
shall by law TX the percentage Of the