Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-10-29
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
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No. l..
That Section 1, Of Article VII, of the
Constitution Of the state Of South Da-
kota be amended so as to read as follows:
Section 1. Every person resident OF this
state who shall be of the age OF twenty
one years and upwards. not otherwise
disqualified. belonging to either OF the fol-
lowing classes, who shall have resided In
the United States one year, In this state
six months, in the county thirty days ana
son offers his vote, ten days next proceed
Ing any election. shall be a qualified cleo
tor at such election.
Second. Persons q foreign birth who
shall have declared their intention to be-
come citizens conformably to the. laws OF
the United States upon the subject OF
naturalization.
Section S. No land shall be SOLD Tor
less than the appraised value and In no
rase for less than ten dollars an acre.
purchaser shall pay one-tourth OF
the purchase price in cash., and the re-
manning threa-fourths as tolows; one,
years, ona-fourth In fifteen years, with
interest thereon at the rate Of not less
than five per centnIn per annunl, payaple
annually; and all such slbdtyided LANDS
may be sold for cash; provided further
tina the purchaser for purchasers shall
have the right and option of paying the
staliment thereof at a time. All sales
be at public auction to the highest
bidder, after sixty days advertisement OF
the same n Ct least tW s g atsW y ef 81 o.
landsSto be sold, n m at the seat OF
been specially subdividea shall be
offered In tracts of not more han eighty
acres, n these subdiytded In the small
est subdivision of lands designated for
sale and not sold within two years after
their appraisal shall be re-appraised by
tina hpa ~ NJ a ppraf ap1 39S . h~areinheforh
provided before they are sold,
the first general election held after the
admission of the State Of South Dakota
into the. Union, and every two years
of the court. sheriff, county auditor, reg
lister of deeds. treasurer, states attorney,
surveyor, coroner and superintendent OF
" shall be two years, and except the
clerk of the court and superintendent OF
schools, no. person shall be eligible for
et the above named offices.
Section 1. The legislative power shall
be vested In a legislature. which shall
s~entatives. Except that the people ex-
pressly reserve to themselves the right to
propose measures, which measures the
, vots ii the s electors eas Of th as,a state, and al also g
the right to require thatSany laws which
the legislature may have enacted shall
b submitted so q vote ~ q the heels electors rs ct
laws as ms be necessary for the
immediate preservation Of the public
peace. health or safety. uppor Of the
state government and Its existing public
Provided, that not more than aye per
tcentum of the qualified electors OF the
- ~A8., -. - ~ - In AA.
fhe Initiative or the referendum.
This section shall not be construed 50
as to deprive the legislature or any mem
Der I, the. thereof rS q The right na1sst e y pf sps s.a N
tive shall not be exercised as to meas
tires referred to a vote OF the people.
This section shall apply 10 msinicipaii-
.palities the legislature shall by law fix
the percentage OF the qualified electors
of the municipality that shall be required
to invoke either the Initiative or the
referendum. The enacting clause Of all
laws approved by vote Of the electors OF
the state shall be. tsBe II enacted by
sa I ns9 sss,i q m sGsta sa n | proy Tas lss isr
carrying into effect the provisions OF this
section
Section 81. The state Institutions pro-
sgidsd for In the preceding section, and
the soldiers home, shall be under thu
Jurisdiction. supervision and control of d
state board of control. under such rules
9ai restrictions as heasiegislature shall
provide. Such board shall consist OF
\ hrae members, to be appointed by the
md whose Compensation shall BE xxed
by law
sec. j The State University. The Arri-
snufturaf College. the normal schools. and
81 Other rs adj, saas Sgss sIt. i~sst Is,,essg that {
nartsF HI state, as To their purely edtf-