Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-23
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
No. I.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
That Section 1. Of Article VII, Of the
Constitution of the State Of South. Da-
kota be amended so as to read as follows o. tTt:
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, and
in the election precinct where Such per-
son offers his vote, ten days next preced-
ing any election, shall be a qualified cleo
'0 First as SUCH citi sie1s'U OF the United states.
shall nave declared their intention to be.
the United States Upon the subject Of
naturalization
Section S. No land shall! be sold for
less than the appraised value and IN no
The purchaser shall pay. one-fourth Of
the purchase price in cash, and the re-
manning three-fourths as follows; one,
years. one-fourth in fifteen years, with
interest thereon at the rate of not less
annually; and ali such subdivided lands
may be sold for cash; provided further
that the purchaser or purchasers shall
balance of the purchase price. or any in
stalIment thereof at any time. All sales
shall be At pu 1l1ty auction daHs dS to the higfe Of
the same in at least two newspapers OF
general circulation in the vicinity OF the
government. Such lands as shall not
have been specially subdivided shall be
offered o atss in in t i5ets s of n9t mSrf in tf the shalt.
est subdivision of lands designated for
sale and not sold within two years after
the board OF appraisal as ~hereinbefore
pro vided before they are sold.
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 st amdit3r. reg
schools. whose terms Of office respective
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.
Section l.. The legislative power shall
be vested in a legislature, which shall
consist of q 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 n
vote of the electors of the state, and also
the right to require that any laws which
be submitted to a vote of the electors Of
the state before going into effect Except
Immediate preservation of the public
peace, health or safety, support Of the
state government and its existing public
Provided, that not more than five per
centum of the qualified electors Of the
state shall be required to Invoke either
the Initiative or the referendum.
This section shall not be construed so
as to deprive the legislature or any mem
-. 1,o0f Nf tho RIGHT m nrnnnGn INV
measure The veto power of the execu-
tive shall not be exercised as to meas
This section shall apply to municipaii-
ties: except that in the case of munich
palities the legislature shall by law fix
Of the municipality that shall be required
to invoke either the initiative or the
referendum; The he s enaet in tb clause s,seto Of all III
the state shall be: "Be it enacted by
the people of South Dakota" The legis-
ARRIVING into effect the provisions of this
section.
Section Q. The state institutions pro-
vided for in the preceding section. and
the soldiers home: shall be under the
state board of control. under such rules
and restrictions as the legislature shall
provide such board shall consist of
governor and confirmed by the senate.
and whose compensation shall be fixed
by law.
Sec. s. The State University. the Agri-
cultural College, the normal schools. and
ali other educational institutions that
may be sustained either wholly or in
part by the state, as to their purely edu-
cational features and the direction of
educational policies, the selection OF pure
" educational supplies and equipment.
and the employment of executive officers
md Instructors, shall be under the juris-
diction. supervision and control of a
hoard of regents composed of three go
members, to be appointed by the govern
or and confirmed by the senate, under
such rules and restrictions as the legis-
iaiure shall provide: Provided, however,
that the general financial management OF
all the institutions mentioned in this sec
ton, and the care of all property, build
ings and grounds, and the purchase of
ali general supplies in the way Of fuel,
furniture and general equipment, shall be
under the exclusive Jurisdiction, supervi-
sion and control of the state board OF
control designated in Section 2 of this
article, under such rules and restrictions
as the legislature MAJ provide.
Sec. 6. The term of office Of member
OF the legislature shall be four years, one
half the members of each house to be
elected bIennially; provided, that the leg
~fslature shall provide by law that coun-
ties having more than ono member in
either house shall have. as near as may
be, an equal number elected bieanially.
They shall receive for their services the