The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-10-19
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 3
By Shattuck
An Act
A Joint Resolution

A Joint Resolution
Proposing Amendment of Section g.,
Article of the Constitution of the
State of Idaho; Submitting to the
Electors of Said State for their Re-
lection or Approval the Question of
Whether Said Section should be so
Amended as to Provide for the Sale
of One Hundred (100) Sections of
School Lands Instead of Twenty
five (25) Sections as now Provided
for, to be Sold in Subdivisions of
Three Hundred and Twenty (320)
Acres of Land to any one Indivi-
dual, Company or Corporation.
Be 1t Resolved by the Legislature of
the State of Idaho:
Section /. That Section Eight (8)
of Article Nine (9) of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Idaho be amended
to read as follows:
Section g. 1t shall be the duty Of
the State Board of Land Commission
ers to provide for the location, pro-
lection, sale or rental of all the lands
heretofore, or which may hereafter be
granted to the State by the general
as may be prescribed by law, and in
such manner as will secure the maxi
mum possible amount therefor: Pro-
vided, That no school lands shall be
sold for less than ten (10) dollars per
acre. No law shall ever be passed by
the legislature granting any. privi-
leges to persons who may have set
tied upon any such public lands. sub
sequent to the survey thereof by the
general government, by which the
amount to be derived by the sale, or
other disposition of such lands, shall
be diminished, directly or indirectly.
The legislature shall, at the earliest
practicable period, provide by law
that the general grants of land made
by Congress to the State shall be judi
ciously located and carefully preserv-
ed and held in trust, subject to dis
posal at public auction for the use
and benefit of the respective objects
for which said grants of lands were
made, and the Legislature shall pro-
vide for the aisle of said lands from
time to time and for the sale of tim
Der on all State lands and for the
faithful application of the proceeds
thereof in accordance with the terms
of said grants: Provided. That not
to exceed One Hundred (100) sections
of school lands shall be sold In any
one year, and to be sold in subdivi-
sions of not to exceed Three Hundred
and Twenty 1920 acres of land to
any one individual, company or cor
poration.
Section 2. The question to be sub
mitted to the electors of the State of
Idaho at the next general election
shall be as follows, to-wit: That Sec
ton Eight (8) of Article Nine CO..
of the Constitution of Idaho be amend
ed so as to permit the sale of One
Hundred (100) sections of school land
in place of Twenty-Five (25) sections,
to be sold in subdivisions of not to ex
coed Three Hundred and Twenty
(320) acres of land to any one indi-
vidual, company or corporation.
Section 3. The Secretary of State
is hereby authorized to make publ
cation of this Constitutional Amend
ment in each county for at least six
co consecutive weeks prior to the
next general election in not less than
one newspaper of general circulation
published in each county.
This Joint Resolution passed the
House of Representatives on the
Twenty-Ninth day of January, 1915
A. H. CONNER,
Speaker of the House of Represen-
tatives.
This Joint Resolution passed the
Senate on the 18th day of February,
1915.
HERMAN H. TAYLOR.