American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-10-12
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 3
(By Shattuck.)


An Act.
A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING
AMENDMENT OF SECTION 8, AR
TICLE 8 OF THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE STATE OF IDAHO; SUB
MITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF
SAID STATE FOR THEIR REJEC-
TION OR APPROVAL THE CUES
TION OF WHETHER SAID SEC
TION SHOULD BE so AMENDED
AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE SALE
OF ONE HUNDRED ClO0) SEC
TIONS OF SCHOOL LANDS IN
STEAD OF TWENTY-FIVE (25)
SECTIONS AS NOW PROVIDED
FOR, TO BE SOLD IN SUBDIVI-
SIONS OF THREE HUNDRED AND
TWENTY (32O) ACRES OF LAND
TO ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL, COM
PANY OR CORPORATION.
BE 1T RESOLVED BIZ THE LEG
lSLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDA
HO:
Section l. That Section Eight (S)
of Article Nine 90 of the Constitu-
tion of the State Of Idaho be amended
to read as follows:
Section 8. 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
government. under such regulations
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 1nGa than tAn l1nN $500
acre. No law shall ever be passed
by the legislature granting any priv
ileges 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 ju-
diciously located and carefully pre-
served and held in trust, subject TO
disposal az 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 sale 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 term
OF said grants Provided, That not To
exceed One Hundred Q00) sections OF
school lands shall be sold in any one
year. and to be sold in subdivisions OF
no 10 exceed Three Hundred and
Twenty (320) acres OF land 10 any one
Individual, company or corporation.
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 (S) of Article Nine (9) OF
the Constitution of Idaho be amended
so AS to permit the sale OF One Hun
dred Q0O) sections OF school land in
place of Twenty-Five (25) sections. to
coed Three Hundred and Twenty (320)
acres Of land to any one individual.
company or corporation.
Section 3. The Secretary OF State
is hereby authorized to make publica-
ton of this Constitutional Amend
ment in each county for at least six
(6) consecutive weeks prior to the
mex 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 TWEEN
ty-ninth day of January, 1918.
A. II. CONNER,
Speaker OF the House Of Represen-
tatives.
This joint resolution passed the SEN
ate on the 18th day OF February, 1915.
HERMAN II TAYLOR,