The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-13
shons and buildings used exclusively
M tfeff business as common carriers.

III theff business as common carriers.
= >Exemptinq Farm Improvements.
|. Sec. 166.-* s. :" The legislative
assembly may by law exempt any or
all classes of personal property from
taxation, and within the meaning OF
/ this section all fixtures, buildings and
improvements of every character
whatsoever upon land shall be deem.
ed personal property, and all exemp'
lions under this section shall be uni
form; in their operation.
Bonds For Public Utilities.
Sec. 17O.-The state or any p0lhi-
cal division thereof may issue on
guarantee the payment Of bonds in
excess of the, debt limit specified in
this article provided such bonds are
secured b. first. mortgages on real
estate, or upon property of public
utilities. enterprises or industries.
|, Sec, 1873 adds incompetence as one
OF the grounds for which any state,
judicial, county, district or township
officer may be impeached.
The !, r. r. Clause.
Article 16, Sec. 189.-The people
reserve, to themselves the power:
To propose. laws. legislative meas:
ures and amendments to the consti-
tuition and to enact and approve or
reject the same at the polls independ-
emit Of the legislative assembly or the
governor, and to order submitted to
them an, dto enact, approve and con-
firm, or. reject and annul at the polls
any item, section, measure, act or res.
olution, 0r~any part of any such, pro.
posed enacted or rejected by the leg.
islative assembly or vetoed by the
governor.
The power first reserved in this Sc
tion is the "initiative" and the sec
ond is. the, referendum" and the in
itiative and referendum or either may
be exercised at any time by the fill
ing Of, a petition in the Office of the
secretary of state containing the mat.
|, ter upon which action is desired and
the names of legal voters of the state
from a. majority Of the counties there
OF equal in number to ten per Ger
of the vote cast for the Office of gov.
nor at the last general elections. All
such questions included in such peti.
tions shall be submitted to the vot.
ers at the next succeeding general
election or primary if filed ninety or
more days prior thereto, provided that
the legislature may also by law pro.
vide for the submission of such ques-
tions to the voters of the state at
special elections. This section shall
he held tn aDn1y to amendments to
the constitution and all other laws of
this state, and no act, resolution,
measure, section or part thereof, af-
ter having. been adopted by the vote
of the people, shall be held unconsti.
tutional.
The people reserve to themselves
the right to recall at any time any
officer elected by them or appointed
under legislative or other authority
of 1.-The state: to-" be exercised as pro.
vided for: the initiative and refer
endum. ,,,.3S'
Child Labor Age Advanced.
Sec. 194.-The labor of children I'm.
der. fourteen years of age shall be
prohibited: in mines, factories. and
workshops in this state: go"
The Torrens System.
Sec. 1897 The. Legislative assembly
may by law provide for the registra,
ton and guarantee 81 land titles, un.
der the Torrens system and may make
such registration compulsory by coun
ties, the expense tosbe borne by spe
cial assessment on the lands involved