The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-10-29

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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
.-.. OF NORTH DAKOTA "a
upon land shall be deemed personal property.
The property of the United States and of the
state county and municipal corporations and
property used exclusively for school, religious,
cemetery, charitable or other public purposes
shall be exempt from. taxation, Except as re-
stricted by this Article, the Legislature may
provide for raising revenue and fixing the situs
of all property for the purpose of taxation.
Provided that !. all taxes and exemptions, in
force when this amendment is adopted shall
remain i'll force until otherwise provided by
statute. ~ A-'.-..l+ y.
To amend Section III in Article Exchanges
Ikovision relating to assessment OF improve
>rnents of land, TO provision authorizing tax ON
land for the purpose Of ihdemnifyihg owners
Of growing crops against damages by hail. :,
Shall Section III in Article IL be amended
to read as follows:>,
may by law provide for the levy, aud collection
of an acreage tax ON lands within the state in
addition, to the limitations spscihed in Section
l74 in Article j Of the Constitution Inc
the owners of growing crops against damages
by hail, provided that lands, used exclusively
for public roads rights Of way of common car
riers mining. manufacturing or 'pasturage may
be exempt from such tax. -
TO amend Section 1872 iii Article 49, changes
the debt limit from two hundred. Thousand dol
lars exclusive Of what may be the debt OF North
Dakota at the time Of the adoption OF TINS con-
hot oil Sr,dc
of two million dollars shall be secured by hrst
mortgages upon real estate in amounts not to
exceed one-half of its vaue; or upon real and
personal property Of state owned utilities, enter
prises or industries in amounts, not exceeding
its value, and provided furtherS that the state
Shall not issue or guarantee bonds upon prop
erty Of state owned utilities enterprises, Or
Shall Section 1sS in Article IL be amended
to read as follows: - ~ s.,~%9
Section 1872 III Article IL. The state may
issue or guarantee the payment Ct bonds . PRO,
dollars shall be secured by first mortgages upon
real estate in amounts not to exceed one.half OF
its value; or upon real and personal properly
in amounts not exceeding its value, and pro-
yided further, that the state shall not issue OF
guarantee bonds upon property ct state-owhea
utilities, enterprises or industries IN excess OF
: : No future Indebtedness shall be incurred by
the state unless evidenced by. bond issue,
which lsay bf authorized by law tor ,.r ser iam
authorizing bond issue shall provide tor levy
ing an annual tax. or make other provisions;
sufficient to pay the interest scmi-annually' anu
passage of such law, and shall specially ap. ,
propriate the proceeds of such tax.tor OF suen
other privisons, to the payment OF sad pr'ns1,
pal and interest and such appr9gpr,arom sha
h interest. Shall have ben paid. ~ debt in
excess Of the limit named herein shall be IN
yasion, sippressing Instruction; defending the
state in time of war or to provide tor me puo'
lie defense in case of threatened hostilities.
To amend Section 1855 in Article II as
amended BY Article ct Amendment amend en- city, 10
make, INTERNAL improvements; o. to engage IN
any industry; enterprise, or business, not pro-
hibstcd BY Article 90 Of the Constitution.
to o Iead 2 IS follows:
section 1ss II Article u As amended a.3,d 81, by
county,or city may make internal improvements
business, not prohibited by. Article 20 OF the
Consultation, but neither the state nor any
political subdivision thereof shall Otherwise Sc
or in aid of any individual. association or cor
poration except for reasonable support of thu:
poor, nor subscribe to or become the owner or
capital stock in any association or corporation
The following resolutions were passed BY the
County p creating new st4ek stosb to
run at large in Stock Districts numbers ,n,;,tsa one ne
the the electors elect Of Stock Districts numbers one
and i've at the general election to be held on
November 9TH, 1918.
The resolutions are as follows:.
J. September 9th, 1918.
Moved by Commissioner Ward and seconded
by Commissioner Patterson that the stock dis
t!c formerly created Sy the ir o. eounfv of
Bur!eighy be cancelled and set aside ana tnae
there now. be established in said County OF
Burleigh Ave stock districts and the City OF
said stock districts SO established: Comm: Dis
trict No. shall be known as Stock DISTRICT
No. /, outside Of The City Of Bismarck. Comm
t pier's 81. ~ Comm. District No. Shall be
known as Stock District No. 3; Comm. Dis
trict No: shall be known as Stock District NO.
4, and Comm. District No: 5 shall be known as
the city OF Bismarck. These districts which are
interested. in having stock run at large may
have this question submitted to the electors by
October 1st, 1918, asking that stock in their
district be permitted to run at large.
On roll call Commissioners Patterson, Ward
and Hedstrom voted aye. .z.
The following resolution was introduced tI by
which seconded by Commissioner Pesone1.
Whereas. this Board has been petitioned b,
more than 25ee of the qualified electors of
Stock District No. 4 and Stock District No. s.
asking that stock be permitted to run lat large
in said stock Districts as follows:
] In Stock District No. 4, between November
18th and May 1st, and in Stock District No.
s, between November 18th, and April 18th.
This Board finds that said petitions are in
compliance with law and contain the required
number of ,sgners.
Therefore be it resolved that the prayer of
the petitioners he and is hereby granted and
stock are hereby permitted to run at large in
said districts. between the dates specified i'll
the petitions Provided. however that hogs
in said Stock districts.
On roll call Commissioners Pesonen, Ward
and Patterson voted aye. $
Fret Ratification. bismarck Tribune, Oct 81,