====== N.D. Const. art. X, § 17 — Research ======

**Endorsement of Bonds.** Text of the section: [[.:start|current and prior versions]].

Every citing reference in the corpus: **5** court opinions and **1** Attorney General opinion. Counts include the section's pre-1981 designation (§ 187), era-gated by the renumbering crosswalk.

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===== Construing and quoting decisions (3) =====

  * State ex rel. Syvertson v. Jones, State Highway Com'r, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3933127/state-ex-rel-syvertson-v-jones/|1946 ND 20]] (1946, Christianson, J.)  ·  quotes the provision
    * //“…%%e would be no constitutional limit whatever in so far as public highways are concerned. The legislative power could levy any tax on gasoline, etc. it saw fit; debts could be contracted at any time and in unlimited amounts to be paid in the dim distant future. Section 187 of the constitution provides that 'no * * * evidence of indebtedness of the state shall be valid unless the same shall have endorsed thereon a certificate, signed by the auditor and secretary of state showing that the *%%…”//
  * State ex rel Board of University v. McMillan, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6848061/state-ex-rel-board-of-university-v-mcmillan/|1903 ND 46]] (1903, Young, J.)  ·  quotes the provision
    * //“…%%Treasurer to pay a warrant drawn for the purchase price of said bonds, that said bonds are void because of the invalidity of the act authorizing their issuance, and for the further reason that they are not certified to be within the debt limit, as required by section 187 of the Constitution, and that in refusing to pay said warrant the State Treasurer acted in accord with his legal duty as the custodian of the trust fund. Attorneys and Law Firms C. N. Frich, Atty. Gen., and Guy C. H.%%…”//
  * State ex rel. Langer, Atty. Gen., v. Hall Secretary of State, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6850813/state-ex-rel-langer-v-hall/|1919 ND 114]] (1919, Grace, J.)  ·  quotes the provision
    * //“…%%omas Hall, as Secretary of State of the state of North Dakota, demanding and directing him to attest and certify to certain bonds. A preliminary statement of the matters involved in the petition will aid in understanding the issues involved. It is provided by section 187 of the Constitution of the state of North Dakota that no bond nor evidence of indebtedness of the state shall be valid unless the same shall have indorsed thereon a certificate which shall be signed by the Auditor and S%%…”//

===== Other citing decisions (2) =====

  * G. W. Jones Lumber Co. v. City of Marmarth, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3935386/g-w-jones-lumber-co-v-city-of-marmarth/|1937 ND 17]] (1937, Burr, J.)
  * State ex rel. Diebold Safe & Lock Co. v. Getchell, [[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6847123/state-ex-rel-diebold-safe-lock-co-v-getchell/|1893 ND 16]] (1893, Corliss, J.)

===== Attorney General opinions (1) =====

Advisory, not binding; included for the doctrine's full administrative history.

  * [[https://attorneygeneral.nd.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/56-75.pdf|N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 56-75 (1956)]]  ·  citing § 187 (1889 numbering)

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