https://ndconst.org/ 2026-04-20T13:55:38+00:00 https://ndconst.org/ https://ndconst.org/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2020-07-17T20:39:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/arti?rev=1595018363&do=diff ARTICLE I. Declaration of Rights. Section 1. [Inalienable rights.] Section 2. [Power inherent in the people.] Section 3. [Free exercise of religion.] Section 4. [Freedom of speech and publication.] Section 5. [Redress of grievances.] Section 6. [Involuntary servitude.] Section 7. [Employment -- free right to obtain.] Section 8. [Unreasonable searches and seizures prohibited.] Section 9. [Rights as to civil matters.] Section 10. [Indictment and Information.] Section 11. [Exce… text/html 2020-07-17T20:40:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artii?rev=1595018403&do=diff ARTICLE II. Elective Franchise. Section 1. [Elector Qualifications] Section 2. [Elector Disqualifications] Section 3. [Only Qualified Elector May Vote] text/html 2020-07-17T20:40:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artiii?rev=1595018413&do=diff ARTICLE III Powers Reserved to the People. Section 1. [Reserved Powers of Initiative, Referral, Recall, Constitutional Amendment, Constitutional Convention Section 2. [Petitions] Section 3. [Circulation of Petitions] Section 4. [Petition Signatures Required] Section 5. [Submitting Petition] Section 6. [Certification of Petition] Section 7. [Review by Supreme Court] Section 8. [Enactment] Section 9. [Initiated Constitutional Amendment] Section 10. [Recall Petition] text/html 2020-07-17T20:40:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artiv?rev=1595018416&do=diff ARTICLE IV. Legislative Branch. Section 1. [Legislative Assembly composed of House and Senate] Section 2. [Legislative Districts] Section 3. [One-half of Members Elected Each Biennium] Section 4. [Terms of Four Years] Section 5. [Qualifications of Members] Section 6. [Limitations on Member Appointment to State Office] Section 7. [Terms of Office; Session Length; Adjournment] Section 8. [Presiding Officer of House] Section 9. [Bribery of Member] Section 10. [Disqualification by… text/html 2020-07-17T20:40:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artix?rev=1595018417&do=diff ARTICLE IX. Trust Lands Section 1. [Trust Fund] Section 2. [Income Apportionment] Section 3. [Board of University and School Lands] Section 4. [County Boards] Section 5. [Sale of Common School Lands] Section 6. [Terms of Sale] Section 7. [Appraisal and Sale of Lands Received for Specific Institution] Section 8. [Leases] Section 9. [Limitation on Claims to Public Lands] Section 10. [Sale of Public Lands] Section 11. [State School Funds] Section 12. [Location of Public Insti… text/html 2020-07-17T20:40:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artv?rev=1595018420&do=diff ARTICLE V. Executive Branch. Section 1. [Executive power vested in governor.] Section 2. [Elected state officials.] Section 3. [Election of governor and lieutenant governor.] Section 4. [Qualifications.] Section 5. [Terms of offices.] Section 6. [Offices in state capital.] Section 7. [Powers of governor.] Section 8. [Filling vacancies.] Section 9. [Presentation of bills, veto power.] Section 10. [Bribery of governor.] Section 11. [Governor succession.] Section 12. [Lieuten… text/html 2020-07-17T20:40:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artvi?rev=1595018422&do=diff ARTICLE VI. Judicial Branch. Section 1. [Vesting of Judicial Power] Section 2. [Supreme Court Composition and Jurisdiction] Section 3. [Supreme Court Rules and Administration] Section 4. [Quorum and Majority Requirement] Section 5. [Reasons for Decision to be in Writing] Section 6. [Appeals Allowed as Provided by Law] Section 7. [Election of Justices and Terms of Office] Section 8. [District Court Jurisdiction] Section 9. [District Courts - Districts, Elections, Terms of Office]… text/html 2020-07-17T20:40:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artvii?rev=1595018423&do=diff ARTICLE VII. Political Subdivisions. Section 1. [Article Purpose] Section 2. [Establishment and Powers of Political Subdivisions] Section 3. [Counties] Section 4. [County Seats] Section 5. [Alteration of Counties] Section 6. [Home rule in Counties and Cities] Section 7. [Optional Forms of Government for Counties] Section 8. [Required County Functions; Terms of Offices] Section 9. [Petition to Change Form of County Government] Section 10. [Joint Powers Agreements] Section 11.… text/html 2020-07-17T20:40:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artviii?rev=1595018424&do=diff ARTICLE VIII. Education. Section 1. [Public Schools Open to All Children of the State] Section 2. [Uniform System of Free Public Schools] Section 3. [Content of Instruction in Schools] Section 4. [Literacy; Uniformity in Course of Study] Section 5. [Higher Education under Exclusive State Control; Restricted Funding to Sectarian Schools] Section 6. [Board of Higher Education] text/html 2020-07-17T20:40:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artx?rev=1595018426&do=diff ARTICLE X. Finance and Public Debt. Section 1. [Prohibition on Property Tax to Defray Expenses of the State] Section 2. [No Surrender or Suspension of Tax Power] Section 3. [Requirements for Laws Imposing Tax] Section 4. [Assessment of Taxable Property] Section 5. [Uniformity of Taxes] Section 6. [Repealed] Section 7. [Acreage Tax for Hail Damage] Section 8. [Implementation of this Article] Section 9. [Hail Tax Fund] Section 10. [UND Medical Center Tax] Section 11. [Highway … text/html 2020-07-17T20:40:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artxi?rev=1595018427&do=diff ARTICLE XI. General Provisions. Section 1. [Name and Boundary] Section 2. [Great Seal] Section 3. [Waters of the State] Section 4. [Oath of Office] Section 5. [Open Meetings] Section 6. [Open Records] Section 7. [Continuity of Government During Emergency] Section 8. [Impeachment by House] Section 9. [Impeachment Trial by Senate] Section 10. [Officers Subject to Impeachment] Section 11. [Removal of Other Officers] Section 12. [Suspension Pending Impeachment] Section 13. [… text/html 2020-07-17T20:40:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artxii?rev=1595018428&do=diff ARTICLE XII. Corporations Other than Municipal. Section 1. [Corporation defined] Section 2. [Organization and Regulation of Corporations] Section 3. [Repealed] Section 4. [Repealed] Section 5. [Corporations Subject to Eminent Domain and Police Power] Section 6. [Election of Directors or Managers] Section 7. [Repealed] Section 8. [Repealed] Section 9. [Repealed] Section 10. [Local Control Over Utilities Occupying Streets or Highways] Section 11. [Repealed] Section 12. [Repe… text/html 2020-07-17T20:40:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artxiii?rev=1595018430&do=diff ARTICLE XIII. Compact with the United States. The following article shall be irrevocable without the consent of the United States and the people of this state: Section 1. [Toleration of Religious Sentiment and Worship] Section 2. [Military Reservations] Section 3. [Acceptance of Land Grants] Section 4. [Continuation of Enabling Act] text/html 2020-07-17T20:40:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artxiv?rev=1595018433&do=diff ARTICLE XIV. Ethics Commission. Section 1. [Transparency] Section 2. [Lobbyists; Appearance of Bias] Section 3. [Ethics Commission] Section 4. [Definitions; Severability; Conflict of Laws] text/html 2020-07-17T20:30:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/enabling_act?rev=1595017827&do=diff The Enabling Act (Act of February 22, 1889, Ch. 180, 25 Statutes at Large 676.) An act to provide for the division of Dakota into two states, and to enable the people of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington to form constitutions and state governments, and to be admitted into the union on an equal footing with the original states, and to make donations of public lands to such states. text/html 2020-07-18T04:48:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/ndconst?rev=1595047737&do=diff PREAMBLE We, the people of North Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, do ordain and establish this Constitution. ARTICLE I. Declaration of Rights. Section 1. All individuals are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing and protecting property and reputation; pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness; and to keep and bear a… text/html 2020-07-17T20:30:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/preamble-no-image?rev=1595017827&do=diff PREAMBLE We, the people of North Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, do ordain and establish this Constitution. text/html 2020-07-17T20:30:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/preamble?rev=1595017827&do=diff PREAMBLE We, the people of North Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, do ordain and establish this Constitution. text/html 2020-07-18T03:39:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/start?rev=1595043596&do=diff The Constitution of North Dakota Preamble Article I. Declaration of Rights Article II. Elective Franchise Article III. Powers Reserved To The People Article IV. Legislative Branch Article V. Executive Branch Article VI. Judicial Branch Article VII. Political Subdivisions Article VIII. Education Article IX. Trust Lands Article X. Finance and Public Debt Article XI. General Provisions Article XII. Corporations Other Than Municipal Article XIII. Compact With The United States Article… text/html 2020-07-17T20:30:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/transition?rev=1595017827&do=diff TRANSITION SCHEDULE Sections 1 to 25. Repealed. Section 26. The legislative assembly shall provide for the editing, and for the publication in an independent volume, of this constitution as soon as it shall take effect, and whenever it shall be altered or amended, and shall cause to be published in the same volume the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States and the Enabling Act.