https://ndconst.org/ 2026-05-02T07:52:48+00:00 https://ndconst.org/ https://ndconst.org/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2019-01-06T20:37:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artix/sec1?rev=1546807022&do=diff Section 1. All proceeds of the public lands that have been, or may be granted by the United States for the support of the common schools in this state; all such per centum as may be granted by the United States on the sale of public lands; the proceeds of property that fall to the state by escheat; all gifts, donations, or the proceeds thereof that come to the state for support of the common schools, or not otherwise appropriated by the terms of the gift, and all other property otherwise a… text/html 2020-07-10T00:05:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artix/sec2?rev=1594339506&do=diff Section 2. Distributions from the common schools trust fund, together with the net proceeds of all fines for violation of state laws and all other sums which may be added by law, must be faithfully used and applied each year for the benefit of the common schools of the state and no part of the fund must ever be diverted, even temporarily, from this purpose or used for any purpose other than the maintenance of common schools as provided by law. Distributions from an educational or … text/html 2019-01-06T20:37:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artix/sec3?rev=1546807022&do=diff Section 3. The superintendent of public instruction, governor, attorney general, secretary of state and state treasurer comprise a board of commissioners, to be denominated the “board of university and school lands”. Subject to the provisions of this article and any law that may be passed by the legislative assembly, the board has control of the appraisement, sale, rental, and disposal of all school and university lands, and the proceeds from the sale of such lands shall be invested as prov… text/html 2019-01-06T20:37:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artix/sec4?rev=1546807022&do=diff Section 4. The public officers designated by law shall constitute boards of appraisal and under the authority of the state board of university and school lands shall appraise all school lands within their respective counties which they may from time to time recommend for sale at their actual value under the prescribed terms and shall first select and designate for sale the most valuable lands. text/html 2019-01-06T20:37:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artix/sec5?rev=1546807022&do=diff Section 5. After one year from the assembling of the first legislative assembly the lands granted to the state from the United States for the support of the common schools, may be sold upon the following conditions and no other: No more than one-fourth of all such lands shall be sold within the first five years after the same become salable by virtue of this section. No more than one-half of the remainder within ten years after the same become salable as aforesaid. The residue may be sold a… text/html 2020-07-10T00:06:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artix/sec6?rev=1594339619&do=diff Section 6. No original grant school or institutional land shall be sold for less than the fair market value thereof, and in no case for less than ten dollars ($10.00) per acre, provided that when lands have been sold on contract and the contract has been canceled, such lands may be resold without reappraisement by the board of appraisal. The purchaser shall pay twenty (20) percent of the purchase price at the time the contract is executed; thereafter annual payments shall be made o… text/html 2019-01-06T20:37:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artix/sec7?rev=1546807022&do=diff Section 7. All lands received by the state for any specific educational or charitable institution shall be appraised and sold in the same manner and under the same limitations and subject to all the conditions as to price and sale as provided in this constitution for the appraisal and sale of lands for the benefit of common schools. However, a distinct and separate account shall be kept by the proper officers of each of said funds and the limitations … text/html 2020-07-10T00:09:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artix/sec8?rev=1594339778&do=diff Section 8. The legislative assembly shall have authority to provide by law for the leasing of lands granted to the state for educational and charitable purposes; but no such law shall authorize the leasing of said lands for a longer period than five years. Said lands shall only be leased for pasturage and meadow purposes and at a public auction after notice as heretofore provided in case of sale; provided, that all of said school lands now under cultivation may be leased, at the discretion … text/html 2019-01-06T20:37:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artix/sec9?rev=1546807022&do=diff Section 9. No law shall ever be passed by the legislative assembly granting to any person, corporation or association any privileges by reason of the occupation, cultivation or improvement of any public lands by said person, corporation or association subsequent to the survey thereof by the general government. No claim for the occupation, cultivation or improvement of any public lands shall ever be recognized, nor shall such occupation, cultivation or im… text/html 2019-01-06T20:37:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artix/sec10?rev=1546807022&do=diff Section 10. The legislative assembly may provide by law for the sale or disposal of all public lands that have been, or may hereafter be granted by the United States to the state for purposes other than set forth in article IX, section 1. The legislative assembly in providing for the appraisal, sale, rental, and disposal of the same shall not be subject to the provisions and limitations of article IX, sections 1 through 11. text/html 2019-01-06T20:37:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artix/sec11?rev=1546807022&do=diff Section 11. The legislative assembly shall pass suitable laws for the safekeeping, transfer and disbursement of the state school funds; and shall require all officers charged with the same or the safekeeping thereof to give ample bonds for all moneys and funds received by them, and if any of said officers shall convert to his own use in any manner or form, or shall loan with or without interest or shall deposit in his own name, or otherwise than in the name of the state of North Dakota, o… text/html 2020-07-10T00:01:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artix/sec12?rev=1594339307&do=diff Section 12. The following public institutions of the state are permanently located at the places hereinafter named, each to have the lands specifically granted to it by the United States in the Act of Congress approved February 22, 1889, to be disposed of and used in such manner as the legislative assembly may prescribe subject to the limitations provided in the article on school and public lands contained in this constitution. text/html 2020-07-10T00:10:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/playground/2019-01-05/artix/sec13?rev=1594339836&do=diff Section 13. The following public institutions are located as provided, each to have so much of the remaining grant of one hundred seventy thousand acres of land made by the United States for “other educational and charitable institutions” as is allotted by law: