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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1918
Page
7
Auditor I E H Brant lists the true and correct nominees from the June 26 1918 primary election including constitutional amendments and county offices. The document details names and addresses certified by the Secretary of State and those who filed petitions under Section 501 of the 1899 Code for the November election.
Secretary of State Thomas Hall certifies an initiative petition for amendments to Article 2 Section 25. The proposal outlines initiative and referendum powers, petition timelines, and voting rules, with publication and ballot submission for the next general election on November 5. It defines signatures, filing deadlines, and the process to enact or repeal measures by popular vote.
The document outlines proposed constitutional changes in two sections. First an emergency measure clause in Article 3 requiring two thirds vote and governor approval to take effect, with limits on grants of franchises or vested rights. Second, procedures for amendments via legislature or initiative petitions with voter approval, including signatures and timing rules.
The text outlines uniform taxation on the same class of property within an authority and allows exemptions for personal property. It specifies public and government properties and dedicated public-purpose properties remain tax exempt and notes existing taxes and exemptions stay in force until statute changes.
The Legislature may enact an acreage tax on lands statewide to fund indemnification for crop damages from hail. Exemptions include lands used for public roads rights of way mining manufacturing or pasturage.
The text outlines tax funded bond issuance limits for state debt, mortgage security rules, and restrictions on relying on bonds for utilities. It also covers authorized debt only for war or defense needs and requires tax provisions to repay principal and interest within thirty years. It further restricts public credit gifts and prohibits state ownership of capital stocks, while urging Liberty Bonds War Savings and Thrift Stamps purchases.
The notice outlines amendments to the North Dakota Constitution approved in 1917 and referred to voters at the next general election. It lists districts, polling places, and inspectors across Emmons County with precise precinct locations and voting hours from eight in the morning to five in the afternoon.
Notice that on Tuesday the fifth of November next an election will be held in all Emmons County precincts for state district and county officers. State officers include congressman governor lieutenant governor secretary of state state auditor state treasurer attorney general commissioner of insurance agriculture and labor superintendent of public instruction three railroad commissioners and a supreme court justice. District officers include one state senator for the 26th district and four representatives for the 26th. County officers include auditor treasurer sheriff clerk of district court register of deeds state's attorney county judge surveyor public administrator coroner.
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