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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1914
Page
10
A report from Bismarck details patrols and home plans for several parties bound for a state pen. A prairie fire south of Medina scorched pasture land and hay, with some stain burned. Exhibits at the Bismarck exposition are progressing toward a larger-than-ever showing as officials work to complete preparations.
Jamestown hosts its eighteenth annual federation gathering with sessions across October 13 to 18. Leaders from Fargo Bismarck and Valley City preside, with programs on conservation education and legislation, a Norway trip address, a benefit concert, and a grand reception at Armory Hall.
A German foreign correspondent quarrels with a dining room waitress at a seaside hotel. The staff is largely college girls working while in vacation, and a nearby American writer cautions the guest that she is a lady. The man insists he wants a waiter. The anecdote appears in the Saturday Evening Post.
A fragment discusses proposed amendments to the constitution and a required step for approval by the Secretary of State. The text is incomplete but notes constitutional changes awaiting formal endorsement by state authorities.
The motion outlines a concurrent resolution to amend the state constitution to empower initiative and referendum. It describes amendment sections, self executing provisions, and procedures for adoption by the legislature and voters, including referenda, recall, and publication requirements. It references sections 25 and 26, the secretary of state, and general election timing for approval or rejection.
A note on the 1913 session references a proposed amendment to the state constitution. The item cites Chapter 90 and an HB labeled as 15% Oinbens with a page reference to 3911 Kew and 08 1 Te athbvae, indicating filing or legislative activity during the 1913 session.
Fragmentary OCR summary notes a proposed amendment process. Mentions Section 309 and Article X of the constitution and a resolution advancing a constitutional amendment. Details are unclear due to garbled text.
A concurrent resolution proposes amending the North Dakota Constitution to authorize the legislature to provide by law for the erection purchase loaning and operation of terminal grain elevators in the state with inspection weighing and grading of all received grain. The amendment frames the legislature as empowered to establish maintain and operate these facilities and to regulate their inspection and related processes.
A concurrent resolution proposes amendments to sections 176 and 170 of the North Dakota constitution to permit property classification for taxation and to standardize tax rules. It calls for submission to voters at the next general election for approval or rejection and references the state assembly actions and constitutional sections.
The document outlines amendments authorizing tax exemptions for public purposes and specifying new tax assessment rules. It notes exemptions for government property and property over school religious cemetery charitable and other public uses, with a tax cap and continuation of existing exemptions. It also describes amendments to Section 17 regarding assessment by county, township, village or district for railroads express and car line properties and related valuation rules. The State Department certifies passage by legislative assemblies and plans for official ballot submission at the November 1914 general election.
A fragmented reform text proposes amendments to Section 216 of the North Dakota Constitution. It outlines permanent designation and grants for public institutions including in Ransom and Pembina counties, Bathgate, Ellendale, Bottineau, Minot, and other sites, with 40 thousand acre grants and related provisions. The measure, tied to concurrent resolutions from the Twelfth and Thirteenth legislative assemblies, seeks to authorize funding and establishment of educational and charitable institutions pending revisions.
A lengthy 1918 style proposal outlines adding sections to allow state aid to finance road and bridge construction and improvement through treasury funds or dedicated taxes. It specifies that no county city town or school district may loan or give credit to individuals or private entities, except for approved public works. The measure, adopted by the Twelfth Legislature and referred to the Thirteenth for approval, is to be submitted at the next general election.
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