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§ 1
Art.
Preamble
§ 1
Name of state
Art.
I
§ 2
Boundaries of state
Art.
I
§ 1
Art.
II
§ 1
Legislative power -- Initiative and referendum
Art.
III
§ 2
Number of legislators -- Regular sessions
Art.
III
§ 3
Qualifications for legislative office -- Officers ineligible
Art.
III
§ 4
Disqualification for conviction of crime -- Defaults on public money
Art.
III
§ 5
Legislative reapportionment
Art.
III
§ 6
Legislative terms of office -- Compensation -- Regular sessions
Art.
III
§ 7
Convening of annual sessions
Art.
III
§ 8
Oath required of legislators and officers -- Forfeiture of office for false swearing
Art.
III
§ 9
Each house as judge of qualifications -- Quorum -- Rules of proceedings -- Officers and employees
Art.
III
§ 10
Filling legislative vacancies
Art.
III
§ 11
Legislators' privilege from arrest -- Freedom of debate
Art.
III
§ 12
Legislators ineligible for other office -- Contracts with state or county
Art.
III
§ 13
Legislative journals -- Recording of yeas and nays
Art.
III
§ 14
Elections viva voce
Art.
III
§ 15
Open legislative session’s -- Exception
Art.
III
§ 16
Adjournment of legislative houses
Art.
III
§ 17
Reading of bills
Art.
III
§ 18
Enacting clause -- Assent by majority -- Recording of votes
Art.
III
§ 19
Signing of bills and resolutions
Art.
III
§ 20
Origin of bills -- Amendment in other house
Art.
III
§ 21
One subject expressed in title
Art.
III
§ 22
Effective date of acts -- Emergency clause
Art.
III
§ 23
Private and special laws prohibited
Art.
III
§ 24
Release of debt to state or municipality
Art.
III
§ 25
Games of chance prohibited -- Exceptions
Art.
III
§ 26
Municipal powers denied to private organizations
Art.
III
§ 27
Suits against the state
Art.
III
§ 28
Bribery and corrupt solicitation of officers -- Compelling testimony -- Immunity from prosecution
Art.
III
§ 29
Legislative powers in emergency from enemy attack
Art.
III
§ 30
Power of committee of Legislature to suspend administrative rules and regulations
Art.
III
§ 31
Convening of special sessions upon petition
Art.
III
§ 32
Term limitations for United States Congressmen
Art.
III
§ 1
Executive power
Art.
IV
§ 2
Qualification, election and term
Art.
IV
§ 3
Powers and duties of the Governor
Art.
IV
§ 4
Veto power
Art.
IV
§ 5
Powers and duties of lieutenant governor
Art.
IV
§ 6
Succession of executive power
Art.
IV
§ 7
Other executive officers -- Powers, duties, and term limitations
Art.
IV
§ 8
Reorganization
Art.
IV
§ 9
Appointment and removal power
Art.
IV
§ 10
Superseded
Art.
IV
§ 11
Superseded
Art.
IV
§ 12
Superseded
Art.
IV
§ 13
Superseded
Art.
IV
§ 1
Judicial powers
Art.
V
§ 2
Supreme Court
Art.
V
§ 3
Circuit courts
Art.
V
§ 4
Courts of limited jurisdiction
Art.
V
§ 5
Jurisdiction of courts
Art.
V
§ 6
Qualifications of judicial personnel
Art.
V
§ 7
Judicial selection
Art.
V
§ 8
Selection of the Chief Justice
Art.
V
§ 9
Qualifications commission
Art.
V
§ 10
Restrictions
Art.
V
§ 11
Administration
Art.
V
§ 12
Rule-making power
Art.
V
§ 13
Transition
Art.
V
§ 14
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 15
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 16
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 17
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 18
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 19
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 20
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 21
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 22
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 23
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 24
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 25
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 26
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 27
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 28
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 29
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 30
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 31
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 32
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 33
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 34
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 35
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 36
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 37
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 38
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 39
Superseded
Art.
V
§ 1
Inherent rights
Art.
VI
§ 2
Due process -- Right to work
Art.
VI
§ 3
Freedom of religion -- Support of religion prohibited
Art.
VI
§ 4
Right of petition and peaceable assembly
Art.
VI
§ 5
Freedom of speech -- Truth as defense -- Jury trial
Art.
VI
§ 6
Jury trial -- Reduced jury -- Three-fourths vote
Art.
VI
§ 7
Rights of accused
Art.
VI
§ 8
Right to bail -- Habeas corpus
Art.
VI
§ 9
Self-incrimination -- Double jeopardy
Art.
VI
§ 10
Indictment or information -- Modification or abolishment of grand jury
Art.
VI
§ 11
Search and seizure
Art.
VI
§ 12
Ex post facto laws -- Impairment of contract obligations -- Privilege or immunity
Art.
VI
§ 13
Private property not taken without just compensation -- Benefit to owner -- Fee in highways
Art.
VI
§ 14
Resident aliens' property rights
Art.
VI
§ 15
Imprisonment for debt
Art.
VI
§ 16
Military subordinate to civil power -- Quartering of soldiers
Art.
VI
§ 17
Taxation without consent -- Uniformity
Art.
VI
§ 18
Equal privileges or immunities
Art.
VI
§ 19
Free and equal elections -- Right of suffrage -- Soldier voting
Art.
VI
§ 20
Courts open -- Remedy for injury
Art.
VI
§ 21
Suspension of laws prohibited
Art.
VI
§ 22
Attainder by Legislature prohibited
Art.
VI
§ 23
Excessive bail or fines -- Cruel punishments
Art.
VI
§ 24
Right to bear arms
Art.
VI
§ 25
Treason
Art.
VI
§ 26
Power inherent in people -- Alteration in form of government -- Inseparable part of Union
Art.
VI
§ 27
Maintenance of free government -- Fundamental principles
Art.
VI
§ 28
Right to vote by secret ballot
Art.
VI
§ 29
Rights of crime victim
Art.
VI
§ 1
Right to vote
Art.
VII
§ 2
Voter qualification
Art.
VII
§ 3
Elections
Art.
VII
§ 4
Superseded
Art.
VII
§ 5
Superseded
Art.
VII
§ 6
Superseded
Art.
VII
§ 7
Superseded
Art.
VII
§ 8
Superseded
Art.
VII
§ 9
Superseded
Art.
VII
§ 10
Superseded
Art.
VII
§ 1
Uniform system of free public schools
Art.
VIII
§ 2
Perpetual trust fund for maintenance of public schools -- Principal inviolate
Art.
VIII
§ 3
Fund income apportioned among schools -- Apportionment of fines
Art.
VIII
§ 4
Sale of school lands -- Appraisal
Art.
VIII
§ 5
Terms of sale of school lands
Art.
VIII
§ 6
Conduct of sales of school lands -- Conveyance of right or title
Art.
VIII
§ 7
Perpetual trust fund from proceeds of grants and gifts
Art.
VIII
§ 8
Appraisal and sale of donated lands -- Separate accounts
Art.
VIII
§ 9
Lease of school lands
Art.
VIII
§ 10
Trespassers' claims to public lands not recognized -- Improvements not compensated
Art.
VIII
§ 11
Investment of permanent educational funds
Art.
VIII
§ 12
Disapproval by Governor of sale, lease or investment
Art.
VIII
§ 13
Audit of losses to permanent educational funds -- Permanent debt -- Interest
Art.
VIII
§ 14
Protection and defense of school lands
Art.
VIII
§ 15
Taxation to support school system -- Classification of property
Art.
VIII
§ 16
Public support of sectarian instruction prohibited
Art.
VIII
§ 17
Interest in sale of school equipment prohibited
Art.
VIII
§ 18
Apportionment of mineral leasing moneys -- Amounts covered into permanent funds
Art.
VIII
§ 19
Mineral rights reserved to state -- Leases permitted
Art.
VIII
§ 20
Loan of nonsectarian textbooks to all school children
Art.
VIII
§ 1
Organization of local government
Art.
IX
§ 2
Home rule
Art.
IX
§ 3
Intergovernmental cooperation
Art.
IX
§ 4
Local initiatives to provide for cooperation and organization of local government units
Art.
IX
§ 5
Superseded
Art.
IX
§ 6
Superseded
Art.
IX
§ 7
Superseded
Art.
IX
§ 1
Art.
X
§ 1
Annual Tax
Art.
XI
§ 2
Classification of property for taxation -- Income
Art.
XI
§ 3
Corporate tax power of state not suspended
Art.
XI
§ 4
Banks and bankers taxed
Art.
XI
§ 5
Public property exempt from taxation -- Exceptions
Art.
XI
§ 6
Property exempt from taxation -- Personal property
Art.
XI
§ 7
Other exemption laws void
Art.
XI
§ 8
Object of tax to be stated -- Use of vehicle and fuel taxes
Art.
XI
§ 9
Taxes paid into treasury -- Appropriations required for expenditure
Art.
XI
§ 10
Special assessments for local improvements -- Taxes for municipal purposes
Art.
XI
§ 11
Unauthorized use of public money as felony
Art.
XI
§ 12
Annual statement of receipts and expenditures
Art.
XI
§ 13
Vote required to increase tax rates or valuations
Art.
XI
§ 14
Vote required to impose or increase taxes
Art.
XI
§ 15
Inheritance tax prohibited
Art.
XI
§ 1
Appropriation and warrant required for payment from treasury
Art.
XII
§ 2
Contents of general appropriation bill -- Separate appropriation bills
Art.
XII
§ 3
Extra compensation prohibited -- Unauthorized contracts -- Change in compensation of officers -- Appropriations for defense of state
Art.
XII
§ 4
Annual statement required
Art.
XII
§ 5
Health care trust fund established - Investment - Appropriations
Art.
XII
§ 6
Education enhancement trust fund established - Investment - Appropriations
Art.
XII
§ 7
Balanced budget
Art.
XII
§ 1
State enterprises -- Legislative vote required -- Defense of state -- Rural credits -- Maximum indebtedness
Art.
XIII
§ 2
Maximum state debt -- Irrepealable tax to repay
Art.
XIII
§ 3
State debt as in addition to territorial debt
Art.
XIII
§ 4
Debt limitations for municipalities and political subdivisions
Art.
XIII
§ 5
Irrepealable tax to repay debt of municipality or political subdivision
Art.
XIII
§ 6
Adjustment of debts and liabilities of territory of Dakota
Art.
XIII
§ 7
Obligation of state to pay proportion of territorial debt
Art.
XIII
§ 8
Refunding bond issue authorized for territorial debt payment
Art.
XIII
§ 9
Road construction and coal supply by state
Art.
XIII
§ 10
State cement enterprises
Art.
XIII
§ 11
State pledge to fund cement enterprises
Art.
XIII
§ 12
State electric power enterprises
Art.
XIII
§ 13
State pledge to fund electric power enterprises
Art.
XIII
§ 14
State coal mining enterprises
Art.
XIII
§ 15
State pledge to fund coal enterprises
Art.
XIII
§ 16
Works of internal improvement -- State indebtedness
Art.
XIII
§ 17
Home loans by state -- Debt limitation inapplicable
Art.
XIII
§ 18
Compensation of military and war relief personnel -- Maximum indebtedness
Art.
XIII
§ 19
Bonus paid to veterans and deceased veterans' dependents
Art.
XIII
§ 20
Trust fund created from proceeds of state cement enterprise – Investment
Art.
XIII
§ 21
Transfers from trust fund to general fund in support of education
Art.
XIII
§ 1
Charitable and penal institutions
Art.
XIV
§ 2
Government of charitable and penal institutions
Art.
XIV
§ 3
Governance of state educational institutions
Art.
XIV
§ 4
Art.
XIV
§ 5
Mining and metallurgy to be taught
Art.
XIV
§ 1
Composition of militia
Art.
XV
§ 2
Legislative provisions for militia
Art.
XV
§ 3
Conformity to federal regulations
Art.
XV
§ 4
Commissions of officers of militia
Art.
XV
§ 5
Militia privileged from arrest
Art.
XV
§ 6
Safekeeping of military records and relics
Art.
XV
§ 7
Conscientious objectors
Art.
XV
§ 1
Power of impeachment in house -- Majority required
Art.
XVI
§ 2
Trial of impeachments -- Presiding officer
Art.
XVI
§ 3
Officers subject to impeachment -- Grounds -- Removal from office -- Criminal prosecution
Art.
XVI
§ 4
Removals of officers not subject to impeachment
Art.
XVI
§ 5
Suspension of duties between impeachment and acquittal
Art.
XVI
§ 6
Lieutenant governor not to try Governor
Art.
XVI
§ 7
Service of copy of impeachment before trial required
Art.
XVI
§ 8
Impeachment twice for same offense prohibited
Art.
XVI
§ 1
Special corporation laws prohibited -- State- controlled corporations excepted
Art.
XVII
§ 2
Invalidation of charters without bona fide organization and business
Art.
XVII
§ 3
Laws for benefit of corporation as conditioned on compliance with Constitutional provision
Art.
XVII
§ 4
Corporations subject to eminent domain -- Police power
Art.
XVII
§ 5
Casting of votes for directors or managers
Art.
XVII
§ 6
Place of business and authorized agent required of foreign corporation
Art.
XVII
§ 7
Business to be expressed in charter -- Real estate restricted
Art.
XVII
§ 8
Stocks and bonds -- Indebtedness increase
Art.
XVII
§ 9
Legislature's power to alter, revise, or annul corporate charters -- Creation, renewal, or extension
Art.
XVII
§ 10
Local consent required for grant of street railroad right
Art.
XVII
§ 11
Construction and maintenance of telegraph lines -- Controlling interest in competing company prohibited
Art.
XVII
§ 12
Railroad corporations
Art.
XVII
§ 13
Movable property of railroad corporation considered personality -- Execution and sale
Art.
XVII
§ 14
Consolidation of railroad lines -- Forfeiture of charter for evasion of provisions
Art.
XVII
§ 15
Railways and rail companies declared public highways and common carriers -- Regulation of rates
Art.
XVII
§ 16
Right to construct and operate railroad -- Passengers, tonnage and cars
Art.
XVII
§ 17
Rate discrimination prevention
Art.
XVII
§ 18
Compensation for private property taken for public use -- Assessment of damages
Art.
XVII
§ 19
"Corporations" defined
Art.
XVII
§ 20
Monopolies and trusts prohibited-- Combinations in restraint of trade -- Legislative powers
Art.
XVII
§ 21
Corporate or syndicate farming prohibited -- Definitions -- Restrictions
Art.
XVII
§ 22
Restrictions -- Application
Art.
XVII
§ 23
Loss of qualification -- Requalification or dissolution
Art.
XVII
§ 24
Annual report -- Violations -- Action and enforcement
Art.
XVII
§ 1
General banking law -- Provisions required
Art.
XVIII
§ 2
Bank to cease operations within twenty years of organization -- Reorganization
Art.
XVIII
§ 3
Liability of banking corporation shareholders and stockholders -- Exemption under federal law
Art.
XVIII
§ 1
Congressional representatives elected at large
Art.
XIX
§ 2
Senatorial and representative districts -- Apportionment
Art.
XIX
§ 1
Temporary seat of government -- Vote
Art.
XX
§ 2
Permanent seat of government -- Vote
Art.
XX
§ 3
Election between two places with highest votes if majority vote not received
Art.
XX
§ 1
Seal and coat of arms
Art.
XXI
§ 2
Salary of constitutional officers
Art.
XXI
§ 3
Oath of office
Art.
XXI
§ 4
Exemptions
Art.
XXI
§ 5
Rights of married women
Art.
XXI
§ 6
Drainage of agricultural lands
Art.
XXI
§ 7
Irrigation of agricultural lands
Art.
XXI
§ 8
Hail insurance
Art.
XXI
§ 9
Marriage
Art.
XXI
§ 1
Art.
XXII
§ 1
Amendments
Art.
XXIII
§ 2
Revision
Art.
XXIII
§ 3
Ratification
Art.
XXIII
§ 1
Continuation of prior writs, actions, claims, and bodies corporate -- Validation of previously issued process
Art.
XXVI
§ 2
Fines, forfeitures and escheats of territory to accrue to state
Art.
XXVI
§ 3
Recognizances, bonds, obligations and undertakings -- Criminal prosecutions and penal actions
Art.
XXVI
§ 4
Civil and military officers
Art.
XXVI
§ 5
Election of Constitution and state officers -- Ballots
Art.
XXVI
§ 6
Election for temporary seat of government
Art.
XXVI
§ 7
Conduct of election
Art.
XXVI
§ 8
Election returns
Art.
XXVI
§ 9
Canvass of vote -- Filing with county clerks or auditors
Art.
XXVI
§ 10
Certification of senator or representative from multi-county district
Art.
XXVI
§ 11
Delivery of returns to proper state officer -- Certification to president
Art.
XXVI
§ 12
Apportionment of state Legislature -- Number of senators and representatives initially elected
Art.
XXVI
§ 13
First assembly of Legislature -- Oaths of office
Art.
XXVI
§ 14
Election of two United States senators -- Two representatives
Art.
XXVI
§ 15
Adjournment after election of senators -- Next meeting
Art.
XXVI
§ 16
Legislature and officers to exercise necessary and authorized powers only pending admission of state into union
Art.
XXVI
§ 17
Validity of ordinances and schedule
Art.
XXVI
§ 18
Freedom of religion -- Public lands -- Indian lands -- Uniformity of taxation -- Territorial debt -- Public schools -- Federal reservations -- Irrevocability
Art.
XXVI
§ 19
Tenure of elected officers
Art.
XXVI
§ 20
Time of general election
Art.
XXVI
§ 21
Form of ballot
Art.
XXVI
§ 22
Enrollment of Constitution -- Delivery to secretary of state -- Inclusion in state laws -- Copy to president of United States
Art.
XXVI
§ 23
Agreement by joint commission concerning territorial records, books, and archives
Art.
XXVI
§ 1
School and governmental bonds -- Farm loans
Art.
XXVIII
§ 1
Provision for elevators and warehouses -- Marketing of agricultural products -- Flouring mills and packing houses
Art.
XXIX