North Dakota Leasing of State Lands Referendum (1920)

## Contents

* 1 Election results
* 2 Text of measure
* 2.1 Summary
* 3 See also
* 4 External links
* 5 Footnotes

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The North Dakota Leasing of State Lands Referendum was on the March 16, 1920 ballot in North Dakota as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved.[1] The measure gave the state legislature the authority to lease state lands otherwise designated for educational or charitable purposes. These lands could only be leased for pasture and meadow purposes at public auctions.[2]

## Election results[edit]

North Dakota Referendum (March 1920)

Result| Votes| Percentage
a Yes|  31,679|  69.12%
No| 14,153| 30.88%

Election results via: Legislative Manual, Official vote of North Dakota, 1920

## Text of measure[edit]

The amended constitutional language can be read here.

### Summary[edit]

The measure gave the state legislature the authority to lease state lands otherwise designated for educational or charitable purposes. These lands could only be leased for pasture and meadow purposes at public auctions.[2]

## See also[edit]

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* North Dakota 1920 ballot measures
* 1920 ballot measures
* List of North Dakota ballot measures
* History of Initiative & Referendum in North Dakota

## External links[edit]

* North Dakota Secretary of State, Archived Election Results

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Legislative Manual, "Official vote of North Dakota, 1920," accessed March 4, 2014
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Laws Passed at the Seventeenth Session of Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota, "Initiated Measures," accessed March 4, 2014

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