South Dakota Amendment 8, Abolish Lease Limit on School Lands Measure (1916)

South Dakota Amendment 8
Election date November 7, 1916
Topic Public education funding and Public land policy
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

South Dakota Amendment 8 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in South Dakota on November 7, 1916. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported removing five-year lease limits on school lands.

A "no" vote opposed removing five-year lease limits on school lands.

Election results

South Dakota Amendment 8
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		41,379	40.10%
No		61,798	59.90%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 8 was as follows:

“

To authorize the leasing of school lands for a longer period than five years. Under the constitution as it now stands lands can not be leased, under any circumstances, for a period exceeding five years. This amendment merely strikes out this five-year limitation.

”

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the South Dakota Constitution

A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the South Dakota State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 36 votes in the South Dakota House of Representatives and 18 votes in the South Dakota State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1916 Measures

• 1916 Measures
• Public education funding on the ballot
• Public land policy on the ballot
• 1916 legislative sessions

South Dakota

• South Dakota ballot measures
• South Dakota ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• South Dakota Political Almanac, 1890-2012 Ballot Measure Results