sentences:  He graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1897, and studied law at the University of North Dakota School of Law.Norton was admitted to the State Bar Association of North Dakota in 1903 and began his own legal practice practice in Devils Lake, North Dakota.He served as the superintendent of the schools of Ramsey County from 1905 to 1907, and as the Chief Clerk of the North Dakota House of Representatives in 1907 and 1908.