§ 5. Nothing in this act shall prevent a person from serving as an apprentice under a licensed electrician, and no master electrician shall allow an apprentice to work at any installation unless such apprentice is working with a licensed electrician on the job.

6. The Commissioner of Insurance is hereby made State Electrical Inspector and it shall be his duty under the direction of the state board to provide for the inspection of such work as he may be called upon to approve according to the rules of the National Board of Underwriters, and to approve the appointment of local inspectors in cities, and villages coming within the provisions of this act. He may at any time order the removal of any local inspector for cause, or condemn any electrical work in dangerous condition. All cities and villages coming under the provision of this bill shall make provision for inspection by competent persons of all electrical work done within the confines of such city or village. Such local inspectors shall register their names with the Secretary of the State Board within ten days after their appointment. Fees may be charged to cover the cost of local inspection not in excess of one dollar ($1.00) for each trip and shall be met by the local authorities. Fees collected under the provisions of this act shall be used solely for the purpose of furthering the improvements of the grade of electrical construction within the state, as directed by the board, said board to report to the Governor on or before the first Monday in January showing the receipts and disbursements for the preceding year. Provided further that in no one year shall the expense incurred by the board exceed the funds collected through fees the previous year. The revenue from such fees may be anticipated to meet such expenses the first year this act is in force but shall not exceed one thousand five hundred ($1,500.00) dollars for such period.

§ 7. Any person who shall engage in the installing of electrical wires or apparatus without having complied with the laws embodied in this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, the minimum punishment whereof shall be a fine of ten dollars ($10.00) and a maximum of one hundred dollars ($100.00), both fines to be doubled in case of a second offense in the discretion of the court.

§ 8. In case the office of the State Fire Marshal is maintained the duties conferred by this act on the Commissioner of Insurance shall be performed by the office of the State Fire Marshal.

§ 9. REPEAL.] All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Approved March 10, 1917.

FARMERS' INSTITUTES

CHAPTER 119.

[H. B. No. 174-Walton.]

FARMERS' INSTITUTE.

An Act to Repeal, Amend and Re-enact Sections 1877, 1878, 1879 and 1880 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for the Year 1913, Relating to Farmers' Institutes and Providing an Appropriation Therefor.

Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota:

§ 1. The deputy commissioner of agriculture and labor shall be ex-officio director of Farmers' Institutes. It shall be his duty to engage such lecturers as may be deemed necessary and conduct at least fifty farmers' institutes each year, the same to be of such a nature as to instruct the farmers of the state in maintaining the fertility of the soil, the production and improvement of cereal and forage crops grown in the state, principles of breeding as applied to domestic animals, the making and handling of dairy products, the destruction of noxious weeds and injurious insects, forestry, and the growing of various fruits, feeding and management of live stock, and especially such instruction as will tend to promote the best marketing conditions, home life, and comfort of the farming population.

He shall be allowed in addition to his regular salary, his actual and necessary traveling expenses when engaged upon business connected with the proper discharging of his duties under this article.

§ 2. APPROPRIATION.] There is hereby appropriated out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $6,000 annually for carrying out the purpose of this act. 3. All charges, accounts and expenses authorized by this article shall be paid by the treasurer of the State, upon the approval of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor.

Approved March 15, 1917.

GAMBLING HOUSES

CHAPTER 120.

[H. B. No. 317-Peterson of Towner.]

GAMBLING HOUSES.

An Act to Amend and Re-enact Section 9691 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota, 1913, Relating to Gambling Houses Declared to be Public Nuisances and Providing Penalty for Maintaining Same.

Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota:

§ 1. That Section 9691 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota, 1913, be amended and re-enacted to read as follows:

$9691. GAMBLING HOUSES DECLARED TO BE PUBLIC NUISANCES. PENALTY FOR MAINTAINING.] Any house, building, room or place where any table, cards, dice or any article or apparatus whatever used or intended to be used in playing any game of cards or faro, or other game of chance upon which property or money is usually wagered, are kept, or where persons resort or are permitted to resort for gambling, or any disorderly house, building, room or place of public resort, by which the peace, comfort or decency of the immediate neighborhood is disturbed, are hereby declared to be a common nuisance; and if the existence of such nuisance is established, either in a criminal or equitable action, upon the judgment of a jury, court or judge, having jurisdiction, finding such place to be a nuisance, the sheriff, his deputy, or any constable of the proper county, police or marshal of any city where the same is located shall be directed to shut up and abate such place by taking possession thereof, and close the same against its use by anyone and keep the same closed for a period of one (1) year from the date of the judgment decreeing such place to be a common nuisance; and the owner or keeper thereof, or anyone aiding, abetting, or assisting such owner or keeper shall, if in a criminal action, upon conviction be adjudged guilty of maintaining a common nuisance and be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five ($25) dollars, nor more than one thousand ($1,000) dollars and by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year.

Approved March 10, 1917.

GAME AND FISH

CHAPTER 121.

[H. B. No. 269-Lazier.]

ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR BREEDING OR DOMESTICATION OF CERTAIN FUR BEARING ANIMALS.

An Act Relating to the Issuance of Permits for Breeding or Domestication of Certain Fur Bearing Animals.

Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota:

§ 1. BREEDING OF MINK, MUSKRAT, SKUNK AND RACCOON. APPLICATION TO BE MADE TO GAME AND FISH BOARD. BOND TO BE GIVEN.] The game and fish board of this state may issue permits to breed or domesticate mink, muskrat, skunk and Racoon upon application to it which shall contain:

1. The name and address of the applicant.

2. A description of the premises upon which the applicant shall keep such domesticated animals.

The approximate number and kinds of animals in possession at the time of making the application and whether they are wild or domesticated.

The application shall be accompanied by a fee of five dollars. The board may thereupon issue a permit to the applicant to keep such animals. Any person so holding such permit shall annually on the first day of January, report to the board any increase or decrease had upon the original number applied for. The board shall keep a record of all persons holding such permits.

Any person desiring to breed and domesticate such fur-bearing animals may apply to the game and fish board for a permit to catch and take for the purpose of breeding and domesticating only and such animals within certain described territory and within a described portion of the closed season and upon such applicant giving a bond to the State of North Dakota in the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00), with two or more sureties to be approved by said. board, conditioned, among other things, that said applicant will only within the time prescribed and within the territory mentioned in the application, take and catch such animals for the purpose of breeding and domesticating, and that such applicant will not catch, take or use such animals for any other purposes and will not sell or otherwise dispose of the same, or of the carcasses, fur and hides thereof, the said board may issue to such applicant a permit to so catch and take such animals. At the end of the time stated in such permit the person named therein shall forthwith report to the game and fish board the kind and number of such

animals so caught and taken and receive a permit for their retention and domestication, as in this act provided.

§ 2.] Any person, who under the authority of this act, shall have in his lawful possession, any such fur bearing animals, shall be deemed to have a property right therein and to be the owner thereof, and any person who shall enter the enclosure where such animals are confined, or who shall catch, take or molest such animals when in such enclosure, shall be subject to the same liabilities, penalties and punishments as though the animals in question were ordinary domestic animals the subject of property rights in this state.

Any such animals or their furs or hides may be sold or shipped within or without the state upon receipt of written permission to do so from the board.

Approved March 10, 1917.

CHAPTER 122.

[S. B. No. 46-Lindstrom.]

SEASON FOR KILLING GAME BIRDS.

An Act to Amend and Re-enact Sections 33 and 52 of Chapter 161 of the Session Laws of North Dakota for the year 1915, Relating to the Season for Killing Game Birds.

Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota:

§ 1. That Section 33 of Chapter 161 of the Session Laws of North Dakota for the year 1915 be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

33. GAME BIRDS. SEASON FOR KILLING.] No person shall hunt, take, kill, ship, convey or cause to be shipped or transported, by common or private carrier, to any person either within or without the state, expose for sale, sell to anyone, have in possession with intent to sell, or have in possession or under control at any time, any turtle dove, snipe, prairie chicken, pinnated, whitebreasted or sharp-tailed grouse, quail, partridge, Chinese ring-neck or English pheasant, Hungarian partridge, wild duck of any variety, wild goose of any variety, brant of any variety, or acquatic fowl whatever, or any part thereof, except: First, that any snipe, prairie chicken or pinnated grouse, white-breaste! or sharp-taile! grouse, wood cock, golden plover may be killed or had in possession between the sixteenth day of September and sixteenth day of October, both inclusive, following. Provided, nowever, that no prairie chicken, turtle dove, snipe, Chinese ring-neck or English pheasant, Hungarian partridges shall be placed in cold storage. Second, that any wild duck of any variety or any wild goose or brant of any variety may be killed and had in possession between the sixteenth day of September and the first day of December, both, inclusive, following.