or agent thereof when applications are made for cars in which to ship grain failing to furnish such cars to the several elevator companies according to the terms and provisions of this Act shall upon conviction thereof be fined five dollars for the first offense and twenty-five dollars for each subsequent offense thereafter, together with costs. Provided further that individuals when ordering cars in which to loan and ship grain shall be entitled to the same privileges as the grain elevator companies, in the distribution of cars, and individual shippers shall not be obliged to certify to the daily receipts but shall certify that the car or cars are ordered to ship his own grain in only. Approved March 12, 1917. RAPE CHAPTER 193. [S. B. No. 199-Rowe.] RAPE IN THIRD DEGREE. An Act to Amend and Re-enact Section 9567 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for 1913, as Amended by Section 2, Chapter 201, Session Laws of North Dakota for 1915, Defining Rape in the Third Degree. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota: § 1. AMENDMENT.] Section 9567 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for 1913, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 201, Session Laws of North Dakota for 1915 is hereby amended and re-enacted to read as follows: $9567. RAPE IN THE THIRD DEGREE DEFINED. PUNISHMENT.] Rape if committed by a person under twenty years of age at the time of the commission of the act and under the conditions described in Sub-divisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Section 9563, or either of them, or in other cases with the apparent consent of the female, and she is under the age of eighteen years, is rape in the third degree and any person found guilty thereof shall be punished by confinement in the Reform School for a term of not less than one, nor more than three years, in the discretion of the court. Approved March 9, 1917. REPEAL CHAPTER 194. [H. B. No. 121-Lageson.] REPEAL. An Act to Repeal Chapter 234 of the Session Laws of North Dakota for the year 1915, Relating to the State Board of Immigration. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota: § 1. REPEAL.] That Chapter 234 of the Session Laws of North Dakota for the year 1915 is hereby repealed. Approved March 1, 1917. CHAPTER 195. [S. B. No. 278-Joint Committee on State Affairs.] REPEAL. An Act Repealing Section 9601 of the Compiled Laws of the State of North Dakota for the year 1913. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota: § 1. REPEAL.] Section 9601 of the Compiled Laws of the State of North Dakota for the year 1913, is hereby repealed. Approved March 9, 1917. CHAPTER 196. [S. B. No. 194-Rowe.] REPEAL. An Act to Repeal Section 2155 of the Compiled Laws of the State of North Dakota for 1913. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota: § 1. REPEAL.] That Section 2155 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for the year 1913, is hereby repealed. Approved March 9, 1917. CHAPTER 197. [S. B. No. 110-Hunt.] ANNUAL STATEMENT OF COUNTY AUDITOR AND COUNTY TREASURER. An Act to Repeal Section 3365 of the Compiled Laws of the State of North Dakota for the year 1913, Relating to Joint Annual Statement of County Auditor and County Treasurer. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota: § 1. REPEAL.] That Section 3365 of the Compiled Laws of the State of North Dakota for the year 1913 is hereby repealed. Approved March 8, 1917. CHAPTER 198. [H. B. No. 30-Rott.] EXPENSES OF JUDGES OF SUPREME COURT. An Act Repealing Section 720 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for the year 1913, Relating to Expenses Paid to Supreme Judges. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota: Section 720 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for the year 1913, entitled "Expenses Paid," is hereby repealed. Approved February 2, 1917. CHAPTER 199. [H. B. No. 19-Smith of Kidder.] REPEAL-RELATING TO FEE CHARGED BY COUNTY AUDITOR FOR FILING TOWNSHIP OFFICERS BONDS. An Act to Repeal Section 672 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for the year 1913, Relating to Fee Charged by County Auditor for Filing Township Officers Bonds. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota: § 1. REPEAL.] That Section 672 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for the year 1913 is hereby repealed. Approved January 24, 1917. REWARD FOR APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS. An Act Amending Section 11150 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for 1913, Relating to the Reward for the Apprehension of Criminals. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota: 1. That Section 11150 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for the year 1913, be amended and re-enacted to read as follows: § 11150. GOVERNOR MAY OFFER REWARD FOR CRIMINAL.] The governor may offer a reward, not exceeding one thousand dollars, payable out of the state treasury for the apprehension: 1. Of any convict who has escaped from the penitentiary, or, 2. Of any person who has committed, or is charged with the commission of an offense punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. 3. Of any person who is charged with having absconded with or embezzled, or unlawfully taken and carried away any funds, assets or property of any state or national bank doing business this state. Approved March 9, 1917. ROAD MACHINERY CHAPTER 201. [S. B. No. 104-Ettestad.] PURCHASE OF ROAD MACHINERY. An Act to Amend and Re-enact Section 1980 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for the Year 1913 Relating to the Purchase of Road Machinery. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota: § 1. AMENDMENT.] That Section 1980 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for the year 1913 be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: § 1980. PURCHASE ROAD MACHINE.] In any township in which the whole or any part of the highway tax is paid in labor, the township board thereof may upon being petitioned in writing by a majority of the resident freeholders of the town, contract for and purchase, upon credit, or otherwise, a road machine, road grader or wheeled scrapers, or one or more of either of them for the use of the township, which implements shall be used and owned and cared for by the township. Provided, however, that if the cost of such road machinery shall exceed the sum of four hundred dollars, the question of purchasing such road machinery shall be submitted to a vote of the electors at the next annual township election. The form of the ballots shall be as follows: For Purchasing Road Machinery. Against Purchase of Road Machinery.. Each voter shall place at the right of the proposition he favors in a square for that purpose the mark X. If a majority of the votes cast on the question are in favor of purchasing such road machinery the township board shall purchase the same, but if a majority of such ballots are cast against the proposition the township board shall not purchase such machinery. The posting of notices of such election and the manner of counting ballots shall be the same as prescribed for the posting of election notices and counting of election ballots for the annual township election. The cost of such road implements shall be paid for out of the highway tax of the township and may be paid for in not to exceed fi annual installments. A copy of the notice or contract issued upon such purchase shall be filed in the office of the township clerk, and it shall be the duty of such township clerk to present a statement of the sum due thereon, to the township board, at each regular meetnig held thereafter for the audit of the township claims and charges, and the township board shall audit the same. Not more than one-half of the highway tax of the township shall be applied to the payment thereof in any one year. The portion of such tax so applied shall be required to be paid in money, and shall be assessed and levied upon property of the township and collected in the same manner as other township charges are assessed, levied and collected, except that the amount thereof shall be put in a separate column of the tax roll, and the township board shall cause the same so certified to by the township clerk, to be levied upon the taxable property of the township. Approved March 8, 1917. |