the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or so much thereof as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor, and his agents, in carrying out the provisions of this Act. § 6. PENALTY.] Any person, partnership, firm, corporation, or association, who shall fail or neglect to destroy the rust producing barberry bushes growing on their premises within ten (10) days after receiving notice from the board of county commissioners so to do, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25,00). § 7. AN EMERGENCY.] Whereas, it is highly necessary and expedient that barberry bushes of the rust producing variety be destroyed and exterminated before the first day of July, 1917, therefore an emergency exists, and this act is hereby declared to be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. Approved March 15, 1917. BEAVER AND OTTER CHAPTER 63. S. B. No. 74—Jacobsen.] BEAVER AND ØTTER. An Act to Amend and Re-enact Section 46 of Chapter 201 of the Session Laws of North Dakota for 1915, Relating to Beaver and Otter. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Stute of North Durata: §1. AMENDMENT That Section 46 of Chapter 161 of the Session Lave of North Dakota for the year 1915 is nereby amended and re-enamed so we to read as follows: $2. BEATER AND ÚTTER. No person shall take kill cate or trap art bester hereit provided that any person having promised & trapping license may take. Kl. eaveL or trap beaver between End meluting the tent day of January and the tenth day of Maret of eaet year. premises a notice forbidding trapping thereon, it shall be unlawful except for the owners of said premises or any member of his family to take, kill, catch or trap beaver upon such premises, and any person or persons violating the provisions of the section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. § 5. EMERGENCY.] Whereas, an emergency exists in that there is no adequate protection for crops from the ravages of beaver, and whereas, the destruction of timber by beaver requires that such protection be immediately given, therefore, this act shall be in force and effect immediately upon its passage and approval. Approved, February 28, 1917.. BEGGARS CHAPTER 64. [H. B. No. 54-Peterson.] UNLAWFUL FOR PERSON TO REPRESENT HIMSELF OR HERSELF FALSELY AS BLIND, DEAF, DUMB OR CRIPPLED, OR OTHERWISE PHYSICALLY DEFECTIVE. An Act to make it Unlawful for any Person or Persons to Represent Himself or Herself Falsely as Blind, Deaf, Dumb, Crippled, or Otherwise Physically Defective and Providing a Penalty for the Violation Thereof. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota: § 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person to represent himself, or herself, falsely, as blind, deaf, dumb, crippled, or otherwise physically defective and securing aid or assistance on account of such representations shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. § 2. That every such person shall, upon conviction thereof be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not less than one (1) month nor more than six (6) months, or by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or by both fine and imprisonment. Approved, February 15, 1917. BRIDGES CHAPTER 65. [S. B. No. 145-McCarten.] CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES AND CULVERTS. An Act to Amend and Re-enact Section 2482 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for the year 1913, Relating to the Construction of Bridges and Culverts Across Drains. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota: § 1. AMENDMENT.] That Section 2482 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for the year 1913 is hereby amended and re-enacted. so as to read as follows: $2482. CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES AND CULVERTS.] The board of drainage commissioners shall construct such bridges or culverts over or in connection with such drain as may in its judgment be necessary to furnish passage from one part to another of any farm or tract of land intersected by such drain, and the cost of the construction thereof shall be charged as part of the cost of constructing such drain, and such bridge or passage-way shall be maintained under the authority of the board of County Commissioners or Township Supervisors, as the case may be, and the necessary expense thereof shall be deemed a part of the cost of keeping such drain open and in repair; provided, that whenever any such bridge is to be erected on section lines, and the cost of construction shall exceed one hundred dollars such bridge shall be constructed and maintained by the board of County Commissioners as provided in sections 1951, 1952 and 1953 of the Compiled Laws of 1913; provided further that whenever the expense of constructing any such bridge or culvert on section lines shall be less than one hundred dollars such expense shall be borne by the township in which such bridge or culvert is located. § 2. REPEAL.] All Acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved March 9, 1917. CHAPTER 66. [S. B. No. 16-Welford.] BRIDGES An Act to Amend Section 1958 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for the year 1913, Relating to Bridges Across Navigable Streams. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota: § 1. That Section 1958 of the compiled laws of North Dakota for the year 1913 is hereby amended to read as follows: § 1958. The total cost to any county of any wagon bridge built under this Article across a navigable river shall in no case exceed the sum of $300,000.00. Provided, that any county or municipality within this state, not bordering upon a navigable river, desiring to assist in the construction of a bridge over such river, may, by a majority vote of its Board or Governing Body appropriate any sum that to the said Board or Governing Body may seem reasonable and shall direct the proper officer to draw a warrant on the general fund for the payment of such appropriation. Approved, February 14, 1917. BURNING PROPERTY CHAPTER 67. [S. B. No. 15-Beck.] MALICIOUS MISCHIEF. An Act to Amend and Re-enact Section 10059 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota, Relating to Malicious Mischief. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota: § 1. That Section 10059 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for the year 1913 be amended and re-enacted to read as follows: § 10059. BURNING BUILDINGS, GRAIN, HAY, THRESHING MACHINES AND AUTOMOBILES.] Every person who wilfully burns any building, not the subject of arson, any stack of grain of any kind or of any hay, any growing or standing grain, grass, trees or fences, and any threshing machine or automobile, not the property of such person, is punishable by imprisonment in the Penitentiary not exceeding four years and not less than one year, or by imprisonment in the County Jail not exceeding one year. Approved, January 24, 1917. BUTCHERS CHAPTER 68. [H. B. No. 91-Keitzman.] BUTCHERS-CERTIFICATE OF HEALTH. An Act Requiring Every Person who Handles Meats in a Butcher Shop or Meat Market, to Procure a Certificate of Health. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota: § 1. Every person who handles meats in a butcher shop or meat market where meats are sold to the public, shall file with the executive officer of the board of health a certificate from a physician licensed to practice medicine in this state, to the effect that he has examined such person and found him to be free from any infection, contagious or loathsome disease. Every such person must be examined at least once in each year. § 2. All Acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved, March 10, 1917. CATTLE CHAPTER 69. [H. B. No. 93-Carignan.] BAIL IN LARCENY OF HORSES AND CATTLE. An Act Regulating Bail in Cases of Larceny of Horses or Cattle. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota: § 1. Bail for person or persons arrested upon the charge of larceny of horses or cattle, or who shall after preliminary examination be held to answer such charges shall in no case be less than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). Approved, March 1, 1917. |