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§ 117. Two competent persons, one of whom shall be a republican, who shall be skilled accountants and well versed as experts in the theory and practice of book-keeping, and who are not incumbents of any public office under the territory of Dakota or any county, municipality or public institution therein, and who shall not own, hold or control any stocks, capital or bonds, or the office of trustee, assignee, officer or employe of any banking, annuity, safe deposit, trust company, moneyed or savings institution or corporation created under the laws thereof, shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the council, who shall be styled public examiners, and each of whom shall make and file with the secretary a bond with at least three sureties, to be approved by the governor in the penal sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, for the faithful discharge of his duties. Said examiners shall hold office for two years from the first day of March, 1887, and until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified, and execute the duties, as herein prescribed; and in case of a vacancy by death, removal, resignation or otherwise, the governor shall fill the same by appointment. The governor is authorized to remove from office any public examiner who violates or fails to faithfully discharge the duties of his office, and to appoint his successor, who shall hold office until the end of the next legislative assembly, unless sooner removed, as above provided.

§ 118. The territory is hereby divided into two districts. All of that portion of the territory situated south of the south lines of the counties of Richland, Sargent, Dickey, McIntosh, Emmons, Morton, Hettinger and Boreman, in the said territory, shall constitute the first district; and all of said territory north of the said south lines of the said counties shall constitute and be known as the second examiner's district; and in making the appointment of public examiners the governor shall assign the district, and have power, in case the public service may best be served, to change said examiners from one district to the other.

§ 119. It shall be the duty of said public examiners authorized and empowered by this act, in their discretion to assume and exercise a constant supervision over the books and financial accounts of the several public, educational, charitable, penal and reformatory institutions, belonging to the territory, and within said examiner's district. Each examiner shall prescribe and enforce correct methods of keeping the financial accounts of said institutions, by himself or duly appointed deputy, and instruct the proper officers thereof in the due performance of their duties concerning the same. It shall be the examiner's duty to visit each of the said territorial institutions within his district, by himself or duly appointed deputy, at irregular periods, without previous notice to the officers thereof, at least twice each year, and make a exhaustive examination of the books and accounts thereof, including a thorough inspection of the purpose and detailed items of expeditureexpenditure [sic], and the vouchers therefor.