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 CHAPTER 47.

[H. F. 343.]

APPROPRIATION FOR SALARY OF COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND LABOR.

AN ACT Fixing the Salary of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor.

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

§ 1. SALARY.] The Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor shall receive an annual salary of $1,800 until such time as the salary of all State officers is readjusted.

§ 2. EMERGENCY.] An emergency existing in that no salary is fixed by law for the Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor, this act shall take effect immediately after its passage and approval.

Approved March 20, 1890.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

CHAPTER 48.

[H. F. 78.]

REGULATING NUMBER OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

AN ACT to Enable Counties to Regulate the Number of County Commissioners.

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

§ 1. COMMISSIONERS SHALL CALL AN ELECTION.] That the number of county commissioners of any county within this State may be increased to five or reduced to three whenever legal voters of said county equal to one-third of the number of legal votes cast at the last preceding general election petition the board of county commissioners to call an election for determining the number of commissioners which shall constitute such county board, it shall be the duty of the commissioners to call a special election and submit the question to vote. Notice of such election shall be given by publication in the official newspaper of the county, or