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Rh this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.

Approved February 24, 1899.

PENITENTIARY.

CHAPTER 119.

[H. B. 18.]

OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES.

AN ACT Entitled an Act to Amend Section 8531 of the Revised Codes of 1895 and to Repeal Section 8538 of said Codes, Relating to the 0fficers and Trustees of the State Penitentiary.

Be it E11acted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota:

§ 1. Amendment.] That section 8531 of the Revised Codes of 1895 be amended so as to read as follows:

The officers of the penitentiary shall be one warden, who shall be its general superintendent and secretary of the board of trustees; one deputy warden, who shall be chief turnkey; one bookkeeper, who shall be assistant gatekeeper; one, or in the discretion of the board of trustees and warden, two chaplains, and such other officers, guards, overseers, agents and employes as may be necessary. The warden and deputy warden shall reside at the penitentiary.

§ 2. Repeal.] That section 8538 of the Revised Codes of 1895 and any and all other provisions of law in conflict with the foregoing be and the same are hereby repealed.

§ 3. Emergency.] An emergency exists in that there is no law covering parts of the foregoing and, therefore, this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.

Approved February 21, 1899.