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150 provided, that sheriff's or referee's certificates of sale on execution decrees or foreclosures of mortgages may be recorded by the register of deeds without any such certificate from the county auditor. The county auditor shall keep a record of such transfers in book kept for that purpose, showing the names of the grantor and grantee, a description of the property and the date of transfer, and shall collect twenty-five cents for each certificate, from the person or persons presenting the same for certification, and said money so collected shall be by him paid into the office of the county treasurer at the end of each month and be placed to the credit of the general funds of the county.

§ 2. Repeal.] All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Approved March 15, 1913.

[S. B. No. 182—McLean.)

EXAMINATION OF RECORDS OF CERTAIN PUBLIC OFFICERS.

AN ACT to Amend Section 2623, Revised Codes of 1905, Relating to the Examination of Records of Certain Public Officers.

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

.] Section 2623, Revised Codes of 1905, is hereby amended to read as follows:

§2623. EXAMINATION OF RECORDS. STATE'S ATTORNEY TO PROSECUTE.] At the end of the term of office of each county officer, or at any time it may seem advisable, it shall be the duty and authority of the board of county commissioners to examine the records of his office to ascertain if they have been properly kept, or to secure such examination by the State Examiner or other competent accountants. Any failure or irregularity discovered must be remedied, or it shall become the duty of the state's attorney to prosecute an officer guilty thereof for neglect as provided in the last section. It shall also be the duty of the city council, board of aldermen, village trustees, civil township supervisors, school