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CRIMES & PUNISHMENTS be deemed expense incurred in the performance of the duties of his office and paid as such; the expenses of all other members of the council shall be audited, and paid from the State Bar Fund in the same manner as other claims against such fund.

§ 11. .] All acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Approved March 3, 1927.

An Act to Authorize the Supreme Court to Direct the Calling of Special Terms in Any of the Counties of the State and to Designate a District Judge to Preside at Such Term.

Be It Enacted by the Legislatice Assembly of the State of North Dakota:

§ 1. That the Supreme Court shall be and it is hereby authorized whenever in its judgment the ends of justice so require, to order a special term of the district court to be called in any county in the state; and it is further authorized to designate any one of the district judges in the state to call and preside at such term.

Approved March 3, 1927.

An Act Providing Maximum Punishments for Persons Convicted of a Felony Who Have Been Convicted of Two or More Felonies in Any State of the United States, and Prescribing the Procedure in Such Cases.

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

§ 1. That if a person commits a felony, within this State, after having been convicted of two felonies, either in this State or any other State of the United States, the maximum punishment or penalty of imprisonment for such offense shall be twice the maximum sentence now or hereafter prescribed by law for a first conviction of said offense.