Page:1933 North Dakota Session Laws.pdf/163

148 record the finger print impressions of all persons confined in any penitentiary or jail, when such person confined in said penitentiary or jail is suspected of having committed any felony or of being a fugitive from justice, and such other information as they may from time to time receive from the law enforcement officers of this state and other states, and of the Federal Government. It is especially made the duty of such "superintendent" and his assistants to cooperate with the state's attorneys, sheriffs, constables, marshals, police, and other peace officers in the state, in the detection of the following felonies committed within the state, towit: Treason, murder, manslaughter, robbery, burglary, grand larceny, arson, assault with intent to kill, assault with a deadly weapon, rape, incest, sodomy, abortion, bribery, escaping or assisting or aiding persons in escaping from a penitentiary, embezzlement, forgery, perjury, kidnapping, maiming, extortion, carrying concealed or deadly weapons without lawful authority therefor, and larceny of poultry or livestock.

The "superintendent" shall co-operate with such officials in the apprehension and conviction of criminals, within and without the state, believed to be guilty of such felonies committed within the state. The "superintendent" and his assistants shall under the direction of the Attorney General conduct such investigation throughout the state as may be necessary to apprehend and convict persons guilty of such felonies. The "superintendent" and assistant superintendents are hereby authorized and empowered to make arrests without warrants for all violations of law they may witness, and to serve and execute criminal warrants issued by proper authorities.

§ 5. It is hereby made the duty of all state's attorneys, sheriffs, chiefs of police and other law enforcement officers in the state of North Dakota, to immediately upon the arrest of any person, who, in the best judgment of the arresting officer, is wanted on a felony charge, or who such officer has reason to believe is a fugitive from justice, to take and furnish to the said "superintendent," copies of finger prints in duplicate, with a description and all available information respecting such accused. The "superintendent” shall compare the finger prints and such description as received by him, with those already on file in his office, and if he finds that the person arrested has a criminal record or is a fugitive from justice, he shall at once inform the arresting officer of such past criminal record, and in order to facilitate the work of identification, of the name or names under which such person has been arrested, together with his available criminal record as known.

§ 6. It is hereby declared to be the duty of every sheriff in the state of North Dakota to take the finger prints of every defendant charged with a felony within their respective counties, and to transmit said finger prints to the bureau for identification, within twenty-four hours after such defendant is taken into custody. The "superintendent" shall, as soon as possible, ascertain the criminal