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150 in establishing efficient methods of criminal identification in their districts and in making such officials proficient in procuring finger print records.

§ 11. The "superintendent,” with the approval of the Attorney General, shall make and promulgate such rules and regulations from time to time as may be necessary and proper for the efficient administration of this Act, and not inconsistent therewith. It is hereby made the duty of every state's attorney, sheriff, constable, marshal, or other peace officer, to assist the "superintendent" in the performance of his duties by complying with such rules and regulations promulgated by the "superintendent," and such rules and regulations shall be printed and forwarded to such peace officers.

§ 12. All moneys collected or received, including all rewards for the apprehension or conviction of any criminal, earned or collected by the superintendent or his assistants, or any employee of his office, shall be forthwith paid into the General Fund.

§ 2. .] All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Approved March 4, 1933.

An Act to authorize the District Courts and the County Courts, with increased jurisdiction, to place on probation or parole the defendant in any criminal case, where such courts have power to sentence a defendant to imprisonment in a county jail.

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

§ 1. In all prosecutions for crime in a district court, or in a county court with increased jurisdiction, where the defendant has pleaded or been found guilty, and where the court has the power to sentence such defendant to imprisonment in county jail, said court may suspend sentence, and place the defendant on probation. In such prosecutions, if the defendant has been sentenced to and imprisoned in county jail, such court may also order that the defendant be released on parole.

§ 2. The Supreme Court is authorized to adopt rules for the district courts, and the county courts with increased jurisdiction, relating to the systems of probation and parole authorized by this Act.

Approved March 6, 1933.