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CRIME make such reports as the board shall require. It shall also be their duty to make such investigations, and perform such other duties in connection with applications for pardon, commutation of sentence or parole, and otherwise, as may be prescribed by the Board of Pardons.

§ 3. .] That Section 11 107 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for 1913 be amended and re-enacted to read as follows:

§ 11107. .] The Board of Pardons shall supply itself with a seal with which every pardon, parole, reprieve or commutation of sentence shall be attested. It may issue process requiring the presence of any person before it, or the presence of any officer before it, with or without books and papers, in the matter pending before said board. It may employ psychiatrists or specialists for mental or medical examination of applicants, and may take whatever reasonable steps it may deem necessary to a proper determination of any matter before it. The Board of Pardons shall have the power and authority to make reciprocal arrangements with parole boards or officers of other States for parole of prisoners and juvenile delinquents beyond State lines.

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 All acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

§ 5. If any section or part of any section of this act shall for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid and unconstitutional, such unconstitutionality shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this act, and it is hereby stated by the legislature that it would have passed the remainder of the act if it had known that such part or parts would be declared unconstitutional.

§ 6. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval. Approved March 16, 1939.