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An act to amend and re-enact Section 9873 of the Compiled Laws of the State of North Dakota for the year 1913 to define the crime of burglary in the third degree.

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

§ 1. .) Section 9873 of the Compiled Laws of the State of North Dakota for the year 1913 is hereby amended and re-enacted to read as follows:

§ 9873. .] Every person who breaks and enters, in the day or in the nighttime, either:

1. Any building within the curtilage of a dwelling house, but not forming a part thereof; or,

2. Any building or any part of any building, booth, tent, railroad car, motor vehicle or trailer, vessel or other structure or erection in which any property is kept, with intent to steal therein or to commit any felony, is guilty of burglary in the third degree.

Approved March 1, 1939.

An act to make uniform the law on criminal indictment and information; defining terms included in this act; providing what an indictment or information must or need not contain; setting forth forms thereof; providing for bills of particular; in general covering and interpreting the law pertaining to indictments and informations, and repealing all acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith.

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

$ 1. .) In this chapter: (a) The singular number included the plural and the plural included the singular.

(b) The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter genders.

(c) The words "person," "defendant" and similar words include, unless contrary intention appears a public or a private corporation.