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CRIMES & PUNISHMENTS and reenacted to read as follows:

21. For boarding prisoners, a sum to be determined by the county commissioners, by resolution in advance, which sum shall in no case exceed two dollars per day.

§ 2. .] 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 February 27, 1947.

To amend and reenact Section 12-5510 of the North Dakota Revised Code of 1943, relating to the general powers of the board of pardons.

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

§ 1. .] That Section 12-5510 of the North Dakota Revised Code of 1943 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

12-5510. .] The board of pardons may issue process requiring the presence of any person or officer before it, with or without books and papers, in any matters pending before said board. If any such person or officer disobeys the order of the board, the chairman, or acting chairman, of such board, may apply to any judge of the district court for an order requiring the attendance of such person or officer, with or without books and papers described in the process. The failure of any such person or officer to comply with such order of the district court shall be held to be a contempt of court and shall be punishable accordingly. Any member of the board of pardons, the parole officer, or anyone appointed by the board to secure informa-