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368 to read as follows:

28-0622. NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS.] Service of the summons by publication may be made by publishing the same three times, once in each week for three successive weeks, in a newspaper published in the county in which the action is pending, if a newspaper is published in such county, and if no newspaper is published in such county then in a newspaper published in an adjoining county and having a general circulation in said county.

§ 2. EMERGENCY.] 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 15, 1947.

JUDICIAL PROCEDURE, CRIMINAL

CHAPTER 239

S. B. No. 215—(Judiciary Committee)

STATUS, COMPROMISE, VALIDATION, RENEWAL OF JUDGMENTS FOR FINES AND COSTS IN CRIMINAL CASES

AN ACT

Establishing the status of judgments for fines and costs in criminal cases, providing for renewing the same, authorizing county boards to compromise and satisfy the same, validating compromises and satisfactions heretofor made, and declaring an emergency.

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

§ 1. STATUS.] Judgments for fines and costs in criminal cases shall have the same status as judgments for money in civil cases and be subject to the same statutes of limitations, shall impose the same lien upon real property, when certified and filed in the district court as provided in civil cases and executions thereon shall issue in the same manner.

§ 2. AUTHORITY TO COMPROMISE.] The board of county commisioners shall have authority to compromise and settle any judgment for fines or costs after a lapse of two years from