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148 no longer adequate facilities for additional inmates, the board of administration shall notify the courts of such facts and after such notice no further commitments shall be made to said institution until such facilities have been provided. The board shall have authority to enter into an arrangement or agreement with the proper authorities of the federal government whereby persons convicted of a crime in the federal court of this state may be committed to said farm, but persons convicted in the federal court shall be admissible to the said farm only if the term of the sentence is not less than thirty days nor more than one year.

2. .) Section 12-5109 of the North Dakota Revised Code of 1913 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

12-5109. .) When the board of administration, either at the time of commitment or at any time thereafter, shall determine that for purposes of safety of other inmates or of the general public or for the purpose of discipline it is necessary or proper that any person committed to the state farm should be transferred to the state penitentiary, such transfer may be made for such period as the board may deem proper. Where a person who has been committed to the state farm conducts himself in such manner as to interfere with the operation of the farm, or with the welfare or safety of others, and where in the judgment of the board of administration the best interests of such person or the best interests and welfare of other persons committed to the farm so require, the board may direct that such person be removed from the farm and placed in the penitentiary. The board also may direct that persons who have been sentenced to the penitentiary be transferred to the farm, when such action seems desirable and for the best interests of the person so transferred and in no manner detrimental to the welfare of other persons who have been committed to the said farm. The board may cause persons committed to the said farm to be assigned for work incident to the operations of the penitentiary or of any other institutions under the control of the said board.

Approved March 11, 1949.