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To amend and reenact section 12-1006 of the North Dakota Revised Code of 1943, relating to personal interest in contract by public officer.

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

§ 1. Amendment.) Section 12-1006 of the North Dakota Revised Code of 1943 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

12-1006. Personal Interest In Contract By Public Officer; Punishment; Exception.) Every public officer authorized to sell or lease any property, or make any contract in his official capacity, who voluntarily becomes interested individually in such sale, lease, or contract, directly or indirectly, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Provided however, that township supervisors shall be permitted to do work for such township for a consideration of not to exceed five hundred dollars in any calendar year when a finding is made and entered in the minutes that other persons can not be found to adequately or suitably do such work.

Approved March 2, 1955.