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CRIMES wanted on a felony charge or who, the arresting officer has reason to believe, is a fugitive from justice. Copies of such fingerprints in duplicate shall be transmitted to the superintendent within twenty-four hours after an arrested person is taken into custody, together with a description of and all available information respecting the arrested person. The chief of the bureau shall compare the fingerprints and descriptions received by him with those already on file in his office, and if he finds that the person arrested has a criminal record or is a fugitive from justice, he immediately shall inform the arresting officer of his findings together with the name or names under which such person has been previously arrested, and shall forward a carbon copy of his report to the state's attorney of the county in which the arrest was made. All state's attorneys, sheriffs, chiefs of police, and other law enforcement officers, shall report to the bureau all complaints signed, warrants issued, and records of convictions and sentences for all offenses involving no-account, insufficient funds, and false and fraudulent checks.

§ 14. Officer May Send Fingerprints of Persons Having Certain Property in Possession.) A sheriff may take and forward to the chief of the bureau the fingerprints of any person who has in his possession at the time of his arrest goods or property reasonably believed to have been stolen, or in whose possession is found a burglary outfit, tools, keys, or explosives believed by the sheriff to be intended for unlawful use, or who is carrying a concealed or deadly weapon without lawful authority, or who is in possession of any ink, dye, paper, or other articles useable in the making of counterfeit money, or who has in his possession any tools or equipment used in defacing or changing the numbers on motor vehicles, or who is believed to have been previously incarcerated in any state or federal penitentiary.

§ 15. Court to Ascertain Criminal Record of Defendant-Furnish Information of Offense to the Bureau.) The judge of the district court of the county in which a defendant is to be sentenced, or the state's attorney or sheriff thereof, shall ascertain the criminal record of every defendant convicted of a felony before sentence is passed on said defendant. The state's attorneys and sheriffs, upon the request of the chief of the bureau or the attorney general, shall furnish to the chief of the bureau a statement of facts relative to the commission or alleged commission of all felonies within their respective counties upon such blanks or in such form as may be requested by the chief of the bureau or the attorney general.

§ 16. Violation of Chapter—Misdemeanor.) The neglect or refusal of any officer to make any report, or to do or perform