after the said Secretary of State shall have decided that the same conflicts with a previously recorded brand or earmark, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction in any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding $1,000, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
§ 12. REPEAL.] That all laws or parts of laws, in conflict herewith are hereby repealed, and this act must be construed as repealing Chapter 61 of the Session Laws of 1881.
§ 13. WHAT BRANDS HAVE PRIOR RIGHT.] All brands or earmarks heretofore recorded in any county within this State shall have prior right in the order in which they are recorded in their respective counties; Provided, That such brands or earmarks shall be filed for record with the Secretary of State within four months after the taking effect of this act.
§ 14. EMERGENCY.] The absence, in the present laws of the State of North Dakota, of speedy and adequate remedies for the enforcement of the provisions of this act, creates an emergency, which calls for the immediate taking effect of the same; therefore this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.
Approved March 8, 1890.
BRIDGES.
CHAPTER 39.
[S. F. 118.]
COUNTY TO BUILD WHERE COST EXCEEDS ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
AN ACT Entitled "An Act Authorizing Counties to Build all Bridges Within the County Limits, Wherein the Cost of the Construction of Same Exceeds the Sum of One Hundred Dollars."
Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota:
§ 1. PETITION-BIDS.] Whenever a majority of the freeholders of a civil township or a majority of freeholders living within a radius of three miles of the proposed location shall petition the board of county commissioners for a bridge at a specified location within said township, when the cost of said bridge will
