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CHAPTER 134
CRIMES & PUNISHMENTS

made in quarterly installments of Twenty-five Hundred Dollars ($2500.00) each on the first day of July, October, January and April of each year.

§ 2. Amendment.] That Section 2 of Chapter 116 of the Laws of 1929 is hereby amended and re-enacted to read as follows:

§ 2. The Superintendent may appoint with the consent of the Governor, such clerical help as is necessarily required to the carrying out of the work of his office, as provided by law. He shall also appoint, with the approval of the Governor, two assistant superintendents, each at an annual salary of Twenty-four Hundred Dollars ($2400.00). The Superintendent and assistant superintendents shall qualify by taking the oath of office as prescribed by the Constitution and shall give a bond in the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5000.00), for the faithful performance of their duties. The office of the Superintendent shall be located at the State Penitentiary near the City of Bismarck. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent and he is hereby authorized and empowered to provide such necessary equipment, furniture, apparatus and appliances as may be required in addition to that now available for the effective collecting, filing and preservation of finger prints and other records respecting the identification of criminals and the keeping of proper records thereof.

§ 3. Amendment.) That Section 4 of Chapter 116 of the Laws of 1929 is hereby amended and re-enacted to read as follows:

§ 4. The Superintendent and his assistants shall cooperate with and assist the Criminal Bureau of the Department of Justice at Washington, D. C., and all judges, state's attorneys, sheriffs, chiefs of police and all other law enforcement officers of the state and of all other states, and of the Federal Government, in the establishment of a complete system of criminal identification and shall file for record the finger print impressions of all persons confined in any penitentiary or jail, when such person confined in said penitentiary or jail is suspected of having committed any felony or of being a fugitive from justice, and such other information as they may from time to time receive from the law enforcement officers of this state and other states, and of the Federal Government. It is specifically made the duty of such superintendent and his assistants to cooperate with the state's attorneys, sheriffs, constables, marshals, police and other peace officers in the State, in the detection of the following felonies committed within the State, to-wit: Treason, murder, manslaughter, robbery, burglary, grand larceny, arson, assault with intent to kill, assault with a deadly weapon, rape, incest, sodomy, abortion, bribery, escaping or assisting or aiding persons in escaping from a penitentiary, embezzlement, forgery, perjury, kidnapping, maiming, extortion, carrying concealed or deadly weapons without lawful authority therefor, and larceny of poultry and livestock.