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change of the place where the principal business of the corporation is to be transacted as if a meeting were called and held; and upon such written assent the directors may proceed to make the certficate herein provided for.

§ 2. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

Approved March 7, 1890.

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CHAPTER 50.

[H. F. 11]

COMPENSATION OF JUDGES.

AN ACT to Fix the Compensation of the Judges of the County Courts and Provide a Fund to Reimburse the County for the Same.

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

§ 1. JUDGES' SALARY FIXED BY POPULATION OF COUNTY. ] As compensation for their services, there shall be allowed and paid to the judges of the county courts in all counties an annual salary, based upon the population thereof as follows, viz.: For the first 3,000 inhabitants or fraction thereof, the sum of three hundred (300) dollars per annum, for the next 3,000 inhabitants, the sum of one hundred (100) dollars per annum, for each 1,000 inhabitants or fraction thereof, and for each additional 1,000 inhabitants or fraction thereof the sum of fifty (50) dollars per annum, to be paid by the treasurer of the county upon the warrants of the county auditor or clerk; and in all counties, whenever the county courts shall have civil and criminal jurisdiction, the judges of such county courts, as compensation for such additional services, in addition to that hereinbefore provided, shall be paid one-half as much more; Provided, always, That the salary of the county judge in any county shall not exceed the sum of $2,000; Provided, further, That the judges of the county courts may receive such fees as are allowed by law, in taking acknowledgement of deeds or other instruments and other acts, other than in the settlement of the estates of decedents, of wards, the guardianship of infants and the adjudication of civil and criminal actions;