CHAPTER 13.
[S. F. 194.]
TO PAY MILITIA DEFICIENCY.
AN ACT Entitled "An Act to Appropriate Money to Pay Amounts Due the Militia of the Territory of Dakota."
Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota:
§ 1. APPROPRIATION.] That the sum of $5,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Treasury of the State, not otherwise appropriated, to pay accounts now outstanding against the Territory of Dakota, which have been incurred under and by virtue of chapter one hundred (100) of the session laws of 1887, by those organizations and officers, enrolled in its militia, within the limits of the present State of North Dakota.
§ 2. DUTIES OF AUDITOR AND TREASURER.] The Auditor of this State shall draw his warrant on the State Treasurer in favor of all organized commands and officers of the North Dakota National Guard, who present properly executed vouchers, which have been duly approved by the proper officers whose lawful duty it was to approve accounts against the militia fund of the Territory of Dakota, and which vouchers have never been paid and have been marked "not paid for want of funds," and the Treasurer of this State shall pay the same in conformity with Section 1 of this act.
§ 3. EMERGENCY.] The absence, in the present laws of the State of North Dakota, of speedy and adequate remedies for the payment of the outstanding indebtedness specified in the foregoing sections of this act, creates an emergency, which calls for the immediate taking effect of the same; therefore, the same shall take effect and be i11 force from and after its passage and approval.
Approved March 20, 1890.