North Dakota Legislative Assembly

“ Every public officer authorized to sell or lease any property, or make any contract in his official capacity, who voluntarily becomes interested individually in such sale, lease, or contract, directly or indirectly, is guilty of a misdemeanor. ”

“ No person, firm, co-partnership or corporation shall as a condition to a sale or delivery for resale of any paper, magazine, book, periodical or publication require that the purchaser or consignee receive for resale any other article, book, or other publication reasonably believed by the purchaser or consignee to be obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, indecent or disgusting. ”

“ Any peace officer of this state may seize any equipment used in the printing, production or manufacture of indecent and obscene literature, matter or articles of whatever nature, and may seize any vehicle or other means of transportation used in the distribution of such indecent and obscene literature, matter or articles, and may arrest any person in charge thereof. ”

“ Any person, firm, copartnership or corporation who hires, uses, or employs any one under the age of twenty-one to sell, give away, or in any manner distribute such matter, and any person who, having the care, custody or control of a person under the age of twenty-one years, permits such person to sell, give away, or in any manner distribute such matter, shall also be guilty of a violation of this Act. ”

“ No obscene, lewd, salacious or lascivious book, pamphlet, picture, paper, letter, magazine, newspaper, writing, print, printing, film, negative, transcription, wire or tape recording, or other matter of indecent character, shall be sold, loaned, given away, shown, exhibited, distributed, advertised or offered for sale, loan, gift or distribution, or be held in possession with intent to sell, loan, give away, show, exhibit, or distribute, to any one under the age of twenty-one. ”

“ Subsection 2 of section 12-2115 of the North Dakota Revised Code of 1943 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
2. Public sports, including shooting, sporting horse racing, or other public sports, circuses, and street carnivals. ”

“ Any person who violates any of the provi- sions of this Act shall be punishable by a fine of not to exceed one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not to exceed one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The term "person” herein shall include any firm, co-partnership or cor- poration. ”