§ 52. Time, standard. 1. The standard time throughout this state is
that of the seventy-fifth meridian of longitude west from Greenwich,
except as hereinafter provided, and all courts and public officers, and
legal and official proceedings, shall be regulated thereby.

2. At two o'clock ante meridian on the last Sunday in April of each
year the standard time throughout this state shall be advanced one hour
from that of the seventy-fifth meridian of longitude west from
Greenwich, and the time so advanced shall continue to be standard time
throughout this state until the last Sunday in October of the same year,
when such standard time, as so advanced, shall be retarded to that of
the seventy-fifth meridian west from Greenwich; and during such period
in each year all courts and public officers, and legal and official
proceedings, shall be regulated in accordance therewith.