Section 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.