Contractual Services:

Traveling (Bank Commissioner and Assistants, Building and Loan and Loan Acditor, Assistant Bank Commissioner, Members of the Banking Board, Attorneys for Banking Department, in the discharge of duties, and Bank Commissioner in attending Bank Conventions inside and outside the State)

Communication

Printing, other than office supplies
Other expenses (witness fees and court cost)

Office Supplies

Insurance, Premiums on Bonds.

Repealing Clause.

Section 2. That portion of Section 1, Chapter 49, of the Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1923, appropriating funds for the support and maintenance of the State Banking Department for the fiscal years ending June 30th, 1924, and June 30th, 1925, is hereby repealed.

Emergency.

Section 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this Act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

Approved March 24, 1924.

CHAPTER 96

HOUSE BILL NO. 2.

Departmental Heads to Report Items of Indebtedness

AN ACT requiring the heads of Departments and State Institutions to report certain items of indebtedness to the State Board of Affairs; requiring the State Board of Affairs to make compiled reports to the Attorney General; directing the Attorney General to institute necessary proceedings to collect certain iteins of indebtedness; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

Items of Indebtedness-Reports.

Section 1. That on the 1st day of January, April, July and October of each year the heads of all departments of State Government and the heads of all State institutions shall report to the State Board of Affairs on forms prescribed by the Attorney General all items of indebtedness, other than taxes, which have been due the State of Oklahoma or any department or institution thereof for more than sixty (60) days by any person, firm, or corporation or county.

State Board of Affairs.

Section 2. That on the 15th day of January, April, July and October of each year the State Board of Affairs shall furnish the Attorney General on forms prescribed by said Attorney General a compiled report based on the reports required under the provisions of Section 1 hereof. Upon receiving any such compiled report from said Board, it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to institute necessary proceedings to collect all items of indebtedness shown in said compiled report.

Emergency.

Section 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this Act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

Approved March 14, 1924.

CHAPTER 97

HOUSE BILL NO. 3.

Army Shoes.

AN ACT repealing Section 2, Chapter 213 House Bill No. 372, Session Laws of Oklahoma. 1923, relating to the purchase of army shoes; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

Section Repealed.

Section 1. That Section 2, Chapter 213, House Bill No. 372, Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1923, be, and the same is, hereby repealed.

Emergency.

Section 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this Act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

Approved February 5, 1924.

CHAPTER 98

HOUSE BILL NO. 5.

Money Received by State Hospitals.

AN ACT relating to the disposition of monies received for the care of patients by the State Hospitals at Ft. Supply, Norman and Vinita; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

State Hospitals-Money Received by-State Treasury.

Section 1. That all monies received for the care and treatment of patients by the State Hospital at Ft. Supply in Woodward County, the State Hospital at Norman in Cleveland County and the State Hospital at Vinita in Craig County shall be paid into the Treasury of the State of Oklahoma to be placed in a fund for each institution to be known as the Hospital Fund for said institution, from which funds the Legislature, from time to time, shall make appropriations for the support and maintenance of said institutions. Repealing Section.

Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Emergency.

Section 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this Act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

AN ACT repealing Chapter 143, House Bill No. 33, of the Session Laws of 1923, relating to the capture and delivery of Fred Dennis; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOΜΑ:

Section Repealed.

Section 1. That Chapter 143, House Bill No. 33, Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1923, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Emergency.

Section 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this Act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

Approved February 4, 1924.

CHAPTER 100

HOUSE BILL NO. 7.

Repealing Chapter 263, Session Laws 1923.

AN ACT repealing Chapter 263, Senate Joint Resolution No. 39, Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1923; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

Repealing Clause.

Section 1. That Chapter 263, Senate Joint Resolution No. 39, Session Laws, 1923, be, and the same is, hereby repealed. Emergency.

Section 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this Act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

Approved March 21, 1924.

CHAPTER 101

HOUSE BILL NO. 14.

Excise Tax on Gasoline.

AN ACT amending Sections 1 and 8 of House Bill No. 503, Chapter 239, Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1923, and levying an excise tax of two and one-half cents (22c) per gallon on gasoline; providing for the distribution of one cent (lc) on each gallon of the proceeds of the state tax to the county highway fund of each county, and for the deposit of the balance of the said proceeds in the state depository to the credit of the State Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund and the expenditures of both funds in the construction and maintenance of permanent state highways and bridges; repealing all acts in conflict herewith, and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
Gasoline-Tax on.

Section 1.
That Section 1 of House Bill 503, Chapter 239,
Session Laws, 1923, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as
follows:

"Section 1. There is hereby levied an excise tax of Two and One-half Cents (21/1⁄2c) per gallon on each and every gallon of gasoline consumed in the State of Oklahoma, to be reported and collected as hereinafter provided. Provided that Ninety-seven Per Cent (97%) of the gallonage reported by the deputy inspector shall be the basis used in computation of the amount of tax due the State."

Same-Apportionment-Use of.

Section 2. That Section 8 of Chapter 239, House Bill No. 503, Session Laws of Oklahoma 1923, be and the same is amended to read as follows:

Section 8. That One Cent (lc) on each gallon of gasoline raised by this act, shall be apportioned quarterly by the State Commissioner of Highways, or his successor in office, to each county in the state, in that percentage which the population, valuation and area of each county bears to the population, valuation and area of the entire state; that said fund after being apportioned shall be sent to the County Treasurer of each county to be deposited in the County Highway Fund, to be used by the County Commissioners for the purpose of constructing and maintaining permanent highways and bridges under the direction of the State Commission of Highways, or his successor in office. No part of this fund shall be used for any other purpose, except the construction and maintenance of permanent highways and bridges in said county; Provided, that the fund herein created, when apportioned to the respective counties as herein provided shall not thereafter be diverted to any other county in the state, but shall only be expended in the county to which same was apportioned.

Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), or more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty (30) days, or more than ninety (90) days, or by both said fine and imprisonment. If any part of said fund is diverted for any other purpose, the county commission

ers shall become liable on their bond for double the amount of the money so diverted.

Same-Apportionment-Use of.

Section 3. One and One-half Cents (1/2c) on each gallon of gasoline produced by the said excise tax on gasoline shall be deposited in the State Depository to the credit of the "State Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund," and which shall be expended as provided by law under rules and regulations not inconsistent therewith to be promulgated by the Highway Department. That the said fund so deposited shall be expended: First, In the repair and maintenance of State Highways heretofore or hereafter constructed through the use of state funds with or without Federal Aid, or the proceeds of county aid or bond issued in connection with State or Federal Aid; Second, In the construction of a primary system of State Highway which shall fairly serve all parts of the State and to be designated by the Highway Department; provided that not less than seventy-five per cent (75%), of the funds going into the State Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund, shall be used in the construction of new highways.

Repealing Section.

Section 4. That all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Emergency.

Section 5. It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this Act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

Approved March 7, 1924.

CHAPTER 102

HOUSE BILL NO. 15.

Appropriations for State Institutions

AN ACT amending Section 1, Chapter 233, House Bill No. 485, Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1923, relating to the appropriations for State Educational, Charitable, Eleemosnary (sic.), and Penal Institutions; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

Appropriations.

Section 1. That sub-sections hereinafter named of Section 1, Chapter 233, House Bill No. 485, Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1923, be, and the same are hereby amended to read as follows: