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 18, 1924.

CHAPTER 55.

SENATE BILL NO 61.

Oklahoma Memorial Hospital.

AN ACT amending Chapter 12, Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1923, relating to the transfer to the United States of America of the title to the Oklahoma Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, located at Muskogee, Oklahoma, and declaring an emergency.

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

Soldiers Relief Commission-Transfer of Hospital.

Section 1. That Chapter 12, of the Session Laws of Oklahoma,

1923, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 1. The Soldiers' Relief Commission of the State of Oklahoma, is hereby authorized to enter into negotiations with the proper official or offcials of the United States of America for the purpose of agreeing upon a transfer of the title of the Oklahoma Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, located at Muskogee, Oklahoma, and erected under the provisions of Chapter 223, Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1921, from the State of Oklahoma to the United States of America."

Governor-Approval of Agreement.

Section 2. Subject to the approval of the Governor of the State of Oklahoma, said Soldiers' Relief Commission is further authorized to make, in the name of the State of Oklahoma, an agreement with the United States of America, acting through its proper official or • officials, to transfer the title of said Oklahoma Soldiers' Memorial Hospital from the State of Oklahoma to the United States of Ameri

ca.

Deed.

Section 3. In case said agreement of transfer shall be entered into, as aforesaid, the deed of conveyance, transferring the title to said hospital from the State of Oklahoma to the United States of America shall be signed on behalf of the State of Oklahoma, by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma and attested by the Secretary of State of said State of Oklahoma, with the great seal of said State attached.

Consideration.

Section 4. Any consideration paid by the United States to the State of Oklahoma for said transfer of title shall be deposited in the Treasury of the State of Oklahoma, to the credit of the General Revenue Fund.

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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 February 18, 1924.

CHAPTER 56.

SENATE BILL NO. 76.

Corporate Name of Consolidated School District

.AN ACT to amend Section 10,473, Compiled Oklahoma Statutes, 1921, relating to the corporate name of a consolidated school district.

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

Schools and School Districts-Name of Consolidated District.

Section 1. Section 10,473, Compiled Oklahoma Statutes, 1921. is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 10,473. A Consolidated district, when formed, shall be known as ' ____Consolidated School District,

Number

(Consolidated Name)
County of

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State of Oklahoma,' and shall be a body corporate with power to sue and be sued. Every consolidated school in Oklahoma, now organized or hereafter organized, shall have inscribed over the door or in some other conspicuous place on the building, the name of said Consolidated School District."

Same-How Name Determined.

Section 2. The name of such school district shall be determined by a majority of school electors at the next regular or special election, and it shall be the duty of the school board to carry out the provisions of Section One (1) hereof.

Approved March 17, 1924.

CHAPTER 57.

SENATE BILL NO. 83.

Certificates of Purchase of State School Lands.

AN ACT providing for the forfeiture of all rights obtained upon a sale or under a certificate of purchase issued thereon, of any of the State School or other State Lands, and for the cancellation of the certificates of purchase issued therefor, for failure to pay any deferred payments when due, and providing a procedure therefor, and creating a penalty for non-enforcement, repealing Chapter 28, Session Laws, 1923. and all conflicting Acts, and declaring an emergency.

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

School Lands—Certificates of Purchase-Delinquency.

Section 1. Any person, firm or corporation holding a certificate of purchase to any tract, piece or parcel of any public lands of the State of Oklahoma or contract of purchase, who shall be in default of any annual deferred payment or payments due the State, or taxes due the State, County, or other municipality, for a period of two years, the Commissioners of the Land Office shall, within six (6) months after the passage and approval of this Act, cause notice to be given all delinquent purchasers, or holders or owners of certificates of purchase, that if such delinquent deferred payments, taxes, or past due payments are not paid within ninety (90) days from the date of the service of such notice, the Commissioners of the Land Office shall declare all rights obtained by the purchaser or transferee under said sale and the certificate of purchase issued thereon, forfeited to the State. If the amounts due are not paid within 90 days from the date of the serving of such notice, all rights obtained under such sale and the certificate of purchase issued thereon shall be declared forfeited and the certificate of purchase declared cancelled, and shall be cancelled, and the lands therein described, and all appurtenances thereunto belonging, together with all monies paid down and deferred payments made, shall revert to the State, the same as though no such sale had ever been made. The order making such forfeiture shall be spread upon the records of the Commissioners of the Land Office.

Same-Notice-Appeals.

Section 2. The service of the notice provided for in the foregoing section shall be made by registered mail, to the record owner, or lien holder of record and to the person or persons in possession thereof. In event the postoffice or the address of the purchaser or transferee of said land be unknown, the notice shall be published in two consecutive issues of some weekly newspaper published in or of general circulation in the county where the land is situated. The forfeiture shall be entered by the Commissioners of the Land Office after ninety (90) days from the date of the first publication of said notice, or service of registered notice. Provided, that any purchaser or transferee may within thirty (30) days from the date of said order of forfeiture, appeal from said order to the district court of the county wherein said lands are located by serving legal notice of appeal upon the Secretary of the Commissioners of the land office, and executing a good and sufficient bond to the State of Oklahoma in the amount due the Land Office and the rents and profits thereof. Said bond to be approved by the Secretary of the Commissioners of the Land Office, and conditioned as provided by law, but in no event will the State of Oklahoma be liable for the costs of said appeal.

Same-Failure to Appeal-Removal of Occupant.

Section 3. If no appeal is taken from said order within the time as provided in Section 2, the same shall thereupon become final, and said defaulting purchaser or transferee, his agents, lessees or employees, residing upon, using or occupying said land or improvements, shall be subject to removal therefrom; and thereafter when said order shall be certified by the Secretary of Commissioners of the Land Office, to the sheriff of the county in which the land involved is situated, it shall be the duty of said sheriff to enforce said order in the same manner as orders from the district court are enforced.

Officers-Misdemeanor.

Section 4. The failure or neglect or refusal of the officers of the Land Office to comply with the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and they shall forfeit their office. Repealing Clause.

Section 5. That Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4, of Chapter 28, Session Laws of 1923, and all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed.

Emergency.

Section 6. 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 25, 1924.

CHAPTER 58.

SENATE BILL NO. 85.

Forefeiture of Preference Right

AN ACT to amend Section No 9384, Compiled Oklahoma Statutes, 1921, providing for the foufeiture of preference right and right of renewal lease for failure to renew lease and execute notes providing for the sale of the improvements, giving to the former lessee the proceeds received therefrom, after deducting any amounts owing to the State, providing that the procedure therefor shall be the same as in forfeiting leases for non-payment of rentals, providing penalties for violation therefor, repealing all laws in conflict herewith, and declaring an emergency.

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

Commissioners of Land Office-Delinquency-Notice.

Section 1. That Section 9384, Compiled Oklahoma Statutes,

1921, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 9384. If the lessee of any of the lands enumerated herein shall be in default of the annual rental due the State for a period of six months, the Commissioners of the Land Office shall within ninety (90) days after such delinquency, cause notice to be given such delinquent lessee, and person in possession of the lands, that if such delinquency is not paid within thirty days from the service of such notice, his lease will be declared forfeited to the State by the Commissioners of the Land Office. If the amounts due are not paid within thirty (30) days from the date of the service of such notice, the said lease shall be declared forfeited and the possession of the laid therein described shall revert to the State, the same as though such lease had never been made. The order making such forfetiture shall be spread upon the records of the Commissioners of the Land Office. The service of the notice herein provided shall be made by registered mail; in case the postoffice address of the owner of such lease be unknown, the notice herein provided shall be served upon the person in possession and shall be published in two consecutive issues of some weekly newspaper published in or of general circulation in the county where the land is situated. The forfeiture shall be entered by said board after thirty (30) days from the date of the first publication or registered notice; provided, the lessee of any land so forfeited may redeem the same within thirty (30) days after the first notice to him, his agent or sub-lessee, by paying all delinquencies, fees and costs of forfeiture at any time before the expiration of thirty (30) days, as aforesaid, and as provided by this article; provided, further, the Commissioners of the Land Office are required to serve notice of delinquencies and proceed with forfeiture as stated herein, at least once each year.

"The improvements on lands so reverting to the State shall be sold under the direction of the Commissioners of the Land Office, at public sale, after appraisement, upon due notice to the lessee, and sub-lessee, and the proceeds received therefrom shall inure to the holder of the delinquent lease after paying to the State all delinquencies and rents and expenses incurred in making such sale; provided, further, the Secretary to the Commissioners of the Land Office is hereby authorized at all such sales of the improvements on lands so reverting to the State, in case there are no other bidders to bid off such improvements offered at said sale at a reasonable figure, in the name of the State for the benefit of the fund to which said lands so reverting to the State belong, the State acquiring all the rights, both legal and equitable, that any other purchaser could acquire by reason of said purchase.

"If the lessee of any tract, block or parcel of State school or other public lands shall fail, neglect or refuse, for a period of fifteen (15) days, to enter into a renewal lease and execute the notes for the annual rentals as provided by law, at the expiration of any agricultural lease after any appraisement for rental purposes has been approved by the Commissioners of the Land Office, the Commissioners of the Land Office shall cause notice to be given to such agricultural lessee that if such agricultural lease and notes for the annual rentals are not executed and delivered within ten (10) days from the service of such notice, his preference right to re-lease will be declared forfeited to the State by the Commissioners of the Land Office. If said agricultural lessee shall fail, neglect or refuse to enter into a renewal lease and execute the rental notes as provided by law, within ten (10) days of the date of service of such notice, the said agricultural lessee's preference right to release shall be declared forfeited and the land therein described shall revert to the State. the same as though no such lease had ever been made. Provided. however, the lessee may appeal to the district court of the county within ten (10) days, by making bond in double the amount of the appraised value of the lease, and provided, however, that if the agricultural lessee shall appeal from the order of the Commissioners of the Land Office approving the appraisement for rental purposes, to the district court of the county in which the land is so located, then no action shall be taken by