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within thirty days from the action of said board. Provided, however, that before the assessment of any individual as returned by the assessor shall be increased, the board of equalization shall give such individual at least five days' notice in writing to appear and show cause why such assessment shall not be increased. Said notice shall be deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such individual at his postoffice address as shown by the assessor's return.

Section 1, article 9 amended.

Section 2. That section 1 of article 9 of an act entitled "An Act to provide for raising and collecting revenue for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten, and for each fiscal year thereafter, and to codify and revise the laws of the state relating to revenue, and declaring an emergency," approved March tenth, nineteen hundred and nine, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

One-half of all taxes levied upon an ad valorem basis for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, and for each fiscal year thereafter shall become due on the first day of December and unless said one-half of the taxes so levied shall be paid on or before the first day of January, the entire tax levied for such fiscal year shall become delinquent on said date; if the first half of the taxes levied upon an ad valorem basis for any such fiscal year shall have been paid on or before the first day of January, the second half shall become delinquent on the fifteenth day of June thereafter. All delinquent taxes shall, as a penalty, bear interest at the rate of eighteen per centum per annum: Provided that it shall be the duty of the county treasurer on or before December 15th to notify by mail postage prepaid each taxpayer whose name appears on his record of the amount of his taxes and when the same shall become due and delinquent.

Section 7, article 9 amended.

Section 3. That section 7, of article 9 of an act entitled, "An Act to provide for raising and collecting revenue for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten, and for each fiscal year thereafter, and to codify and revise the laws of the state relating to revenue and declaring an emergency," approved March tenth, nineteen hundred and nine, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: The treasurer shall give notice of the sale of real property for delinquent taxes by publication thereof once a week for three consecutive weeks, commencing after the first day of October, preceding the sale, in some newspaper in the county, to be designated by the board of county commissioners, and if the board of county commissioners shall fail to designate such paper, then in a paper to be selected by the treasurer. Such notice shall contain a notification that all lands on which the taxes of such fiscal year remain due and unpaid will be sold, and the time and place of sale, and shall contain a list of the lands to be sold and the amount of taxes due. The county treasurer shall charge and collect in addition to the taxes, interest and penalty the sum of twenty-five cents on each tract of real property other than town lots, and ten cents on each town lot advertised for sale, which sum shall be paid into the county treasurer, and the county shall pay the cost of the publication of such notice. But in no case shall the county be liable for more than the amount charged to the delinquent lands for advertising.

Section 8, article 9 amended.

Section 4. That section eight of article 9 of an act entitled, "An Act to provide for raising and collecting revenue for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten, and for each fiscal year thereafter, and to codify and revise the laws of the state relating to revenue, and declaring an emergency," approved March tenth, nineteen hundred and nine, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

On the first Monday in November in each year between the hours of nine o'clock a. m. and four o'clock p. m. and from day to day thereafter, between the same hours, until completed the treasurer shall offer at public sale at his office where by law the taxes are made payable all lands, town lots or other real property which shall be liable for taxes of any description for the preceding year, or years, and which shall remain due and unpaid.

Section 11, article 9 amended.

Section 5. That section 11 of article 9 of an act entitled, "An Act to provide for raising and collecting revenue for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten, and for each fiscal year thereafter, and to codify and revise the laws of the state relating to revenue, and declaring an emergency," approved March tenth, nineteen hundred and nine, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

On or before the last day of November, following the sale of real property, the treasurer shall file in the office of the county clerk of his county a return of his sale of land, retaining a copy in his office, showing the land sold, the name of the purchasers, and the sum paid by them, and also a copy of the notice of sale, with the certificate of the advertisement verified by affidavits, and such certificate shall be evidence of the regularity of the proceedings.

Section 18, article 10 amended.

Section 6. That section 18 of article 10 of an act entitled, "An Act to provide for the raising and collecting revenue for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten, and for each fiscal year thereafter, and to codify and revise the laws of the state relating to revenue, and declaring an emergency," approved March tenth, nineteen hundred and nine, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

That as between grantor and grantee of any land where there is no express agreement as to who shall pay the taxes that may be assessed thereon, taxes on any real estate shall become a lien on such real estate on the fifteenth day of October of each year between the first day of March and the fifteenth day of October next following, the grantee shall pay the same, but if conveyed between the fifteenth day of October and the first day of March, the grantor shall pay the same.

Abandoned town property-delinquent taxes.

Section 7. The board of county commissioners of any county shall be empowered hereafter to make an equitable and just settlement of the delinquent taxes which the owner or owners of real estate situated in any town or village, which town or village has been platted and which plat has been filed for record, and which town or village has been abandoned for more than three years, when it shall have been shown to the members of said board that there is no probability of said town or village being reinhabited within a reasonable time. Provided, that said adjustment shall not in any way impair any outstanding obligations, warrants, bonds, or other indebtedness of said municipality.

To be assessed as farm property.

Section 8. Any property in any town or village abandoned, as in this act provided, shall be listed and valued as farm property in the immediate vicinity of said town or village.

Approved March 19, 1910.

CHAPTER 74.

APPROPRIATION-LANDS FOR PENITENTIARY.

Amended Senate Bill No. 3.

AN ACT making appropriation to pay for lands for state penitentiary, and expenses connected therewith; and expenses for prison farm; and declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted By the People of the State of Oklahoma:
Appropriation.

Section 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of twenty thousand dollars or so much thereof as is necessary, for the following purposes, to-wit:

First, to pay for the use and benefit of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations for fifteen hundred and sixty and four-tenths acres of land located near McAlester in Pittsburg county for the state penitentiary, the same having heretofore been condemned by the state for such public use in the district court of said county and judgment rendered therein; and all court costs and necessary expenses incurred in such proceedings, and the board of control of the state penitentiary is hereby authorized and directed to carry out the foregoing provisions, and accept for and on behalf of the state the title to said land.

Second, to purchase fencing material, farm implements and machinery, and such equipment as is necessary for the proper operation of a prison farm.

Emergency.

Section 2. For the preservation of the public health and safety an emergency is hereby declared to exist by reason whereof this act shall be in force and effect from and after its passage and approval.

Approved March 24, 1910.

CHAPTER 75.

APPROPRIATION-LAND FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA HOSPITAL FOR

INSANE.

Senate Bill No. 10.

AN ACT to appropriate funds for the purchase of additional lands for the
East Oklahoma Hospital for the Insane and for accepting title.

Be It Enacted By the People of the State of Oklahoma:
Appropriation.

Section 1. There is hereby appropriated out of the public building fund, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $28,200.00 for the purchase of additional lands, not to exceed seven hundred (700) acres, "the same to consist of four hundred sixty acres owned by Morris F. Knight, and two hundred forty acres owned by J. W. Orr, on which lands the Board of Control of said institution now holds option," for the East Ollahoma Hospital for the Insane, at Vinita, Oklahoma, and contiguous to the land heretofore donated to the state by the people of Vinita, Oklahoma.

The Board of Public Affairs of the state is hereby authorized to purchase and pay for such lands and accept title after such title has been approved by the Attorney General of the state.

Approved March 24, 1910.

CHAPTER 76.

APPROPRIATION--GAME WARDEN, OFFICE EXPENSES.

Senate Bill No. 30.

AN ACT making an appropriation for the necessary office expenses of the
State Game and Fish Warden's Department from February 1, 1910, to
June 30, 1911, and declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted By the People of the State of Oklahoma:
Appropriation.

Section 1. There is hereby appropriated out of the game protection fund of the State of Oklahoma, the following sums, or so

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