whether for money or not, constitutes value where a receipt is taken either in satisfaction thereof or as security therefor. "Warehouseman" means a person lawfully engaged in the business of storing goods for a profit. (2) A thing is done "in good faith" within the meaning of this act, when it is in fact done honestly, whether it be done negligently or not. Prior Receipts Not Affected. Section 59. The provisions of this act do not apply to receipts made and delivered prior to the taking effect of this act. Repeal. Section 60. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. Act Cited. Section 61. This act may be cited as the Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act. Approved March 30, 1915. Senate Joint Resolutions SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 2. PROVIDING for the disposition of money received by the State of Oklahoma from the Secretary of the Treasury on account of rentals from forest reserves, and declaring an emergency. WHEREAS, The Act of Congress approved May 23, 1908. provides as follows: "That hereafter twenty-five per centum of all money received from each forest reserve during the fiscal year, including the year ending June thirtieth, ninteen hundred and eight, shall be paid at the end thereof by the Secretary of the Treasury to the State or Territory in which said reserve is situated, to be expended as the State or Territorial legislature may prescribe for the benefit of the public schools and public roads of the county or counties in which the forest reserve is situated; Provided, that when any forest reserve is in more than one State or Territory or county the distributive share to each from the proceeds of said reserve shall be proportional to its area therein," and, WHEREAS, There is but one forest reservation in the State of Oklahoma, said forest reservation being the Wichita forest reserve, located and situated in Comanche county; and, WHEREAS, The Treasurer of the State of Oklahoma now has on hand money to the credit of said Comanche county for the benefit of the public schools and public roads from the Witchita forest reserve located in said county of Comanche and State of Oklahoma. Section 1. The State Auditor of the State of Oklahoma is hereby authorized and directed to issue his warrant on the State Treasurer of the State of Oklahoma, in favor of the County Treasurer of Comanche county, for any and all money now on hand, or that may hereafter be received from the Secretary of the Treasury on account of money received of said county, derived from said forest reserve; Section 2. The county treasurer of Comanche county is hereby authorized and directed to prorate and place all money derived from the above source to the credit of the following public school and public road funds of said county, to-wit: First: Twenty-five per centum of all money so received to be prorated and apportioned among the various school districts of said county situated and located contiguous to said Witchita forest reserve, according to the scholastic population thereof. Second: Seventy-five per centum to be placed in a special public road fund, to be expended on public roads within the said Wichita forest reserve, under such supervision as may be agreed upon by the commissioners of said county. Section 3. For the preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. Passed the Senate January 14, 1915. Passed the House of Representatives February 4, 1915. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 9. A RESOLUTION relating to the transferal of funds heretofore appropriated for the use and benefit of the Department of Charities and Corrections. Be It Resolved By the Legislature of the State of Oklahoma: Section 1. The State Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer the item of five hundred dollars ($500.00) heretofore appropriated as per the provisions of Chapter 239 of the Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1913, for the use and benefit of the Department of Charities and Corrections, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915, under the item of printing, to a contingent and incidental fund, to the end that said item of five hundred, heretofore referred to, may be made available for the use of said department of Charities and Corrections for the express purpose of meeting incidental and contingent expenses of such department, including stamps, telephone, telegraph, express, freight, and office supplies: Provided that no part of such fund herein authorized to be transferred shall be used to pay salaries or the expense of any service, special or otherwise. Sction 2. For the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. Passed the Senate January 19, 1915. Passed the House of Representatives January 25, 1915. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 12. Be It Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives Concurring Therein: That the following amendment to the Constitution of this State be submitted to the voters of the State for their approval or rejection, in accordance with the Constitution and laws of this State at an election to be held in the year 1916, and that the said amendment to be sumbitted to the voters is to repeal section 12 (a) of article 10 of said Constitution, which is in words and figures as follows, to-wit: "Section 12 (a). All taxes collected for the maintenance of the common schools of this State, and which are levied upon the property of any railroad company, pipe line company, telegraph company, or upon the property of any public service corporation which operates in more than one county in this State, shall be paid into the common school fund and distributed as are other common school funds of this State." Passed the Senate February 20, 1915. Passed the House of Representatives March 5, 1915. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 16. A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution of this state. Be It Enacted By the Legislature of the State of Oklahoma: That the following amendment to the Constitution of this state is hereby proposed; said amendment, with the yeas and nays thereon to be entered in the journals of the respective bodies of the Legislature, and referred by the Secretary of State to the people for their approval or rejection, to-wit: "The district courts shall have original jurisdiction in all civil and criminal cases, except where exclusive jurisdiction is hereafter by legislative enactment conferred on some other court, and such other jurisdiction as may be provided in this Constitution, or by law; provided, nothing herein is intended to prohibit the Legislature from conferring original |