Section 10. Forfeiture of appeal bond. If, without sufficient cause shown, the defendant neglects to appear according to the terms of the recognizance, bond or undertaking, either for hearing, trial, or judgment, or upon any other occasion when his presence in court shall be lawfully required, or to surrender himself in execution of the judgment, the court must direct the fact to be entered upon its minutes, and that the recognizance, bond, or undertaking, or the money deposited instead thereof, as the case may be, is, and thereupon shall be, declared forfeited.

Section 11. Witnesses may be bound to appear. When an appeal is taken, the municipal judge must, if the application be made by either party, cause all material witnesses as shall be requested by such party, to enter into an undertaking, requiring their appearance at the trial of such cause in the appellate

court.

Section 12. Transmission of records and documents. A municipal judge may be compelled by the appellate court by an an order entered upon motion to transmit a transcript of such case, the undertaking and all documents and papers filed in the case, to such county court, and if the return be defective, to make further return and he may be fined by such court for failure or refusal to so do.

Section 13. Change or renewal of undertaking. In proceedings on appeal hereunder, when the surety in the undertaking shall be insufficient or such undertaking shall be insufficient in amount or form, it shall be lawful for the appellate court, on motion, to order a change or renewal of such undertaking, and in default thereof, said court may cause the defendant to be committed to prison.

Section 14. Judgment. In all trials upon such appeals, if the defendant be found guilty, the judge of the county court shall render judgment accordingly. Any person so convicted. before such court upon such appeal shall be punished by such fine or imprisonment or both as may be prescribed by ordinance, and be assessed by the verdict of the jury trying such case, which shall include the costs in all courts, or by the court in the event a jury shall be waived. It shall be a part of the judgment that the defendant stand committed in the city jail of the city wherein the offense was committed, and in the event there

be no such jail therein, then in the county jail of the county. until the judgment be complied with. The defendant when so committed shall be credited at the rate of one dollar per day upon the fine and costs which shall be assessed against him. Repeal of Conflicting Acts.

Section 15. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with any provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Emergency.

Section 16. 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 12, 1915.

CHAPTER 148.

WORK AND LABOR-WOMEN-NINE HOUR DAY.

(SENATE BILL No. 10.)

AN ACT regulating the hours of employment of females in certain industries, and providing a penalty therefor.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oklahoma:

Nine Hour Day for Women-Business Included.

Section 1. That no female shall be employed or permitted to work in any manufacturing, mechanical, or mertancile establishment, laundry, bakery, hotel or restaurant, office building or warehouse, or telephone establishment or office or printing establishment, or book bindery, or any theater, show house or place of amusement, more than nine hours in any one day. Exceptions in Times of Calamity or Rush-Double Pay.

Section 2. The hours of work may be so arranged to permit the employment of females at any time so that they shall not work more than nine hours within twenty-four hours of any one day; provided, however, that in time of great disaster, calamity, or epidemic, telephone establishment may work their operators, with their consent, for a greater number of hours. in any one day than above stated; said operators to be paid not less than double their regular compensation for such extra time; provided, this Act shall not apply to females who are registered

pharmacists, or employed as stenographers, or nurses, and, provided further, however, that in case of emergency in hotels, and restaurants, females may work to a maximum of ten hours during the twenty-four hours with their consent; such females to be paid not less than double their regular compensation for such extra time; and, provided, further, that this Act shall apply only to towns and cities containing a population of 5,000 or more as shown by the last federal census, or any federal census hereafter taken.

Conveniences for Women-Seats for Rest.

Section 3. Every employer in any manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment, or workshop, laundry, printing office, dress making or millinery establishment, hotel, restaurant, or theater, or telegraph or telephone establishment and office or any other establishment employing any female, shall provide suitable seats for all female employes and permit them. to use such seats when not engaged in the active performance of the duties of their employment.

Penalty for Violation.

Section 4. Any employer, overseer, superintendent, foreman, or other agent of any such employer, who shall require any female to work in any of the places mentioned in sections 1 and 2 more than the number of hours provided for in this Act, during any day of twenty-four hours, or who shall fail, neglect or refuse to so arrange the work of females employed in said places mentioned in sections 1 and 2, so that they shall work more than the number of hours provided for in this Act during any day of twenty-four (24) hours or the number of hours prescribed in this Act, in any one week, or who shall fail, neglect or refuse to provide suitable seats as provided in section 3, of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty ($50.00) dollars nor more than two hundred ($200.00) dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not less than five (5) nor more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprison

ment.

Approved March 13, 1915.

CHAPTER 149.

ABANDONMENT-WIFE OR CHILD.

(SENATE BILL No. 20S.)

AN ACT defining abandonment of wife or children and providing a punishment therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oklahoma:

Abandonment of Wife or Children-Punishment.

Section 1. That every person who shall without good cause abandon his wife and neglect and refuse to maintain and provide for her, and who shall abandon his or her minor child or children under the age of twelve years, in destitute or necessitous circumstances, and wilfully neglect or refuse to maintain or provide for such child or children, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail, or at hard labor on the public roads of the county not less than one month nor more than twelve months, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and should a fine be imposed it may be directed by the court to be paid, in whole or in part, to the wife, or to the guardian or custodian of the minor child or children, provided that before the trial (with the consent of the defendant), or after conviction, instead of imposing the punishment hereinbefore provided, or in addition thereto, the court in its discretion having regard to the circumstances and financial ability of the defendant, shall have the power to pass an order, which shall be subject to change by it from time to time as the circumstances may require, directing the defendant to pay a certain sum weekly for one year to the wife, guardian or custodian of the minor child or children, and to release the defendant from the custody, on probation, for the space of one year upon his or her entering into a recognizance, with or without surety, in such sums as the court may direct. The conditions of the recognizance shall be such that if the defendant shall make his or her personal appearance in court whenever ordered to do so within a year, and shall further comply with the terms of the order, then the recognizance shall be void, otherwise in full force and effect. If the court be satisfied by information and due proof, under oath, that at any time during the year the defendant has violated the terms of such order, it may forthwith proceed with

the trial of the defendant under the original indictment, or sentence him or her under the original conviction, as the case may be. In a case of forfeiture of a recognizance and enforcement thereof by execution the sum recovered may, in the discretion of the court, be paid in whole or in part to the wife, guardian or custodian of the minor child or children.

Evidence for Prosecution.

Section 2. No other evidence shall be required to prove marriage of such husband and wife, or that such person is the lawful father or mother of such child or children than is or shall be required to prove such fact in a civil action, and such. wife shall be a competent witness to testify in any case brought under this Act, and to any and all matters relevant thereto, including the fact of such marriage and the parentage of such child or children.

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 13, 1915.

CHAPTER 150.

BRIDGES JOINT OWNERSHIP-PUBLIC SERVICE AND MUNICIPAL

CORPORATIONS.

(SENATE BILL No. 301.)

AN ACT to amend section 7633 of the Revised Laws of the State of Oklahoma, 1910, otherwise known as the Harris-Day Code; being an Act for the joint construction, maintenance, ownership and use of bridges over streams, rivers or creeks by public service corporations, cities, counties, towns or townships, and the issuance of bonds in payment therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oklahoma:

Bridges May Be Jointly Built-Manner.

Section 1.. That section 7633 of the Revised Laws of Oklahoma, 1910, otherwise known as the Harris-Day Code, be amended to read as follows:

“Section 7633.

Any public service corporation organized