CHAPTER 212. OKLAHOMA NATIONAL GUARD-MILITARY PROPERTY. (SENATE BILL No. 368.) AN ACT to amend sections 65 and 86, of chapter 164 of the Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1913, relating to the Oklahoma National Guard. Be It Enacted By the People Of The State Of Oklahoma: Misappropriation of Military Property. Section 1. Section 65 of chapter 164 of the Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1913, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 65. (Officers must report illegal disposition of property). All civil peace officers, all commissioned and noncommissioned officers of the National Guard, and commissioned officers of the regular army are enjoined to seize immediately all military property found in the possession of any person who has not had said military property regularly issued to him by the legal authority, or from any person who shall secrete, sell, dispose of, offer for sale, purchase, or retain said military property after demand has been made upon said person or persons for the return of said military property, and said civil peace officers, comissioned and non-commissioned officers of the National Guard and commissioned officers of the regular army shall make due report of his action to the Adjutant General of the State." Call for Duty. Section 2. Section 86, of chapter 164 of the Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1913, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 86. It shall be the duty of the Governor and he is authorized and required in case of war, invasion, insurrection, or breach of the peace, or imminent danger thereof, or any forcible obstructing of the execution of the laws or reasonable apprehension thereof, and at all other times he may deem necessary, to order on duty the National Guard or any part thereof. No member thereof who shall be ordered out for such duty shall be liable for civil prosecution for any act done by him in the discharge of his military duty on such occasion, and when the President of the United States shall make a call or requisition for troops, the Governor shall first order in to the service of the United States the organization and arms of the service specified in said requisition. Whenever the National Guard or any part of it is ordered on active duty, the officers and men shall receive the same pay and allowance as provided in the United States Army." Approved April 1, 1915. CHAPTER 213. GAGE COURT TOWN-REPEAL. (HOUSE BILL No. 248.) AN ACT repealing sections 1873 to 1878 inclusive of article 2, chapter 21. of the Revised Laws of Oklahoma, 1910; relating to the establishment of a county court at Gage, in Ellis County, and declaring an emergency. Be It Enacted By the People Of The State Of Oklahoma: Repeal of Act. Section 1. That section 1873 to 1878 inclusive of article 2, chapter 21 of the Revised Laws of Oklahoma, 1910, be and the same is hereby repealed. Disposition of Pending Cases. Section 2. That the causes of action now pending in the county court at Gage, whether criminal, civil or probate, are hereby transferred to the County Court at Arnett, there to be determined the same as though originally filed in the County Court at Arnett, and all records and original files of all causes, criminal, civil or probate shall be forthwith transferred to the office of the County Court at Arnett. Furniture and Fixtures. Section 3. All furniture, fixtures and supplies of any nature now in or belonging o the County Court at Gage, shall be removed or disposed of under the direction and control of the board of County Commissioners, of Ellis County, Oklahoma. Emergency. Section 4. 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 force from and after its passage and approval. Approved April 2, 1915. 12-S. L. CHAPTER 214. STATE BOARD OF AFFAIRS-EXCHANGE OF PROPERTIES. (HOUSE BILL No. 587.) AN ACT amending House Bill No. 209, chapter 197, Session Laws of the 1913 Legislature, by adding a new section, conferring further duties upon the State Board of Public Affairs; and declaring an emergency. Be It Enacted By the People Of The State Of Oklahoma: Exchange of Properties Produced by State Institution. Section 1. That House Bill No. 209, chapter 197, being an act conferring additional duties and powers on the State Board of Public Affairs, be amended by adding thereto a new section to be known as section 5 of said act, and to read as follows: Section 5. That the State Board of Public Affairs shall have full and complete authority to trade and transfer any products produced or manufactured by any state institution for any commodity required for the support, maintenance or operation of any farm or manufacturing industry located at said institution. Provided further, that in making said transfer or trade of any product or manufactured article, as provided in this act, that said State Board of Public Affairs shall keep a full record of said trade or transfer, and report same to the Governor of State of Oklahoma each quarter. Emergency. Section 2. 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 April 2, 1915. CHAPTER 215. (HOUSE BILL No. 624.) AN ACT making an appropriation to pay deficiencies in the State Examiner and Inspector's office; making an appropriation for the enforcement of the oil and gas conservation laws of the State; and for the Industrial Institute and College for Girls, Chickasha, Oklahoma, and declaring an emergency. Be It Enacted By the People Of The State Of Oklahoma: Examiner and Inspector-Court Commissioners-Oil and Gas. Section 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of sixteen thousand three hundred twenty-seven dollars to pay the deficiency for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915, in the State Examiner's and Inspector's office and the Industrial Institute and College for Girls, at Chickasha, Oklahoma, for the period ending June 30, 1915; and to pay salaries and expenses of the Supreme Court Commission for the balance of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915; and for the enforcement of the oil and gas conservation laws of the state, five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars. STATE EXAMINER AND INSPECTOR. For expenses of office 850.00 INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE AND COLLEGE FOR GIRLS. For support and maintenance $1,227.00 For the enforcement of the oil and gas conservation laws of the State $5,000.00 SUPREME COURT COMMISSION. Salaries of nine commissioners__ Salaries of six stenographers Contingent fund, stationery, stamps, telephone' and inci dentals Extra pay for district judges Approved April 2, 1915. $6,750.00 $1,800.00 $ 200.00 -$ 500.00 CHAPTER 216. BONDS OF CITIES-RENEWAL BONDS-EXCHANGES OF SAME. (HOUSE BILL No. 234.) AN ACT to authorize the mayor and councilmen or other legislative body of cities of the first class to issue renewal bonds to extend the time of payment of any past due street improvement bonds and interest thereon at a lower rate of interest to extend the time of paying paving assessments and to distribute the surplus remaining in any separate special fund of any street improvement after all bonds or renewals thereof have been fully paid. Be It Enacted By the People Of The State Of Oklahoma: Renewal City Bonds. Section 1. The mayor and councilmen, or other proper legislative body of cities of the first class, are hereby authorized to issue renewal bonds bearing a rate of interest not to exceed six per cent per annum and to extend the time of payment for a period not to exceed ten years of any past due street improvement bonds and interest thereon heretofore issued or hereafter to be issued by any city of the first class under authortiy of an act entitled: "An act to provide for the improvement of streets and other pub lic places within cities of the first class by grading, paving, macadamizing, curbing, guttering and draining the same and declaring an emergency," approved April 17, 1908, and amendments thereof. Terms of Exchange. Section 2. Before any such renewal bonds shall be issued or delivered to the holder of any past due improvement bond or the interest thereon said holder must have first entered into a written agreement with such legislative body of such city containing the terms of surrender and cancellation of past due bonds and interest thereon and the acceptance in lieu thereof of said renewal bonds bearing not to exceed six per cent interest and containing such other terms and conditions as said legislative body of such city deem advisable or for the best interests of said city. and the property owners interested; provided, that nothing in this Act shall be held to abrogate the right which any property owner now has by law to pay his paving assessments and be discharged from said lien independently of any other property owner or street improvement district of the lien of any paving assessments or bonds on such property owner or district. Issuance-Regulations. Section 3. Such renewal bonds shall be authorized by resolution or ordinance, shall be signed by the mayor and attested by the clerk or, in cities not having such officials, by officers performing the duties of such officials, shall be authenticated by the corporate seal of such city, shall be registered by the city clerk or other similar officer of such city in a book to be provided for that purpose and certificates of such registration shall be endorsed by such clerical officer on each of said bonds. Said renewal bonds must recite on their face that they are issued in pursuance to this act setting forth the date and the maturity of the bonds extended or renewed, the name or number of the improvement district, or having no name or number, then the street or streets for the improvement of which said bonds were issued. Two or more installments or maturities of the same issue of improvement bonds may be extended or renewed in one resolution or ordinance, but a separate issue or series must be authorized for each installment or maturity renewed so that the installment of assessments levied for the payment of that particular maturiay or installment of bonds will be kept separate and applied by the city treasurer upon |