Act Applicable to Carriers.

Section 5. The provisions of this Act shall apply to employers and employes engaged in intrastate commerce and also to those engaged in interstate or foreign commerce for whom no rule of liability has been established by the Congress of the United States.

False Statements-Misdemeanor.

Section 6. If for the purpose of obtaining any benefit or payment under the provisions of this Act, either for himself or any other person, any person wilfully makes a false statement or representation, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Limitations of Time-Exceptions.

Section 7. No limitation of time provided in this Act shall run as against any person who is mentally incompetent or a minor dependent so long as he has no committee, guardian or next friend.

Commissioner of Labor to Assist.

Section 8. The Commissioner of Labor shall render to the Commission any proper aid and assistance by the department of labor as in his judgment does not interfere with the proper conduct of such department.

Validity of Sections Declared Independent.

Section 9. If any section or provision of this Act be dedecided by the courts to be unconstitutional or invalid, the same shall not effect the validity of this Act as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional or invalid.

Pending Actions.

Section 10. This Act shall not effect any action pending or cause of action existing or which accrued prior to September 1,

1915.

Death or Injury Resulting in Death.

Article 6. Section 1. It is not intended that any of the provisions of this Act shall apply in cases of accidents resulting in death and no right of action for recovery of damages for injuries resulting in death is intended to be denied or affected. Personal Injuries-Court Jurisdiction-Superseded by Commission.

Section 2. The right of action to recover damages for personal injuries not resulting in death arising and occurring in hazardous employments as herein defined, except the right of action

reserved to the State Industrial Commission for the benefit of an injured employe in section two of article two of this Act, is hereby abrogated, and all jurisdiction of the courts of this state over such causes, except as to the cause reserved to the State Industrial Commission for the benefit of injured employees in section two of article two of this Act, is hereby abolished.

Act, When Effective.

Section 3. This Act shall take effect July 1, 1915, provided that the application of this Act as between employers and employes and the payment of compensation for injuries to employes shall take effect September 1, 1915.

Approved this 22d day of March, 1915.

CHAPTER 247.

RAILROAD STATION-NAME TO CORRESPOND WITH NAME OF

TOWN.

(HOUSE BILL No. 22.)

AN ACT to prohibit any corporation or receiver operating a line of railway in whole or in part in the State of Oklahoma or any officer, agent or representative of such corporation or receiver to retain, maintain or establish a name of any railroad station or depot in any corporation or unincorporated town or city within this state, other than the name of the town or city within this state, penalties for violation of this Act and prescribing the venue of suits and prosecutions thereunder.

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

Name of Town to Be Name of Station.

Section 1. It shall hereafter be unlawful for any corporation or receiver operating any line of railroad in whole or in part of this state, or any officer, agent or representative of such corporation or receiver to retain, maintain or establish a name for any railroad station or depot in any incorporated or unincorporated town or city within this state other than the name of the town or city which have and bears, the name of its post office so given by the United States government.

Penalty for Violation.

Section 2. Any officer, agent or representative of any corporation, or receiver operating any line of railroad, in whole or in part, within this state who shall violate the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction

therefor shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred ($200.00) dollars nor more than five hundred ($500.00) dollars for such offense, or by confinement in the county jail for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than ninety (90) days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Provided, that the venue of all suits originating under the provisions of this Act shall be in the county where the station about which the suit occurs is located.

Approved March 23, 1915.

CHAPTER 248.

LEASES ON LANDS-RELEASE FROM RECORD.

(SENATE BILL No. 77.)

AN ACT providing for the release from record of oil, gas and other mineral leases after the forfeiture of the same, and declaring an emergency.

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

Forfeiture of Lease-Release from Record-Penalty.

Section 1. When any lease on land heretofore or hereafter taken shall have become forfeited, it shall be the duty of the lessee, his, her, or their heirs, successors, assigns or legal representatives, within sixty (60) days from the date this Act shall take effect, if such forfeiture occurs prior thereto, and within sixty (60) days from date of forfeiture of any and all other leases, to have such leases released from record in the county. where such land is situated, without cost to the owner or owners thereof; and upon failure to make such release, the owner or owners of the land under lease may notify in writing the holder of the record title to such lease, that the same has become forfeited and demand a release of record of such lease, as herein provided; and if the owner or holder of such lease, or the officer, agent, or other persons whose duty it is to release such lease, shall fail or neglect to release same within thirty days after demand to release has been made in writing, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars.

Emergency.

Section 2. 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 April 6, 1915.

CHAPTER 249.

EXECUTION-UNDERTAKING TO STAY EXECUTION PENDING APPEAL.

(SENATE BILL No. 235.)

AN ACT to amend section 5254 of the Revised Laws of Oklahoma, of 1910, relative to undertakings for stay of execution and the stay of execution pending appeal, and declaring an emergency.

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

Regulating Undertakings to Stay Executions Pending Appeals.

Section 1. That section 5254 of the Revised Laws of Oklahoma of 1910 be amended to read as follows:

"Section 5254. Before an undertaking shall operate to stay execution of a judgment or order, a petition in error must be filed in the appellate court and the execution of the undertaking and the sufficiency of the sureties must be approved by the court in which the judgment was rendered or order made, or by the judge or clerk thereof; provided that at any time when the time for making or contemplating a case-made is extended by the court or judge, the court or judge shall include in such order an order staying execution pending the giving of an undertaking as herein provided for and the time within which the proceedings in error shall be filed in the Supreme Court, in order to continue such stay of execution pending the completion and settling of the case and the filing of the petition in error in the Supreme Court, and in the event that the judgment of the court to which such appeal is taken is against the appellant, judgment shall, at the same time it is entered against the appellant, be entered against the sureties on his said undertaking to stay execution, and execution shall issue thereon against said sureties the same as against their principal, the appellant, and no stay of such execution shall be permitted.

Emergency.

Section 2. 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 22, 1915.

CHAPTER 250.

SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS-STATE FUNDS--APPORTIONMENT TO COUNTIES AND DISTRICTS.

(HOUSE BILL No. 290.)

AN ACT to amend section 5, article 2, chapter 219, of the Session Laws of 1913, relating to apportionment of school funds.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oklahoma:
How Apportioned.

Section 1. An act to amend section 5, article 2, chapter 219, of the Session Laws of 1913, so as to hereafter read as follows:

"Section 5. Within five days after receiving the certificate of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction informing him. of the amount of state school fund which has been apportioned to his county, such county superintendent shall apportion the same, together with the unapportioned county school fund in the county treasury, among the school districts and parts of districts in such county in the ratio of the number of persons of school age who are entitled to receive the same, residing in each district or part of district, as shown by the last annual report of the several clerks of such district and parts of districts; provided, that no district in which a common school has not been taught for at least three months within the last two preceding school years, shall be entitled to receive any portion of said funds, and he shall draw his order on the county treasurer in favor of each of the several school districts for the amount apportioned to such district."

Approved March 30, 1915.