CHAPTER 285.

SESSION LAWS-REPRINT-APPROPRIATION.

(HOUSE BILL No. 320.)

AN ACT authorizing the Secretary of State to reprint Session Laws of 1910, 1911, and 1913, and declaring an emergency.

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

Reprint of Session Laws, 1910-11, 1913.

Section 1. That the Secretary of State is hereby authorized and empowered to have not to exceed two thousand and (2000) copies of the 1910-11 Session Laws and not to exceed twentyfive hundred (2500) copies of the 1913 Session Laws reprinted. A contract for printing of same shall be made by the Board of Public Affairs after advertising the same for bids for not less than ten days.

Section 2. The sum of thirty-five hundred ($3,500) dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of carrying section 1 of this act into effect.

Emergency.

Section 3. 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.

CHAPTER 286.

TOWNSHIP OFFICERS-ABOLISHED IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.

(HOUSE BILL No. 505.)

AN ACT to aboblish the offices of township trustee, township clerk and township treasurer of each township in certain counties in the state of Oklahoma, and confer the powers and duties of said offices on the board of county commissioners, county clerk and county treasurer of such counties, repealing all acts in conflict therewith, and declaring an emergency.

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

Officers Abolished-County Officers to Act.

Section 1. The officers of township trustee, township clerk and township treasurer of each township in the State of Oklahoma are hereby abolished, and the powers and duties of said

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trustee, clerk and treasurer are hereby transferred to and shall be exercised by the Board of County Commissioners of the several counties of the state, whose duty shall be, in addition to the other duties required by law:

First: To audit all accounts or demands legally presented to it against any township in the county.

Second: To make and publish as provided by law, all estimated needs for each township in the county for township road and bridge purposes.

Third: To perform all other duties provided by law for the township board of directors.

County Clerk Custodian of Records.

Section 2. The county clerk of the county is the custodian of all books and records for each municipal township in his county and he shall file in his office all papers, claims, and other demands as are required by law and promptly record such of them as are required by law to be recorded, and he shall discharge all other clerical duties now required by law of the clerk of the township board. The county clerk shall keep separate records and files for each township in his county, such records and files to be kept in the same manner as the records and files of the county clerk are now kept under existing laws. The records and books of each township in the county shall be kept open for public inspection at all times during working hours. Township Funds.

Section 3. All moneys and taxes raised or collected for municipal township purposes from municipal townships shall be kept on deposit in the county treasury in a separate fund to the credit of such municipal township until the same is drawn out for the use of such municipal township upon a warrant duly issued and signed as other warrants. No township funds shall be used or expended except in the township where raised and then only for the purpose for which the same were raised and in the manner provided by law.

Claims Against Township.

Section 4. Any person having a claim account against any municipal township may file such claim or account in the office of the county clerk of the county and the same shall be kept by said clerk on file and laid before the Board of County Commissioners at their next meeting or if the County Commissioners

are in session the same shall be presented to them at that time. That said board of County Commissioners shall determine the legality or illegality of such claim or account, and shall allow all legal claims or accounts in such amount as is just and reasonable, and shall reject all claims or portions thereof found to be illegal. All claims allowed against any township shall be marked "allowed" and the amount for which the same was allowed, shall be stated thereon. All claims rejected shall be marked "rejected." The law relative to allowance or rejection of claims. or accounts against the county shall apply in the allowance or rejection of claims or accounts against township, except as is herein otherwise provided.

Road Overseers.

Section 5. The County Commissioners in each county in which township government has been abolished as aforesaid, shall appoint one or more road overseers in each municipal township in such county who, shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, execute to the State of Oklahoma a bond. in the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars, to be approved by the County Commissioners, and whose duty it shall be to superintend the road work in such township and whose time and compensation shall be fixed by said County Commissioners, not to exceed ($2.00) dollars per day.

Property of Townships Affected.

Section 6. In all counties in which township government is abolished as provided in this act, the township boards shall within twenty days thereafter, turn over to the County Commissioners of such county, all moneys and property belonging to their respective townships.

Counties Exempted.

Section 7. The provisions of this act shall not apply to the following named counties to-wit:

Wagoner, Kay, McIntosh, Oklahoma, Nowata, Garfield, Caddo, Tillman, McCurtain, Pottowatomie, Custer, McClain, Washita, Blaine, Beckham, Kingfisher, Grant, Logan, Ottawa, Woods, Alfalfa, Payne, Texas, Cimarron, Major, Creek, Canadian, Washington, Noble, Woodward, Comanche, Ellis, LeFlore, Pawnee, Cotton, Cherokee, Dewey, Beaver, Harper, Grady and Kiowa.

Repeal of Conflicting Acts.

Section 8. All acts and parts of acts, in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Emergency.

Section 9. 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 March 31, 1915.

CHAPTER 287.

ABSTRACTS-REGULATIONS.

(HOUSE BILL No. 476.)

AN ACT to regulate abstracts in the State of Oklahoma, and to provide what shall be contained therein, and declaring an emergency.

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

Abstract-Specifications.

Section 1. That hereafter in preparing abstracts for any lands in the State of Oklahoma, it shall be only necessary for the abstractor to commence said abstract with the instrument which takes title out of the Government, that is, in the case of homestead patents, with the patent from the Government, and in the case of Indian lands from the deed executed as required by law to the allottee.

Fees.

Section 2. In case any person who desires said abstract to contain any of the treaties with the various Indian Tribes, or Acts of Congress, which were passed prior to the deed to the allottee, the said abstractor shall charge only five cents per page for such matter.

Emergency.

Section 3. 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.

CHAPTER 288.

WAREHOUSES-RECEIPTS-GENERAL LAW.

(SENATE BILL No. 220.)

AN ACT to make uniform the law of warehouse receipts.

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

Who May Issue.

Section 1. Warehouse receipts may be issued by any warehouseman.

Contents Required.

Section 2. Warehouse receipts need not be in any particular form, but every such receipt must embody within its written or printed terms:

(a) The location of the warehouse where the goods are stored.

(b) The date of issue of the receipt.

(c) The consecutive number of the receipt.

(d) A statement whether the goods received will be delivered to the bearer, to a specified person, or to a specified person or his order.

(e) The rate of storage charges.

(f) A description of the goods or of the packages containing them.

(g) The signature of the warehouseman, which may be made by his authorized agent.

(h) If the receipt is issued for goods of which the warehouseman is owner, either solely or jointly or in common with others, the fact of such ownership, and

(i) A statement of the amount of advances made and of liabilities incurred for which the warehouseman claims a lien. If the precise amount of such advances made or of such liabilities incurred is, at the time of the issue of the receipt unknown to the warehouseman or to his agent who issues it, a statement of the fact that advances have been made or liabilities incurred and the purpose thereof is sufficient.

A warehouseman shall be liable to any person injured thereby for all damage caused by the omission from a negotiable receipt of any of the terms herein required.