(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 All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed.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 Ware- . house Receipt Act. Approved March 30, 1915. 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, nineteen 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 of said county, derived from said forest reserve; Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives: 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 from the Wichita forest reserve located in said county of Comanche and State of Okla. homa. 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 Wichita forest reserve, according to the scholastic population thereof. Second: Seventy-five percentum 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 dollars, 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. Section 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 submitted 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 26, 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 jurisdiction upon the Supreme Court. The district courts, until otherwise provided by the legislature, shall have the original jurisdiction of the probate court. It shall probate wills, appoint guardians of minors, idiots, lunatics, persons non compos mentis, and common drunkards; grant letters testamentary and of administration, settle accounts of executors, adinistrators and guardians; transact all business appertaining to the estates of deceased persons, minors, idiots, lunatics, persons non compos mentis, and common drunkards, including the sale, settlement, partition, and distribution of the estates thereof, and exercise the general jurisdiction of probate courts. The jurisdiction of the county courts, which are hereby abolished, is hereby vested in the district courts, except as may be hereafter provided by law. The clerk to the district court in each county shall be appointed by the judge or judges of said court, and draw a salary to be fixed by the Legislature, and hold office at his or their pleasure, and may exercise such judicial power as the Legislature may provide, and all orders, judgments and acts of such clerk may be vacated, modified or affirmed by the district court or judge thereof, on exceptions and objections filed in said court by any person aggrieved thereby under such rules of practice as the Legislature may prescribe. The judge of the district court shall not be eligible to become a candidate for any other office while holding office, except to succeed himself; provided, that this amendment shall not become effective until the second Monday of January, 1917." Passed the Senate February 25, 1915. Passed the House of Representatives March 6, 1915. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 18. 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 Supreme Court and the Criminal Court of Appeals, as now constituted, shall be and the same are hereby consolidated, and shall hereafter be known as the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, which court, until the number shall be changed by the Legislature, shall consist of nine (9) justices, who may be nominated from districts or the state at large, or part from districts and other from the state at large, and elected from districts or the state at large or part from districts and others from the state at large, as may be provided by the Legislature. The Criminal Court of Appeals, as the same shall be constituted at the time this provision takes effect, shall constitute one division of said court, and shall be known as the Criminal Division of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma. The other six members of the Supreme Court shall comprise the five members constituting the court at the time this provision takes effect, and another member to be appointed by the governor, to hold office beginning with the second Monday in January, 1917, and ending with the second Monday in January, 1919. At the general election to be held in 1918, his successor shall be elected for a full term of six years. Said six members of said court shall constitute the civil department of the Supreme Court of the state and shall be divided into civil divisions, so that each of said civil divisions shall consist of at least three justices. The divisions |