The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-06-16
NEW STATE LAWS
IN FORCE TONIGHT
Nearly One Hundred Laws Passed BY
Third Legislature Will Be in
Effect Saturday.

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acts of the third legislature go into
effect after midnight tonight. having
been passed without the emergency
4 clause, otherwise they would have
/ been operative as soon as approved by
/ the governor
Among the new laws Is that provid.
/ ing for sale of the remaining sections
. of state school land amounting to
about 100000 acres, all situated in
/ the western part Of the state (former
Oklahoma Territory, preference right
\ being given to the lessee to buy all
. he has leased purchases may be made
for cash after five years. or on forty
4 years time.
Another is that abolishing the Of
| flee of township assessor. and author
| izing the governor to appoint seventy
seven county assessor but such ap-
/ pointees do not take charge of their
offices until January 8, 1912. One other
4 act which amends the prohibition law
4 by revising the penalties for violations
. and making the third a felony with
punishment by confinement in the
penitentiary, also requires destruction
. Of liquor as soon as adjudged to be
contraband, authorizes appointment Of
| state enforcement officer and abol-
ishes state and local dispensaries the
latter being nineteen in number.
The list also includes laws creating
the Office of state highway commits
. sioner, with salary of $2,500 per
year and $1,000 for expenses, and levy
ing state tax against automobiles Of
81 per year; regulating the practice of
optometry; regulating sale of CONNER
cial feed stuffs (Texas law, and the
act creating the. department Of state
fire marshal, with one assistant.
Other bills which did not bear the
emergency clause were as follows:
Permitting actions to quiet title to
real estate to be brought either hyper
sons IN or out OF Possession Of such
real estate.
Making October Columbus day, a
state holiday.
Legalizing deeds TO property in the
state normal grounds at Edmond
&Amending Che law by which coun-
ties may establish county poor farms.
Authorizing benevolent, religious or
charitable institutions to retain 10 per
cent Of gross proceeds from sale of
cemetery lots.
Providing that actions to vocate or
modify judgments of court must be
commenced within six months.
Authorizing the state commissioner
Of charities and corrections to inter-
yene in behalf of minor orphans in
certain cases.
Making county court towns of Erick
and Elk City in Beckham county;
Lindsay and Stafford In Garvin coun-
sy; Crowder in Pittsburg county, and
Grove in Delaware county. authoriz-
ng the employment of clerk of the
county court at the town of Thomas.
Amending law for changing county
ines.
Permitting organization of trust
companies for towns of 5000 people.
Giving purchasers of town lots in
tate school land tracts additional
ime IN which TO make deferred pay
rents.
Appropriation bills giving $5.S00 for
quiprlent at Chickaaha school for
girls $4,000 for support of state his
orscal society for two years; $780,
5o for Agricultural and Mechanical
ollege buildings; $125,O00 for law
building at state university; $4,000 for
equipment of boys and girls dormi-
ory at Langston university; $65,0OO
or buildings at state school of mines
It Wilburton; $4,000 for purchase of
additional land for the state reform
Atory at Granite; $4,000 for statue of
Sequoyah in Stauary hall in Washing
on: $11 ,450 for heating plant at Clare
more, $500 for relief of Ira L. Gibbs,
lnjured while in the service of the
tate
Making first half of taxes due No
ember 1. and delinquent after Jan
slary if first half is paid by Decem-
Ter |, then the second half becomes de-
alQuent June IS, otherwise all are de-
Iinnue4k January / with 1S per cent
penalty thereafter.
establishing laborers' lien law (fol-
lows the Arkansas law.)
F'eFmitting Arapaho Cemetery Assoc
! Mtion to purchase school land for
aetery purposes.
Il permitting ex-soldiers to peddle
| bout a license.
liking terms of judges of superior
\ OUTS four years instead of two.
Defining the duties of state printer.