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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 65. Public Libraries › §65-560. Retirement system.

If, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 37 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or of any statute supplemental thereto or of any charter provision of the city, a retirement system is established for the employees of the city, the employees of the city-county library system may be included in that retirement system on the same basis applicable to employees of the city, if the commission so recommends and the governing body of the city approves. Nothing otherwise provided by law shall operate to prohibit the appropriation of county funds for the payment of the county's pro rata share of the contribution to be made to the retirement fund on behalf of the employees of the city-county library system. In the event funds become available for library purposes pursuant to the provisions of Article X, Section 10A, of the Oklahoma Constitution, the entire contribution on behalf of the employees of the city-county library system may be paid from such funds. The commission may act so as to cause its employees to be included in the state retirement system and from its funds make the contributions necessary therefor. The commission may, in lieu of participation in the above-mentioned retirement systems, provide for the retirement of the employees of the city-county library system by the establishment of a self-insured trust, or by the purchase of annuity contracts or pension contracts from any insurance company authorized to do business in the State of Oklahoma.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 192, § 10, emerg. eff. June 8, 1965. Amended by Laws 1968, c. 196, § 1, emerg. eff. April 15, 1968.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-7.1. Certain maps to be filed with Archives and Records Division of Department of Libraries.

Any railroad corporation abandoning any section of track or right-of-way in the state shall file a copy of all maps pertaining to said section of track or right-of-way with the Archives and Records Division of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries within six (6) months after a final decision and certificate of abandonment has been issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Laws 1981, c. 39, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-9. Extensions and branches may be built.

Any railroad corporation may, under the provisions of this article, extend its road from any point named in its charter or articles of organization, or may build branch roads either from any point on its line of road or from any point on the line of any other road connecting or to be connected with its road, the use of which other roads between such points and the connection with its own road such corporation shall have secured by lease or agreement for a term of not less than ten (10) years from its date. Before making such extension or building any such branch road, such corporation shall, by resolution of its directors, to be entered in the record of its proceedings, designate the route of such proposed extension or branch in the manner provided in Section 1376, and file a copy of such record, certified by the president and secretary, in the office of the Secretary of State, and cause the same to be recorded as provided in said Section 1376. Thereupon such corporation shall have all the rights and privileges to make such extension or build such branch and receive aid thereto which it would have had if it had been authorized in its charter or articles of organization. But this section shall not be construed to authorize any railroad corporations to consolidate with each other.
R.L. 1910, § 1384.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-12. To restore stream or highway.

Every corporation constructing, owning, or using a railroad, shall restore every stream of water, watercourse, street, highway, plank road, toll or wagon road, turnpike, or canal, across, along, or upon which said railroad may be constructed, to its former state, or to such condition as that its usefulness shall not be materially impaired, and thereafter maintain the same in such condition against any effects in any manner produced by such railroad. When any lands shall be required in order to change any highway, street, turnpike, or plank road, toll or wagon road, the same may be condemned, taken, and compensation made in the manner provided by law, and, when taken, shall become a part of such highway, street, turnpike, or plank road, toll or wagon road, to the same extent as, and by the same tenure, by which the adjacent parts thereof are held.
R.L. 1910, § 1387.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-14. What property subject to mortgage.

All rolling stock of any railroad corporation organized under the provisions of this article, used and employed in connection with its railroad, and all fuel necessary to the operation of the same, are declared and shall be held to be fixtures; and all such property, and all additional rights-of-way, depot grounds, and other real property, acquired subsequently to the execution of any trust deed or mortgage which shall have been described or provided for therein, shall be subject to the lien thereof to the same extent as the property therein described, which the corporation owned at the time of its execution.
R.L. 1910, § 1389.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-15. Execution of conveyance or lease.

Every conveyance or lease, deed of trust, mortgage or satisfaction thereof, made by any railroad corporation, of any franchises, real estate fixtures, or other real property, in pursuance of law, shall be executed and acknowledged in the manner in which conveyances of real estate by corporations are required to be, to entitle the same to be recorded, and shall be recorded in the office of the Secretary of State, who shall endorse thereon his certificate thereof, specifying the day and hour of its reception, and the volume and page where recorded, which shall be evidence of such facts. Every such record of any such instrument shall, from the time of reception, have the same effect as to any property in this state described therein, as the record of any similar instrument in the office of a register of deeds may have by law as to property in his county, and shall be notice of the rights and interests of the grantee, lessee, or mortgagee, by such instrument to the same extent as if it were recorded in each and all of the several counties in which any property therein described may be situated.
R.L. 1910, § 1390.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-22. Reporting to Corporation Commission.

Every railroad corporation shall provide an identical copy of its annual report as filed with the Surface Transportation Board, or its successor, to the Corporation Commission on or before the fifteenth day of May of each year. Railroad corporations not required to file annual reports with the Surface Transportation Board shall furnish information to the Corporation Commission upon request.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 29, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1997. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 297, § 1, emerg. eff. May 22, 2002.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-51. Power to enter upon lands.

Every railroad corporation incorporated under this article, and any railroad corporation authorized to construct, operate or maintain a railroad within this state, has power and is authorized to enter upon any land for the purpose of examining and surveying its railroad, and to take, hold and appropriate so much real estate as may be necessary for the location, construction and convenient use of its road, including all necessary grounds for buildings, stations, workshops, depots, machine shops, switches, sidetracks, turntables, snow defences and water stations; all material for the construction of such road and its appurtenances, and the right-of-way over adjacent land sufficient to enable such corporation to construct and repair its road and the right to conduct water to its water stations, and to construct and maintain proper drains, and may obtain the right to such real estate by purchase or condemnation in the manner provided by the law.
R.L. 1910, § 1397.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-52. May purchase or take realty.

Any railroad corporation may purchase and use real property for a price to be agreed upon with the owners thereof; or the damages to be paid by such corporation for any real property taken as aforesaid, when not agreed upon, shall be ascertained and determined as hereinafter provided.
R.L. 1910, § 1399.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-54. Taking by eminent domain - Owner entitled to compensation, when.

When possession is taken of property condemned, as provided herein, the owner shall be entitled to the immediate receipt of the compensation awarded, without prejudice to the right of either party to prosecute further proceedings for the judicial determination of the sufficiency or insufficiency of said compensation.
R.L. 1910, § 1401.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-56. Taking by eminent domain - Appeal to Supreme Court.

Either party aggrieved may appeal from the decision of the district court to the Supreme Court; but such review or appeal shall not delay the prosecution of the work on such railroad over the premises in question, if such corporation shall first have paid to the owner of said real property, or deposited with the said clerk for said owner, the amount so assessed by said commissioners or district court; and in no case shall said corporation be liable for the costs on such review or appeal, unless the owner of such real property shall be adjudged entitled, upon either review or appeal, to a greater amount of damages than was awarded by said commissioners. The corporation shall in all cases pay the costs and expenses of the first assessment. And in case of review or appeal, the final decision may be transmitted by the clerk of the proper court, duly certified, to the proper register of deeds, to be by him filed and recorded as hereinbefore provided for the recording of the report, and with like effect. The fee of land over which a mere easement is taken, without the consent of the owner, shall remain in such owner subject only to the use for which it was taken.
R.L. 1910, § 1403.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-57. Eminent domain and condemnation proceedings by railroads.

The provisions of this article with reference to eminent domain shall apply to all corporations having the right to eminent domain, and shall apply to the State of Oklahoma and its various educational, reformatory, penal and eleemosynary institutions, including departments of state having the power to purchase real property for public purposes, and such institutions and departments shall have the right under this article to acquire fee simple title to the property taken. When the State of Oklahoma through the managing board or commission of the institution or department of state concerned is unable to purchase any real property needed for any such institution or department, condemnation proceedings to take the same and to pay damages therefor may be instituted in the name of the State of Oklahoma by the managing board or commission of the institution or department of state involved; and all such institutions and corporations shall have the right, under the provisions of this article, to acquire right-of-way over, under, along or across the property or right-of-way of any other such corporation, not inconsistent with the purposes for which such property was taken or acquired. In all cases of condemnation of property for either public or private use, the determination of the character of the use shall be a judicial question; and the procedure shall be as provided herein: Provided, that in case any corporation or municipality authorized to exercise the right of eminent domain shall have taken and occupied, for purposes for which it might have resorted to condemnation proceedings, as provided in this article, any land, without having purchased or condemned the same, the damage thereby inflicted upon the owner of such land shall be determined in the manner provided in this article for condemnation proceedings.
R.L. 1910, § 1404; Laws 1929, c. 24, p. 20, § 1, emerg. eff. March 19, 1929.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-58. Commissioners to act in all cases.

Freeholders so appointed shall be the commissioners to assess all the damages to the owners of real property in said county or subdivision; and said corporation may, at any time after their appointment, upon the refusal of any owner or guardian of any owner of lands in said county or subdivision to grant the right-of-way as aforesaid, by giving said owner or guardian ten (10) days' notice thereof in the manner required on the original appointment of commissioners, have the damages assessed in the manner hereinbefore prescribed. In case of the death, absence, or refusal or neglect of any of said freeholders to act as commissioners as aforesaid, the sheriff shall, upon the selection of the district judge, summon other freeholders to complete the panel, and said commissioners shall receive Three Dollars ($3.00) per day each for their services, and the same shall be taxed in the bill of costs.
R.L. 1910, § 1405.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-59. Settlement with incompetents.

Whenever any railroad corporation shall take any real property as aforesaid, of any minor, any person who is incapacitated or partially incapacitated as such terms are defined by Section 1-111 of Title 30 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the guardian of the minor, or incompetent person, may agree and settle with the corporation for all damages or claims by reason of the taking of such real property, and may give valid releases and discharges therefor upon the approval thereof by the judge of the county court.
R.L. 1910, § 1406. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 246, § 31, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-60. Unknown owner.

If upon the location of said railroad it shall be found to run through the real property of any nonresident owner who is unknown to the corporation, or who has not been by it informed thereof, and has neither granted nor refused to grant the right-of-way through and over his said premises, the said corporation may give four (4) weeks' notice to such owner, if known, and if not known, by a description of such real property, by publication four (4) consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in the county or subdivision where such real property may lie, if there be any, and if not, in one nearest thereto on the line of their said road, that said railroad has been located through and over his lands; and if said owner do not, within thirty (30) days thereafter, apply to the district judge to have the damages assessed, in the mode prescribed in this article, said corporation may proceed to have the damages assessed as herein before provided, subject to the same right of review and appeal, as in case of resident owners; and upon payment of damages assessed to the clerk of the district court, the corporation shall acquire all the rights and privileges mentioned in this article.
R.L. 1910, § 1407.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-61. Right-of-way on public lands - Damages to occupants.

Any railroad corporation is authorized to pass over, occupy and enjoy all the public lands, to the extent and in the manner prescribed by the Act of Congress approved March 3, 1875: Provided, that the damages accruing to any occupant or possessory claimant or other person who may reside on or have improvements upon said public land, shall be determined and paid by said railroad corporation as provided in this chapter for owners of private lands.
R.L. 1910, § 1408.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-62. Changing line or grade.

Whenever any railroad corporation shall find it necessary, for the purpose of avoiding annoyance to public travel, or dangerous or difficult curves or grades, or unsafe or unsubstantial grounds or foundations, or for other reasonable causes, to change the grade or location of any portion of its road, such railroad corporation shall be and is hereby authorized to make such changes of grade and location, not departing from its general route. And for the purpose of making any such change in the location and grades of any such roads as aforesaid, such corporation shall have all the rights, powers and privileges to enter upon and appropriate such real property, and make surveys necessary to effect such changes and grades, upon the same terms, and subject to the same obligations, rules and regulations as are prescribed by law; and shall also be liable in damages, when any may have been caused by such change to the owner of real property upon which such road was heretofore constructed, to be ascertained and paid, or deposited as herein provided; but no damages shall be allowed unless claimed within ninety (90) days after actual notice in writing of such intended change shall be given to such owner residing on the premises, or, if nonresident, notice by such publication in some newspaper in general circulation, as the district judge may order.
R.L. 1910, § 1409.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-63. Municipal authorities may convey - Improvement districts - How highways occupied.

If it shall be necessary, in the location of any part of any railroad, to occupy any road, street, alley or public way or ground of any kind, or any part thereof, it shall be competent for the municipal, or other corporation, or public officer, or public authorities owning or having charge thereof, and the railroad corporation, to agree upon the manner, and upon the terms and conditions upon which the same may be used or occupied; and if said parties shall be unable to agree thereon, and it shall be necessary, in the judgment of the directors of such railroad corporation, to use or occupy such road, street, alley, or other public way or ground, such corporation may appropriate so much of the same as may be necessary for the purpose of such road, in the same manner and upon the same terms as are provided in this chapter for the appropriation of the property of individuals. Provided, however, that if any railroad shall be so located as to occupy any road or public way, constructed by any road improvement district organized under the laws of this state, for a greater distance than one-fourth (1/4) of one (1) mile, before any such railroad shall acquire the right to enter upon, use, occupy and maintain its railroad along such, and upon such public highway, it shall file in the office of the county clerk, in the county wherein such road improvement district is located, a statement showing the total length of the line proposed to be located along, and upon, such public highway, the amount of compensation they propose to pay to such road improvement district for the use of such public highway, and the time and manner in which such payment is to be made. Immediately upon the filing of such proposal, the county clerk shall notify the county commissioners and shall cause same to be published in one issue, at the expense of the railroad company, of some newspaper of general circulation within said road improvement district. The county commissioners shall meet within ten (10) days and shall immediately order an election to be held, within such road improvement district, for the purpose of submitting, to the qualified electors within such road improvement district, the question of accepting or rejecting the proposal of such railroad company. They shall pass all orders and resolutions necessary for the holding of such elections and shall canvass the returns thereof, and declare the result, and if three-fifths (3/5) of all the votes cast on such question shall be in favor of the acceptance of the proposal of said railroad company, the same shall be accepted and the board of county commissioners shall have power to execute all contracts and do all things necessary to secure to said road improvement district the performance of the conditions of such proposal of said railroad company.
R.L. 1910, § 1410; Laws 1910-11, c. 71, p. 167, § 1, emerg. eff. March 11, 1911.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-64. Execution of conveyances by certain estates and guardianships.

When an estate is being probated, or a minor or incompetent person has a legal guardian, the administrator or executor of the estate, or guardian of the minor or incompetent person, shall have the authority to execute all instruments of conveyance provided for in this chapter on behalf of the estate, minor or incompetent person without other proceedings than approval by the judge of the district court endorsed on the instrument of conveyance. Competent evidence to prove that reasonable compensation is being paid for the execution of said instrument shall be presented to the court prior to said approval.
Laws 1971, c. 33, § 2, operative Jan. 1, 1972.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-65. Purchase of abandoned real property or real property of bankrupt railroad company - Priority - Price.

A. 1. Any person who owns real property adjacent to real property owned by a railroad company shall have first priority to purchase such real property, at the price provided by subsection D of this section, from the railroad company upon the bankruptcy of the railroad company or the abandonment of the real property as determined by the Interstate Commerce Commission and offered for sale if such real property is not purchased within one (1) year by:
a.
Another railroad company;
b.
Businesses operated on such railroad property pursuant to a lease or other agreement which was in effect at the time bankruptcy or abandonment occurred;
c.
The State Department of Transportation under the authority of the Railroad Revitalization Act, Section 302.1 et seq. of this title;
d.
Other federal entities for valid public purposes; or
e.
In counties of over five hundred thousand (500,000) population, municipalities or counties, or joint agreements between municipalities and counties for valid public purposes.
2. If any of the persons or entities specified in paragraph 1 of this subsection fail to purchase any such real property, any state or local governmental entity shall be entitled to purchase the property for valid public purposes.
3. Provided, if more than one of the parties named in paragraph 1 or 2 of this subsection shall offer to purchase, they shall be granted a preference in the order specified in this subsection. If two (2) or more people own property adjacent to the same portion of railroad property, the person from whose property such railroad property was taken shall be entitled to the priority provided for in this section.
B. Notice for the sale of any real property under the provisions of this section shall be given by the bankruptcy court, the receiver, or the railroad company by publication once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper authorized by law to publish legal notices in the county where the real property is located.
C. Any purchase as provided for in this section shall be subject to any encumbrances on the real property. Nothing in this act shall affect any reversionary interest retained in the original grant.
D. The price of such property shall be established by the receiver or bankruptcy court if the railroad company is in bankruptcy or by the railroad company if such property is determined abandoned pursuant to this section.
E. However, for any railroad company purchasing property under subparagraph a of paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section, the Corporation Commission shall certify the intent of said railroad company to continue operation of rail service on said property as a prerequisite to making such purchase.
Laws 1981, c. 241, § 1, emerg. eff. June 23, 1981; Laws 1988, c. 289, § 14, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1991, c. 266, § 1, emerg. eff. May 27, 1991.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-66. Railroad Division of Department of Transportation as trustee for purchaser.

The Railroad Division of the Department of Transportation is authorized to act as trustee for the purchasers of real property under the provisions of this act and, in such capacity, receive funds for such purpose from prospective purchasers, disburse such funds for such purpose, accept and make proper transfer of title and perform such further actions as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this act. No state funds shall be used for such purchase.
Laws 1981, c. 241, § 2, emerg. eff. June 23, 1981.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-82. Liability for violation.

In case of the refusal by such corporation or its agents to take or transport any passenger or property as provided in the preceding section; or in case of the neglect or refusal of such corporation or its agents to discharge or deliver passengers or property at the regularly appointed place, under the laws which regulate common carriers, such corporation shall pay to the party aggrieved all damages which shall be sustained thereby with costs of action.
R.L. 1910, § 1412.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-85. Must receive and forward freight - Rate of speed - Penalty.

When such freight in car loads or less is tendered to said station agent and correct shipping instructions given, it shall be the duty of said company immediately to receive the same for shipment and issue bills of lading therefor, and when such shipments have been so received they must be carried forward at the rate of not less than sixty (60) miles per day of twenty-four (24) hours, computing from seven o'clock a.m., of the day following receipt of the same, except that if in case of fires, wrecks, destruction of bridges or tracks, or washouts, such company shall not be able to transport said cars at the rate of sixty (60) miles per day then and in that event such company shall be released from such provision during the time that such unavoidable obstacles exist; and for failure to receive and transport such shipments within the time herein prescribed, said company shall forfeit and pay to the consignee the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) per car per day or fraction of a day on all car load freight and one cent (0.01) per hundred pounds per day, or fraction thereof on freight in less than car load lots, with minimum charge of five (0.05) cents for any one package, together with all actual damages the consignor or consignee may sustain thereby: Provided, that in computing the time of freight in transit, there shall be allowed twenty-four (24) hours at each point where transferring from one railroad to another is involved.
R.L. 1910, § 1415.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-86. Must give notice of arrival of freight.

Such railroad companies shall within twenty-four (24) hours after arrival of shipments give written notice by mail, or otherwise, to consignees of the arrival of the shipments together with the amount of freight charges thereon, and when goods or freight in car load lots arrive, such notice shall contain the number and initials of the car or cars, and if transferred in transit, the number and the initials of the car or cars in which originally shipped. Any railroad company failing to give said notice shall forfeit and pay to the consignee or other party whose interest is affected, the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) per car per day or fraction of a day's delay, in all car load shipments, and one cent ($0.01) per hundred pounds per day or fraction thereof on freight in less than car load lots with minimum charge of five cents ($0.05) for any one package after the expiration of said twenty-four (24) hours, together with all actual damages sustained thereby.
R.L. 1910, § 1416.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-91. Action to enforce penalty - Attorney's fee.

Suit to collect any of the damages, penalties, forfeitures, demurrage or storage charges provided for herein, may be brought in any court of this state having jurisdiction of the subject matter and parties; and if the plaintiff therein recover judgment, such plaintiff shall also recover a reasonable attorney's fee for bringing such suit, to be taxed on motion and paid as other costs by defendant in such suit.
R.L. 1910, § 1421.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-92. Scope of law.

This article is not intended to repeal, modify, or affect any law concerning the shipment, transportation or delivery of any kind of freight without unnecessary delay, or within a reasonable time, or any other law concerning common carriers now in force unless in direct conflict herewith, and this article is hereby declared to be supplemental to such law.
R.L. 1910, § 1422.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-93. Injuries to persons.

In case any passenger on any railroad shall be injured while on the platform of a car while in motion, or in any baggage, wood or freight car, in violation of the printed regulations of the corporation posted up at the time in a conspicuous place inside of its passenger cars then in the train, such corporation shall not be liable for the injury, if it had furnished room inside its passenger cars sufficient for the accommodation of its passengers.
R.L. 1910, § 1423.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-121. Changing highway.

Any railroad corporation may raise or lower any turnpike, plank road, or other way for the purpose of having its railroad pass over or under the same; and in such cases said corporation shall put such turnpike, plank road or other way, as soon as may be, in good repair.
R.L. 1910, § 1425.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-122. Changing highway - To provide temporary way.

Every railroad corporation, while employed in raising or lowering any turnpike or other way, or in making any other alterations, by means of which the said way may be obstructed, shall provide and keep in good order, suitable temporary ways to enable travelers to avoid or pass such obstructions.
R.L. 1910, § 1426.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-125. Signs at crossings - Neglect.

In case any railroad corporation shall refuse or neglect, for a space of thirty (30) days after notice given by the board of county commissioners, to comply with the provisions of the preceding section, it shall become the duty of the county commissioners of each county through which any such railroad shall be in operation to erect such signs, and the company shall be liable for all expenses so incurred by said commissioners.
R.L. 1910, § 1429.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-125a. Railroads - Highway crossings - Safety devices.

Whenever the public authorities having jurisdiction and control over any public highway or street in this state shall deem that the safety of lives and property at any railroad intersection with any highway or street, shall so require, such public authorities as are hereby authorized and empowered to construct or install, or to order the company owning such railroad so intersected, to construct or install, and thereafter maintain and operate, an automatic or mechanically operated barricading device, which, when giving warning, shall become a barrier in such highway or street; provided, however, that before any such device is constructed or installed, maintained and operated at a railroad intersection, the detailed plans of such device, with a description of the proposed mode of operation thereof, and a map showing the proposed location of the same, shall be first submitted to, and approved by, the State Highway Commission of Oklahoma.
Laws 1937, p. 398, § 1, emerg. eff. May 25, 1937.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-125b. Warning signs.

Whenever said barricading device shall be constructed or installed and maintained and operated, the public authorities having jurisdiction and control over the highway or street at such point shall erect and maintain a reflector warning sign with appropriate words thereon. If said barricading device is located at a railroad crossing, said warning shall be installed and maintained not less than four hundred (400) feet from the crossing, when said crossing is located on highways or streets where vehicular traffic is permitted to travel at speeds in excess of thirty (30) miles per hour; and not less than two hundred (200) feet from the crossing, when said crossing is located on highways or streets where vehicular traffic is permitted to travel at speeds not in excess of thirty (30) miles per hour. It shall be the duty of the driver of any vehicle, on approaching such warning sign, to place his vehicle under such control as to be able to bring such vehicle to a complete stop at a distance of not less than seventy-five (75) feet in advance of the crossing. The colliding of a vehicle with the barricading device at a crossing shall be prima facie evidence that the driver thereof did not comply with the provisions of this act, and such driver shall be deemed a reckless driver, and be subjected to the penalties provided for reckless driving under the motor vehicle laws of this state, and shall be liable for any damage done to such barricading device on account of such collision.
Laws 1937, p. 398, § 2, emerg. eff. May 25, 1937.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-125c. Expenses of construction.

The public authorities, or the political subdivision of the state, having jurisdiction and control over any public highway or street in which such barricading device is constructed or installed, maintained and operated, may expend public funds to pay the cost and expense thereof; provided, however, that the parties in interest may agree in writing otherwise.
Laws 1937, p. 399, § 3, emerg. eff. May 25, 1937.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-125d. Cooperation with federal government.

The public authorities, or political subdivision of the state or the Highway Commission of the state are authorized to cooperate with the federal government in the construction, or installing, maintaining and operating such barricading devices and other safety devices.
Laws 1937, p. 399, § 4, emerg. eff. May 25, 1937.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-126. Bells and whistles.

A bell of at least thirty (30) pounds weight, or a whistle, shall be placed on each locomotive engine, and shall be rung or whistled at the distance of at least eighty (80) rods from the place where the railroad shall cross any other road or street, under a penalty of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for every neglect, to be paid by the corporation owning the railroad, one-half thereof to go to the informer, and the other half to the state, and shall also be liable for all damages which shall be sustained by any person by reason of such neglect.
R.L. 1910, § 1430. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 222, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1996.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-128. Railroads to construct crossings.

A. It shall be the duty of every railroad company or corporation doing business, or operating a line of railroad, within this state, to construct a crossing across that portion of its track, roadbed or right-of-way over which any public highway may run, and maintain the same unobstructed, in a good condition for the use of the public, and to build and maintain in good condition all bridges and culverts that may be necessary on its right-of-way at such crossing.
B. Any railroad company or corporation that fails to construct and maintain said crossing in accordance with the recommendations set forth in the United States Department of Transportation Railroad-Highway Grade Crossing Handbook, for thirty (30) days after written notice by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to the agent or employee of any railroad company or corporation in the county where such work or repairs are needed, shall be subject to a contempt proceeding before the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
R.L. 1910, § 1432. Amended by Laws 2018, c. 186, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-129. Rules and regulations governing crossing sign specifications.

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission is hereby delegated the authority to prescribe rules and regulations governing the design, construction and location of such suitable signs hereafter erected which shall conform to one of the then current standards of the Association of American Railroads for highway crossings crossbuck signs.
Laws 1963, c. 46, § 2, emerg. eff. May 2, 1963.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-142. Lawful fence defined.

A lawful fence, under the provisions of the preceding section, shall be composed of posts and barb wires, four wires to be firmly fastened to the posts, such posts to be not more than one (1) rod apart, the top wire to be not less than fifty-four (54) nor more than fifty-eight (58) inches from the ground, and the bottom wire to be not more than twenty (20) nor less than fourteen (14) inches from the ground.
R.L. 1910, § 1436.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-143. Rights of adjacent land owners.

Any person owning or occupying land adjacent to any railroad track shall have the right to attach to the fence constructed along the track or right-of-way of said railroad company, any wires boards or other material, so as to make the fence of said railroad company sufficient to prevent any hogs or pigs from getting upon the track of said railroad company.
R.L. 1910, § 1437.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-144. Failure to fence - Penalty.

Whenever any railroad corporation or the lessee, person, company or corporation operating any railroad, shall neglect to build and maintain such lawful fence, such railroad corporation, lessee, person, company or corporation operating the same, shall be liable for all animals killed by reason of the failure to construct such fence.
R.L. 1910, § 1438.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-145. Railroads must fence right-of-way with hog wire, when.

Whenever the owner or occupant of any tract of land abutting on any line of railroad within this state shall desire to enclose any such tract of land for the purpose of making a hog, sheep or goat pasture, and shall construct a fence for said purpose about said tract of land on all sides except along the side abutting on such railroad, it shall be the duty of such railroad company to construct a good and sufficient fence not less than four and one-half (4 1/2) feet high, one barbed wire at bottom of such fence immediately above which shall be attached heavy woven wire not less than twenty-eight (28) inches high, and sufficient for the purpose of restraining swine, sheep and goats, with three barbed wires above the same, on the side of such tract, so far as the same extends along the line of such railroad, and maintain the same in good condition, so long as such owner or occupant of such tract may desire to maintain such pasture.
R.L. 1910, § 1439.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-146. Notice to railroads.

Whenever the owner or occupant of any tract of land desires to construct a fence as provided in the preceding section, he shall give written notice of his intention to the railroad company upon whose line such tract is situated, by personal service upon the agent of said company at the station within this state, nearest to such tract of land, giving in said notice a description of said land, and it shall be the duty of the railroad company to construct and complete its portion of such fence within sixty (60) days after the service of such notice: Provided, that if such owner or occupant fails to construct his portion of such fence, then the railroad company shall not be required to construct such fence.
R.L. 1910, § 1440.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-147. Owner of abutting land may construct if railroad refuses - Penalty.

If any railroad company shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of the two preceding sections, it shall be lawful for the owner or occupant of such tract of land to construct or repair the fence along the line of such railroad, and the owner or occupant of such tract of land, shall be entitled to recover from such railroad company the cost of the material and labor used in constructing the railroad company's portion of such fence.
R.L. 1910, § 1441.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-161. Extension of road into state.

Any railroad corporation chartered by or organized under the laws of the United States or any state or territory, whose constructed railroad shall reach or intersect the boundary line of this state at any point, may extend its railroad into this state from any such point or points to any place or places within the state, and may build branches from any point on such extension. Before making such extension or building any such branch road, such corporation shall, by resolution of its directors, to be entered in the record of its proceedings, designate the route of such proposed extension or branch in the manner provided in Section 1376, and file a copy of such record, certified by the president and secretary, in the office of the Corporation Commission, and cause the same to be recorded as provided in said Section 1376. Thereupon such corporation shall have all the rights and privileges to make such extension or build such branch and receive such aid thereto as it would have had had it been authorized so to do by articles of association duly filed in accordance with the provisions of this article.
R.L. 1910, § 1398.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-163. Time extended.

Every railroad corporation organized under the laws of the Territory of Oklahoma, or of the Indian Territory, prior to the taking effect of the Constitution of this state and within three (3) years before said date and that has heretofore or shall within one (1) year from the taking effect of this act, in good faith, comply with the provisions of the Constitution of this state, and shall, in good faith, commence the construction of its works contemplated in its articles of incorporation or organization is hereby declared to be a domestic corporation under the Constitution and laws of this state.
Laws 1910-11, c. 104, p. 220, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-164. Domestication of foreign corporations in the Territory.

Every railroad corporation organized under the laws of any other state or territory or of the United States that has complied with the laws of the Territory of Oklahoma or of the Indian Territory, within three (3) years before the taking effect of the Constitution of this state, to authorize such corporation to transact business in either or both of such territories and organized for the purpose of constructing its line of railroad through the Territory of Oklahoma, or Indian Territory, or either or both of them, is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, maintain and operate its railroad with all proper branches or extensions thereof through the State of Oklahoma or any part thereof formerly constituting the Territory of Oklahoma or Indian Territory, or either or both of them, and may, by complying with the provisions of Section 1454 and the Constitution of this state become domestic corporation under the Constitution and laws of this state.
R.L. 1910, § 1452.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-165. Filing map of route.

Any railroad corporation organized under the laws of any other state or territory whose chartered line or route passes through the Territory of Oklahoma or Indian Territory or either or both of them, and whose chartered line or route was not specifically designated or described in its articles of incorporation or organization, is hereby authorized to prescribe its line or route through the State of Oklahoma by filing with the Secretary of State a copy of a resolution of its board of directors describing the same and a map duly certified by its president and chief engineer showing such route: Provided, that such route may be changed on account of engineering difficulties or for other sufficient reasons by resolution of its board of directors; and a duly certified copy of such resolution and a map showing such change in its route shall be filed with the Secretary of State.
R.L. 1910, § 1453.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-166. Domestication of foreign corporations filing resolutions.

Every railroad corporation organized under the laws of any other state or territory or the United States, that within three (3) years before the taking effect of the Constitution of this state, shall have complied with the laws of the Territory of Oklahoma or Indian Territory, to authorize such corporation to transact business in the Territory of Oklahoma or Indian Territory or either or both of them, and that shall file with the Secretary of State of this state a resolution of its board of directors duly certified by its president and attested by its secretary under the seal of such corporation accepting the provisions of the Constitution of this state and agreeing that the Constitution and laws of this state applying to domestic corporations shall apply to such corporation in all respects, is hereby declared to be a domestic corporation under the Constitution and laws of this state.
R.L. 1910, § 1454.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-167. Foreign corporations - Increase of capital stock.

Every railroad corporation organized under the laws of any other state or territory or the United States, that shall have within the three (3) years prior to the taking effect of the Constitution of this state, complied with the laws of the Territory of Oklahoma or Indian Territory to authorize such corporation to transact business within the Territory of Oklahoma or of the Indian Territory, or either or both of them, and shall have complied with the provisions of the preceding section, whose chartered line or route shall pass through other states or territories, or other states and territories, and the Territory of Oklahoma or Indian Territory, or either or both of them, and the capital stock of which, as provided in its articles of incorporation, was or is insufficient to construct its contemplated railroad and which has been, or is, in order to construct the same, required by necessity to increase its capital stock, and may increase its capital stock under the laws of the state or territory of its creation, may file with the Secretary of State of this state a certified copy of the proceedings of its board of directors and stockholders authorizing such increase, and a certificate of its chief engineer, under oath, showing the estimated cost of its main line, sidetracks, and permanent improvements in the state, and such corporation shall pay to the Secretary of State one-tenth of one percent (1/10 of 1%) of such estimated cost, and such other fees as required by law, without being required to pay to the State of Oklahoma the fee required under Section 3253.
R.L. 1910, § 1455.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 66. Railroads › §66-168. Domestic corporations - Increase of capital stock.

Every railroad corporation organized under the laws of the Territory of Oklahoma or of the Indian Territory within three (3) years prior to the taking effect of the Constitution of this state, that has complied with the Constitution of this state, and the capital stock of which, as provided in its articles of incorporation, was or is insufficient to construct its contemplated railroad, and which has been, or is in order to construct the same, required by necessity to increase its capital stock, may increase its capital stock under the laws of this state, and may file with the Secretary of State a certified copy of the proceedings of its board of directors and stockholders authorizing such increase, and a certificate of its chief engineer under oath, showing the estimated cost of its main lines, sidetracks, and permanent improvements in the state, and such corporation shall pay to the Secretary of State one-tenth of one percent (1/10 of 1%) of such estimated cost, without being required to pay to the State of Oklahoma the fee required under Section 3253: Provided, that such corporation shall pay all other fees required by law.
R.L. 1910, § 1456.