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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-18. Booths and conveniences - Election officers - How appointed - Oath - Fees.

On the day set for the holding of said special election, it shall be the duty of said special election board, to see that each precinct, or voting place in said county, is supplied with booths and other necessary conveniences, for the proper holding of such election. It shall be their duty to select two judges and two clerks for such said special election in each precinct or voting place; said judges and clerks, so acting, shall receive the fees as prescribed for like services in any general election. It shall be the duty of the special election commissioner, to administer the oath to said judges or clerks of said election. One of said judges and one of said clerks at each voting precinct shall be selected from a list submitted to said board by the organization favoring the formation of such new counties or the detaching of said territory, and one of said judges, and one of said clerks in each precinct, shall be selected from a list submitted by the organization opposing the formation of such new county or the detaching of said territory.
Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 40, p. 77, § 8.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-19. Voting - Electors' affidavits - Form.

Every person desiring to vote at such special election, after having passed the challengers whose duty shall be the same as prescribed by law governing any general election, and being admitted to the room, shall, before being given a ballot, permit the clerks to fill out an affidavit and the intended voter shall subscribe and swear to the affidavit before the special election commissioner, after which such person shall be given tickets and permitted to prepare the same and deliver the ballots to the special election commissioner who shall, in the presence of the voter, deposit the ballot in the proper ballot box, and shall deposit the affidavit in the box provided for that purpose. The form of affidavit required of all persons presenting themselves to vote at such special election shall be substantially as follows:
Affidavit.
State of Oklahoma, County of ______ ss.
______ of lawful age, first being duly sworn, upon oath deposes and says: That he or she is a citizen of the United States, is over the age of eighteen years, that he or she has been for one year last past a bona fide resident of this state, of the county six months, and in ________ precinct thirty (30) days next preceding this date; that he or she came to his or her present residence from _______ and is a legally qualified elector in the precinct on this day and has not voted in the election.
___________________
Subscribed and sworn to before me this _____ day of ______ A.D.   (year).
Special Election Commissioner.
Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 40, p. 78, § 9. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 246, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-20. Count - Canvass of returns.

Upon the holding of any such special election, the precinct board of canvassers, shall canvass the vote, make and certify the returns upon the election of county and township officers, and shall make and certify the returns upon the formation of such new county, or the detaching of said territory, to their respective county election board, which said board shall, immediately, in the presence of said special election commissioners canvass all such returns of elections held, as provided herein.
Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 40, p. 78, § 10.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-21. Returns and ballot boxes - Custody of same - Report to Governor.

Each of the special election commissioners shall be the custodians of the ballot boxes and affidavit boxes and of all certificates and returns of his precinct, and shall safely convey the same to the office of the county clerk, not later than twelve o'clock noon of the third day, next succeeding the day of election, and shall, at said time and place, meet with the other special election commissioners. Each special election commissioner, shall deliver to the county clerk, the ballot boxes containing the ballots, affidavits and returns, relating to the election of county and township officers, and the formation of a new county, or detaching territory, and take a receipt therefor; and thereafter the county clerk shall be the custodian of said ballot boxes, and, during the canvassing of the returns and thereafter, shall preserve said boxes intact for a period of ninety days, unless relieved by an order of the court. At said time and place, in the presence of said special election commissioners, said returns shall be canvassed by said county election board, as provided herein; and when said returns are canvassed and a transcript thereof has been prepared and signed by each said special election commissioners of said county, said special election commissioners shall select one of their number and commission him to proceed at once to the office of the Governor of the state, and to deliver to the Governor, said transcript of said election returns, and said special election commissioner so selected, shall immediately perform the duty assigned.
Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 40, p. 78, § 11.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-22. Proclamation of Governor - Designation of county seat - Officers.

Upon the receipt by the Governor, of the transcript of all the returns, as provided herein, he shall proceed at once to declare the result of said special election, and, if said election shall have been held for the purpose of forming a new county, and sixty percent (60%) of the votes cast in each particular territory be in favor of the formation of said proposed new county, the Governor shall, within sixty (60) days thereafter, issue his proclamation, declaring said new county legally created, and shall, after five (5) days notice to each and every place which is an applicant for the county seat of said county, give each and every such applicant a hearing as to the merits of each place to become the county seat of said county, and shall decide from the merits thus presented, which place shall be the temporary county seat thereof, and shall designate the same the county seat thereof, which place so designated shall be and remain the county seat, unless afterwards changed, as provided by law; and the candidates receiving the highest number of votes cast at said election, as returned and certified to the Governor for the various offices, shall be declared elected, and, at once, enter upon their duties as such officers.
Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 40, p. 79, § 12.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-23. Selection of permanent county seats.

In all new counties, created since the admission of the State of Oklahoma into the Union, and to be hereafter created, wherein temporary, or original county seat, has been, or will be, located or designated, other than by a vote of the people, an election shall be called and held to locate the permanent county seat, which election shall be called and held under the laws now in force governing the permanent location of county seats, included in Chapter Thirty-one, Article Four, of the Session Laws of 1907 and 1908; provided, that a majority of all the votes cast in the county, at such county seat election, shall be in favor of any town, such town shall thereafter be the county seat; provided, however, that where the temporary county seat theretofore designated, is within six (6) miles of the geographical center of the county (said geographical center to be determined by certificate from the Secretary of State, and said distance to be determined by measurement from said geographical center to the nearest corporate limits of such county seat) it shall require sixty percent (60%) of the total vote cast at such election by the competing town to effect the designation of such county seat, and unless such competing town be within six (6) miles of the geographical center of said county, in which event a majority vote shall suffice; provided, further, that those portions of Section 14, of Article Four of Chapter 31 of the Session Laws of 1907-1908 in conflict herewith, applying to counties created by the Constitution, shall have no force and effect with reference to elections to locate the permanent county seat of counties created since the adoption of the Constitution and since the admission of the State of Oklahoma into the Union.
Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 40, p. 80, § 12a.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-24. Supreme Court to decide controversies.

Exclusive, original jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Supreme Court of Oklahoma over all controversies that may arise under the provisions of this act, and any person affected by such election shall have a right to a hearing before the Supreme Court upon application filed and presented within thirty (30) days after any such election shall be held.
Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 40, p. 81, § 13.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-25. Precedence in court.

If any application for a hearing, upon any question arising after such election has been held, is filed with the Supreme Court, it shall be the duty of said court to make said matter special and give it precedence over the other business of said court, and consider and pass upon the same as speedily as is consistent with the business of said court.
Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 40, p. 81, § 14.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-26. Election expenses - How paid - Commissioners' compensation.

All special election commissioners, selected and commissioned as provided herein, shall receive as compensation for their services, the sum of Three Dollars ($3.00) per day for each and every day necessarily employed in the work connected with the holding of such election, including the time spent in going to and returning from said county, and the actual and necessary traveling expenses, and for maintenance in the performance of such duties. Such commissioner shall prepare and file with the Governor a sworn itemized statement of time employed and expenses incurred, which said statement shall be by the Governor, forwarded to the county clerk of the county holding such election. The expenses connected with the holding of any such special election, including the per diem and expenses of all such special election commissioners, shall be borne and paid for by the county out of any funds in the hands of the county treasurer. The expenses of holding said election shall be paid, if the proposition is to create a new county, by the new county so created, if the proposition is successful; if the proposition is to detach territory from one county and add to another, by the county to which said territory is added, if the proposition is successful.
Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 40, p. 81, § 15.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-27. Challengers - Watchers - Poll book holders - How appointed.

In any such special election, the organization favoring the formation of such new county, or the detaching thereof any such territory, may appoint and designate one qualified elector in any precinct, or voting place, to act as challenger at such precinct, and may appoint or designate one poll book holder and one special watcher in any such precinct or voting place, and the organization opposing the formation of any such county, or the detaching of any such territory, shall have like privileges; provided, that the challenger, poll book holder and watcher shall perform duties as provided by law, governing any general election.
Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 40, p. 82, § 16.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-28. Official neglect - Felony.

Any election officer who shall be appointed, or commissioner, under the provisions of this act or the laws of Oklahoma, and who shall knowingly and willfully fail or refuse to perform required duties shall be guilty of a felony.
Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 40, p. 82, § 17. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 144, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 144 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-29. What constitutes bribery.

Any person or corporation offering money or other thing of value, either directly or indirectly, for the purpose of influencing any voter for or against any proposition in such election shall be guilty of the felony of bribery.
Added by Laws 1910-11, c. 40, p. 82, § 18. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 145, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 145 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-31. Vote for transfer of territory.

If the object sought be to transfer territory from one county to an existing county, and if sixty percent (60%) of the votes cast at said election vote "Yes", the Governor shall within ten (10) days after declaring the result of said election issue his proclamation calling an election to be held in the county to which said territory is sought to be transferred, which said election shall be held not less than thirty (30) nor more than forty (40) days thereafter.
R.L. 1910, § 1507.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-32. Vote to accept new territory.

Upon the holding of any election in any county to vote upon the acceptance of the territory which is seeking to be transferred to said county, the board of canvassers shall certify and return said vote to the Governor as required by law, who shall thereupon, and within ten (10) days thereafter, declare the result of said election, and if it appears that a majority of the votes cast at said election be in favor of accepting said territory, he shall, within ten (10) days thereafter, issue his proclamation declaring said territory legally transferred to said existing county, and cause the will of the election to be carried into effect.
R.L. 1910, § 1508.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-33. Division of assets and liabilities.

Upon the transfer of territory from a county to a new county or an existing county, said new county to which said territory is transferred shall be entitled to such proportionate part of the net assets of the county from which said territory is taken as the taxable wealth of the territory so transferred bears to the taxable wealth of the county from which said territory is taken, but if, as shown by the current tax rolls, the liabilities of the county from which said territory is taken shall exceed its resources at the time of the transfer, the county to which said transfer is made shall pay to said county that proportionate part of said excess as the taxable wealth of the territory received bears to the taxable wealth of said county.
R.L. 1910, § 1509.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-34. County commissioners may settle differences.

It shall be the duty of the county commissioners of the counties between which a settlement should be made by virtue of any transfer to meet and determine the amount due from one county to the other, and if a majority of said commissioners agree upon an amount found to be due, the commissioners of the county found to be indebted to the other county are hereby authorized and empowered to draw a warrant on the general fund of their county in favor of the county entitled to the same for the amount so found due: Provided, that either county through its proper officers may within sixty days appeal from said finding to the district court of the county appealing: Provided, further, that if a majority of said boards of county commissioners should fail to agree upon an amount due from one county to the other each of said boards of county commissioners shall file with the respective county clerks a report showing its finding, and also the finding of the commissioners of the other county and the county claiming an indebtedness shall, within six months after the filing of said report with the county clerk, institute suit in the district court of any county in the district in which the debtor county is situated, to recover the amount to be due by the board of county commissioners of said county.
R.L. 1910, § 1510.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-35. Meetings of commissioners to settle differences.

The meeting of the boards of county commissioners herein provided for shall be called by the chairman of the board of commissioners of the county to which said territory has been transferred, to meet in the county seat of said county not less than sixty (60) days from the date of issuance of the Governor's proclamation declaring said territory legally transferred, and said chairman shall give ten (10) days' written notice to each of the county commissioners of the said counties specifying the time and place of said meeting and shall be continued from day to day until their labors are concluded.
R.L. 1910, § 1511.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-36. Change in watercourse bounding counties as not changing taxable situs of property.

After the first day of January, 1963, where any county is bounded by the middle of the channel of any stream or watercourse, any change of such channel, whether by accretion, reliction, or avulsion, shall not bring about a change in the taxable situs of the property, and for all county and state purposes the boundary line will remain as originally shown on the tax rolls. Provided, that, as to such property which may have become subject to litigation as a result of being carried on the tax rolls of two or more counties prior to the enactment of this section, or shall subsequently become subject to litigation as a result of being carried on the tax rolls of two or more counties without either being prior in point of time, such dispute shall be resolved by final decree of the court.
Added by Laws 1963, c. 123, § 1, emerg. eff. June 3, 1963.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-61. Jurisdiction and powers of Supreme Court - Summons - Scope of inquiry.

Original and exclusive jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Supreme Court to hear and determine any action that may be brought for the purpose of equitably dividing and distributing the property, assets and liabilities, derived through the process of taxation, bonds, warrants or other evidences of indebtedness, of any county formerly existing in the Territory of Oklahoma, between such county and any new county or counties created by the Constitution in whole or in part out of the territory of such county; and for the purpose of rendering and enforcing complete justice in any such action, the Supreme Court shall have the power to make and render all necessary orders, judgments and decrees, and to issue and enforce all necessary process, mesne, and final:
Provided, that the Supreme Court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all actions involving the custody of, or the right to transcribe the tax rolls or other records of any such county or counties, and the ownership and distribution of the taxes assessed and collectable therein:
Provided further, that, for the purpose of hearing and receiving evidence and reporting findings of law and fact, the Supreme Court may appoint a special master in chancery in such case.
The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall issue summons which shall be served on the defendants in any such action in the same manner as is provided by law for the issuance and service of summons in the district courts of this state:
Provided, that the Supreme Court shall inquire into and determine whether or not public property, derived through public or private donation or otherwise, shall be subject to division under the terms of this article; and unless the court so determine, it shall not take into consideration, in dividing the property, assets and liabilities, any property so derived, and, in the event the court so determines, it shall have jurisdiction to, and shall take all such property into consideration in dividing the property, assets and liabilities aforesaid; provided, that the provisions of this act shall apply to counties created, or attempted to be created, as provided by law, and subsequently dissolved by judicial decree; and provided further, that such property, assets and liabilities acquired by any such county created and dissolved shall be divided between or among such counties as were affected by the creation and dissolution of such new county; and provided further, that where a portion of such territory formerly embraced in any such new county is now a portion of some county other than the county from which it was originally proposed to be taken to form such new county, then such other county now embracing such territory shall be construed to have been affected by the creation and dissolution of such new county as provided herein.
R.L. 1910, § 1512. Amended by Laws 1917, c. 142, p. 226, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-62. Method of division - Agreements as to division.

For the purpose of this article, the property, assets and liabilities of the counties, as referred to in the preceding section, at the time of the admission of the state into the Union, shall be deemed the property, assets and liabilities of the original county or counties in Oklahoma Territory, and the new county or counties created, in whole or in part out of such original county or counties; and the decree of the Supreme Court in all such actions shall be based, as near as may be, upon the fair and reasonable value of such of the property and assets belonging to such counties, and the taxable value of the property in the counties, or parts of counties, affected by such divisions or distribution, so that each county shall be charged with liability and awarded assets in the proportion which the taxable value of its property bears to the taxable value of other counties affected by and interested with it in the divisions and distribution of property, assets and liabilities, as shown by the tax rolls for the year 1907; and such decree shall be so framed as to fix and describe the assets awarded to each county and the liabilities which shall be borne by it, and determine whether such liabilities shall be borne by any such county separately or jointly with another county, and determine the amount and proportion of liabilities. All property of a permanent and fixed nature, as mentioned herein, shall be decreed to and the title thereto be vested in the county in which the same shall be situated: Provided, however, that the board of county commissioners in any such county are hereby authorized to confer and agree upon such a division of any and all such property, assets and liabilities as may to them seem just and equitable, and when such agreement shall have been reached it shall be reduced to writing, subscribed by a majority of the members of the board of county commissioners of each of the counties that is a party to such agreement; and the same shall be entered at length upon the records of the proceedings of the board of county commissioners of the respective counties; a certified copy of such agreement shall thereupon be transmitted by one or more of the county clerks of any such county or counties to the Clerk of the Supreme Court, within thirty days of the date of such agreement; and the Supreme Court shall, thereupon, render a final judgment decreeing the division and distribution of any and all such assets and the apportionment of such liabilities according to the terms of such agreement, and vesting the title to any property mentioned in such agreement as therein provided; and such judgment shall be final and conclusive in law and equity, and no rehearing shall ever be allowed in any such case.
R.L. 1910, § 1513.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-63. Parties to action - Duties of district attorney.

Any suit commenced under the provisions of this article, shall be brought in the name of the board of county commissioners of any county interested in the subject matter of the suit, as plaintiff, and any or all counties having any interest adverse to the plaintiff may be joined as defendant. The district attorney of such county, at the direction of the board of county commissioners, shall commence and prosecute, or defend, as the case may be, to final judgment and determination, any and all suits that may be instituted under authority of this article.
R.L. 1910, § 1514.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-64. Commissioners may institute certain actions.

The board of county commissioners of any of the counties referred to in the preceding section shall have the right and power to prosecute any and all necessary actions against the county treasurer of any such counties, or against any other officer, person, firm or corporation for and on behalf of any school district, road district, municipal township, city or town, and all sums of money that may be recovered by any such board of county commissioners shall be forthwith paid over to the county treasurers of such counties for the use and benefit of the school district, road district, municipal township, city or town, to which such money shall belong; and the board of county commissioners of any such counties shall have the authority to make demand for any and all sums of money belonging to any such school district, road district, municipal township, city or town, of and from such officer, person, firm or corporation, and exclusive original jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Supreme Court to hear and determine all actions authorized by this article.
R.L. 1910, § 1515.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-65. Penalty for refusing to pay over monies.

If any officer, person, firm or corporation having custody, control or possession of any money belonging to any school district, road district, municipal township, city or town in any such counties, shall withhold and fail to pay over the same after lawful demand shall have been made therefor, such officer, person, firm or corporation shall be liable to a penalty equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the money wrongfully withheld, which shall belong to such county, school district, road district, municipal township, city or village, and which penalty may be recovered in any action brought to recover such money.
R.L. 1910, § 1516.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-72. Election - How called.

Upon a petition in writing, signed by twenty-five percent (25%) of the qualified electors of the county, such percent to be determined by the total vote cast in such county for the head of the state ticket in the next preceding general election, said petitions being verified by an affidavit, showing that the petitioners are qualified electors of said county, and such petitions being filed with the Governor, the Governor shall, within thirty (30) days, issue his proclamation calling an election to be held in such county not less than sixty (60) nor more than seventy (70) days from the date of his proclamation.
R.L. 1910, § 1518.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-73. Form of election petition.

The following shall be substantially the form for every petition filed with the Governor asking such special election to be held as provided herein:
To the Governor of the State of Oklahoma:
We, the undersigned qualified electors of _______ County, State of Oklahoma, hereby petition the Governor of said state to call an election to relocate the county seat of said county, under the provisions of Section 6, Article XVII, of the Constitution.
R.L. 1910, § 1519.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-74. Notice of election - Tickets and candidates.

Such elections shall be held upon such public notice as the Governor in his proclamation may direct; and the Governor shall cause to be placed upon the tickets to be voted at such election only the names of such cities, towns and places as may, more than twenty (20) days prior to such election, file with the Governor verified petitions therefor, as above mentioned, signed by not less than three hundred qualified electors of said county.
R.L. 1910, § 1520.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-75. Form of petition for place on ticket.

The following shall be substantially the form for every petition filed with the Governor asking that the name of any city, town or place be placed upon the tickets to be voted at such election:
PETITION FOR CITY - FORM OF.
Petition asking that the city, town or place of _______ be placed on the tickets to be voted in _____ County on the ____ day of ______ A.D.   (year).
State of Oklahoma, )
)ss.
County of _________)
To the Governor of the State of Oklahoma:
I most respectfully represent that I am _____ years of age; and am now and have been for _____ years a resident of said county and state above mentioned; that I am now residing within the precinct or ward in which I now propose to vote, and have resided thereat for _____ years, and am a duly qualified elector in the precinct wherein I reside; and I do most respectfully petition Your Excellency to cause to be placed the name of ______ (city, town or place) upon the tickets to be voted at the special election to be held in ________ County on the ____ day of _____, A.D.   (year), for the purpose of relocating the county seat of said county.
Respectfully submitted,
Subscribed and sworn to before me this _____ day of _______, A.D.   (year).
_______________
Notary public.
My commission expires  .
R.L. 1910, § 1521. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 246, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-76. Special election board.

When an election is called for the purpose of relocating the county seat, the Governor shall appoint some person, resident of the county, who does not live or reside in either city or town which is or is to be a candidate for county seat honors, and each of said rival towns is to select one person each who shall constitute said election board, with duties as provided by law for county election boards, when not in conflict herewith. The appointment of the members of such special election board shall be made upon the recommendation of the mayor or of the president of the town board of trustees, or in the event said place has neither, then upon the recommendation of the president of the organization representing said place, so being a candidate for the location of said county seat. It shall be the duty of such special election board to prepare or cause to be prepared, and to distribute ballots for said election as provided by law for general elections; said ballots to contain the names of each and every city, town or place as certified to said board by the governor. The members of said board shall serve without compensation.
R.L. 1910, § 1522.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-77. Duties.

Such special election board shall furnish each voting precinct or voting place with two ballot boxes; one of said boxes to be used for the depositing therein of the ballots as voted, and the other for the purpose of depositing therein the affidavits, as made, of all qualified electors. All ballots and affidavits shall be printed and furnished by the special election board as provided by law for the printing and furnishing of ballots in regular elections.
R.L. 1910, § 1523.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-78. Special election commissioners - Oath.

When any such special election is called it shall be the duty of the Governor to select and commission one special election commissioner for each voting precinct or voting place in such county so holding such election as provided in this article. Every such commission shall be in writing and shall be signed by the Governor. Before any such special election commissioner shall assume the duties of his office he shall take and subscribe to the following oath:
OATH.
I, _________ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support, obey and defend the Constitution and laws of the State of Oklahoma, and will discharge the duties of my office with fidelity and to the best of my ability; that I am not now and have never been a resident of the County of ______, that I am not interested in any manner in any business proposition or in any institution located in any city, town or place, or otherwise interested in any such city, town or place which is a candidate for the location of the county seat in said county of ___________.
____________________
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ______ day of ______ A.D. 19__.
____________________
Notary public.
My commission expires ________.
R.L. 1910, § 1524.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-79. Qualifications.

No person shall be qualified and eligible to perform the duties of special election commissioner in any county, who shall be or have been a resident of such county, or who shall be interested in any manner in the success of any city, town or place, which is a candidate for any such county seat, or who shall be interested in any way or in any manner in any business proposition or institution located in any such city, town or place which is a candidate for the location of said county seat.
R.L. 1910, § 1525.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-80. Assignments - Duties of - Vacancies.

In selecting and commissioning said special election commissioners, the governor shall assign each said commissioner to a particular voting precinct, or voting place in said county, proposing to hold such special election; and for the purpose of said special election the said commissioner so selected, shall perform the duties of an inspector of election in such precinct or voting place so assigned, as provided by the general election laws when not in conflict with the provisions of this article. It shall be the duty of each such special election commissioner to present himself to the special county election board at the office of the county clerk at the present county seat of such county not later than ten o'clock a.m., of the second day next preceding the date set for the holding of such special election where he shall receive from said board, and receipt therefor, the ballots, ballot boxes, poll books, tally sheets, stamps, pen, ink, pencils and other material necessary for the proper holding of such election, and shall safely convey such material so received to the precinct or voting place assigned so that the polls may be duly and promptly opened on the day set for the holding of said special election: Provided, that the words "ballot" or "ballots" as used in this article, shall be construed to mean the same as the words "ticket" or "tickets" as used in the Constitution of the state with reference to elections for the removal or change of county seats. In the event the special election commissioner of any precinct shall fail to present himself to the county election board for such election supplies and to receive the same at the time in this article specified, then it shall be the duty of the county election board to designate and appoint in writing some qualified elector of the county to perform all of the duties of said special election commissioner of such precinct at said election.
R.L. 1910, § 1526.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-81. Booths and conveniences - Precinct boards.

On the day set for the holding of the said special election, it shall be the duty of the said special election board to see that each precinct, or voting place, is supplied with booths and other necessary conveniences for the proper holding of such election. It shall be their duty to select two judges and two clerks for such special election in each precinct or voting place; said judges and clerks, so acting, shall receive the fees as prescribed for like service in any regular general election. It shall be the duty of the special election commissioner to administer the oath to such judges and clerks of such elections.
R.L. 1910, § 1527.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-82. Qualifications of voters - Form of affidavit.

Any person desiring to vote at such special election, after having passed the challengers whose duties shall be the same as prescribed by law governing any general election, and being admitted to the room, shall, before being given a ballot, permit the clerks to fill out an affidavit and such intended voter shall subscribe and swear to such affidavit before the special election commissioner, after which such person shall be given a ticket and permitted to prepare same and deliver the ballot to the special election commissioner who shall, in the presence of the voter, deposit the ballot in the proper ballot box, and shall deposit the affidavit in the box provided for that purpose. The form of the affidavit required of all persons presenting themselves to vote at such special election shall be substantially as follows:
AFFIDAVIT.
State of Oklahoma,)
)ss.
County of ________)
, of lawful age, first being duly sworn, upon oath deposes and says: That such person is a citizen of the United States, is over the age of 18 years, that such person has been for one year last past a bona fide resident of the state, of said county six months and in _____ precinct thirty (30) days next preceding this date; that such person came to his or her present residence from _________, and is a legally qualified elector in the precinct on this day and has not voted in the election.
_____________________
Subscribed and sworn to before me this _____ day of _________ A.D.   (year).
Special Election Commissioner.
R.L. 1910, § 1528. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 246, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-83. Canvass of vote - Declaration of result.

Upon the holding of any such special election the precinct board of canvassers shall canvass the vote, make and certify said returns to the Governor, who shall canvass all such elections held as provided herein. The Governor, upon receipt of all the ballot boxes and boxes containing all the affidavits, together with the returns from each and every precinct in such county, shall forthwith canvass said returns and shall at once declare the result of such special election and shall cause the will of the electors to be carried into effect.
R.L. 1910, § 1529.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-84. Two-thirds vote required to relocate - Second election.

If two-thirds of all the votes cast in the county at such special election shall be in favor of any city, town or place, other than the county seat, then such city, town or place shall thereafter be the county seat; but if more than two towns or places are voted for, and no town receives the requisite proportion of all the votes cast, then all names of towns or places voted for on said ballot except the two receiving the greatest number of votes shall be dropped; and the Governor shall, in like time and manner, cause to be called and held a second election at which only two towns or places shall be voted for, and if any city, town or place other than the county seat shall receive the requisite proportion of the votes cast at the second election, such city, town or place shall thereafter be the county seat; otherwise the county seat shall remain unchanged.
R.L. 1910, § 1530.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-86. Duties of special commissioners.

Each of the special election commissioners shall be the custodian of the ballot boxes, and affidavit boxes, and of all certificates and returns of his precinct and shall safely convey the same to the office of the county clerk not later than twelve o'clock noon of the second day next succeeding the day of election, and shall at said time and place, meet with other special commissioners, and shall select one of their number and commission him to proceed at once to the office of the Governor, and to deliver to the Governor all the boxes, certificates and returns; said special messenger giving a receipt to each commissioner for all boxes and returns so accepted, and taking a receipt from the Governor for all boxes and returns delivered to him.
R.L. 1910, § 1532.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-87. Jurisdiction of contests in Supreme Court.

Exclusive, original jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the Supreme Court over all controversies that may arise under the provisions of this article, and any city, town or place being a candidate for the location of any county seat in any such election, shall have a right to a hearing before the Supreme Court upon application filed and presented within thirty (30) days after any such election shall be held.
R.L. 1910, § 1533.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-88. Cases given precedence and passed on speedily.

If any application for a hearing, upon any question arising after any such election has been held, is filed with the Supreme Court it shall be the duty of said court to make said matter special and give it precedence over the other business of said court, and consider and pass upon the same as speedily as is consistent with the business of said court.
R.L. 1910, § 1534.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-89. Compensation of election officials - How expenses borne.

All special election commissioners, selected and commissioned as provided herein, shall receive as compensation for their services the sum of Three Dollars ($3.00) per day for each and every day necessarily employed in the work connected with the holding of such election, including the time spent in going to and returning from said county, and the actual and necessary traveling expenses, and for maintenance in the performance of such duties. Such commissioner shall prepare and file with the Governor a sworn itemized statement of time employed and expenses incurred, which said statement shall be by the Governor forwarded to the county clerk of the county holding such election. The expense connected with the holding of any such special election, including the per diem and expenses of all such special election commissioners, shall be borne and paid for by the county out of any funds in hands of the county treasurer.
R.L. 1910, § 1535.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-90. Challengers and watchers - Authority.

Any city, town or place being a candidate for the location of any county seat in any such election may appoint and designate one qualified elector in any precinct or voting place to act as challenger at such precinct; and may appoint and designate one poll book holder and one special watcher in any such precinct or voting place: Provided, that the challenger, poll book holder and watcher shall perform duties as provided by law governing any general election. Any such city, town or place may appoint in writing by, the mayor or president of the board of trustees thereof or the president of the organization representing such place one qualified elector of the county for each precinct who shall have the right to be present in the room where the election is held at the precinct to which such person is assigned, and during all the time of the receipt and counting of the tickets or ballots, and until the vote is fully canvassed by such election officers, and the returns certified by the inspector, judges and clerks, and to whom the inspector, judges and clerks shall deliver a certificate, signed by each of them, of the vote received at said election by each candidate, and the refusal of any such inspector, judge or clerk, or other person to extend and enforce the right herein granted, shall constitute a felony. Such person shall deliver such written appointment to the special election commissioner of such election in proof of his authority to represent his town as aforesaid at such election.
R.L. 1910, § 1536. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 146, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 146 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-91. Violations - Felony.

Any election officer who shall be appointed or commissioned under the provisions of this article or the laws of Oklahoma, and who shall knowingly and willfully fail or refuse to perform the duties required of him, shall be guilty of a felony.
R.L. 1910, § 1537. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 147, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 147 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-92. Bribery.

Any person or corporation offering money or other thing of value, either directly or indirectly, for the purpose of influencing any voter for or against any competing city, town or place in such election shall be guilty of the felony of bribery.
R.L. 1910, § 1538. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 148, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 148 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-112. Violation of act a felony.

Any county treasurer violating any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be punished by confinement in the State Penitentiary for a term not less than one (1) year nor more than four (4) years.
Added by Laws 1925, c. 88, p. 139, § 2. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 149, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 70, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 149 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-113. Treasurer's bondsmen liable for securities - Approval of securities.

The bondsmen of said county treasurer shall be liable to the bank depositing any of the securities as above named for the accounting of all such securities and the return to said bank of any or all of the securities as above named, or their value in money. Before any of the securities above named shall be accepted by the county treasurer in behalf of the county commissioners said securities shall be approved to the satisfaction of a majority of a commission composed of the judge of the district court, district attorney and county clerk.
R.L. 1910, § 1541.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-114. Securities - Deposit with State Treasurer.

The county treasurers of the various counties of the State of Oklahoma are hereby authorized to deposit with the State Treasurer, for safe keeping, securities received by them to secure county deposits in county depositories; provided, that the provisions of this act shall be cumulative to the provisions of Senate Bill Number 105 of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Oklahoma, relating to the deposit for safe keeping of securities received by county treasurers to secure county deposits.
Added by Laws 1933, c. 71, p. 127, § 1.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 19. Counties and County Officers › §19-115. Duplicate deposit slip or receipt filed with county clerk.

The county treasurer shall, when making up his deposits for the bank, make a duplicate ticket of such deposits and file the same with the county clerk, and whenever said treasurer shall transmit any money to any designated fiscal agent outside of his county he shall file with the county clerk a duplicate receipt for the amount so transmitted.
R.L. 1910, § 1542.