administration of the permanent school fund and the public lands, but also in the administration of the home ownership fund, and be its counsel and legal advisor in all matters that may properly come before said School Land Board, and be authorized to bring suits in the name of the State or otherwise or wherever the law requires, in the name of said commissioners, of said land office, and to prosecute the same in any court of this State. The seventh assistant Attorney General shall perform all the duties heretofore performed by the contest and protest clerk and title examiners and such other duties as may be assigned him by the Attorney General. Fees-Benefit of State. Section 8. It shall be the duty of the seventh assistant Attorney General to pass on abstracts in making loans. The School Land Commission may provide a reasonable fee to be charged therefor, and the same shall, at the end of each month be converted into the State Treasury as a part of the general revenue fund, and whenever said Assistant Attorney General, or any Assistant Attorney General, shall perform services in the administration of the business of said office for the benefit of individuals in transacting business with said Board, in its discretion said Board may provide a reasonable fee to be charged therefor; such fee to be collected by said Board, and at the end of each month, converted into the State Treasury as a part of the general revenue fund of the State. Receiver of Trust Funds Involving Business of Land Office-Attorney to Act. Section 9. Wherever a receiver may be appointed by the courts of this State, involving the assets of the trust fund, over which the Commissioners of the Land Office have jurisdiction or administration, the State court making such order shall also make an order appointing the Attorney General of the State as attorney for the receiver; and the fees allowed for his services shall be collected by the 'Commissioners of the Land Office, and at the end of each month, converted into the State Treasury as a part of the general revenue fund of the State. Removal of Assistants. Section 10. Any of said assistants may be removed from office by the Attorney General at any time. The sixth and seventh assistants may be removed from office by the Governor, by withdrawing his consent or approval of his appointment and stating his reasons therefor in writing and filing the same with the Secretary of State. Emergency. Section 11. For the preservation of the public health, peace and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act, shall take effect from and after its passage and approval. Approved March 10, 1915. CHAPTER 103. APPROPRIATION-CONNORS AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL. AN ACT making an appropriation for the support and maintenance of the Connors District State School of Agriculture at Warner, Oklahoma. Be It Enacted By the People of the State of Oklahoma: Appropriation. Section 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty-eight thousand ($28,000.00) dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the support and maintenance of the Connors State School of Agriculture at Warner, Oklahoma, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917, said sum herein appropriated being apportioned as follows: For the support and maintenance, including improvements and repairs, 1916 For the support and maintenance, including improvements and repairs, $14,000.00 14,000.00 1917 Approved March 10, 1915. CHAPTER 104. COURTS-COUNTY COURT AT BROKEN ARROW. AN ACT providing for holding sessions of county court at Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, and prescribing the duties of the county. judge, county attorney, stenographer and resident deputy clerk and all other matters in relation thereto, and declaring an emergency. Be It Enacted By the People of the State of Oklahoma: Terms-General Powers and Duties. Section 1. That after the passage and approval of this act, there shall be two terms of the county court of the county of Tulsa, Oklahoma, held in each year in the town of Broken Arrow; said term shall begin on the second Monday in June, and December and each term shall continue for a period of two weeks, or until the business of the term is disposed of, provided, that said court shall always be open for probate business, and, provided further that the county judge of Tulsa county shall have the right to sign any and all orders effecting any probate matter pending in the said county court at Broken Arrow, during the regular court days while in the city of Tulsa holding the county court in said city of Tulsa, and all such orders so signed when the same shall have been properly attested by the deputy clerk at Broken Arrow, and by him properly filed, shall have the same force and effect as if signed by the said judge during any session of the county court held in the said town of Broken Arrow. The county judge of Tulsa county, when not engaged in holding court, as required by law and this act, is hereby required to spend as much time as necessary in holding court in the town of Broken Ar row, in addition to the regular terms herein provided for, for the purpose of holding probate court and the transaction of such other matters, as may properly be brought before said court, not to exceed two days in each week, and not less than one day, every other week and the court is hereby authorized and required to designate by proper order the day or days of each wek on which he will transact probate business in said town of Broken Arrow. Jurisdiction. Section 2. The said court held at Broken Arrow, Tulsa county, Oklahoma, shall have original jurisdiction as the county court over the entire county, provided, that upon application presented after reasonable notice any action or matter pending in either court shall be transferred to the county court in said county nearest the residence of the defendant, or one of the defendants in such action provided, however, that no action shall be transferred during a term of the court after the same shall be set for trial except upon the consent of all the parties to the action. And provided, further, that any cases of probate of wills, guardianship, administration, and other probate matters upon application shall be transferred to the county court in said county, held nearest the residence of such guardian, executor or administrator. Deputy Clerk-Appointment-Salary-Office and Supplies. Section 3. Upon the taking effect of this act, it shall be the duty of the court clerk of the said county of Tulsa, and he shall immediately appoint a deputy clerk of said county court who shall give bond to the court clerk in the amount of $1,000.00 conditioned as provided by law and who shall at all reasonable hours keep the office open at Broken Arrow, and said clerk is hereby authorized to issue process and perform such other ministerial acts as are performed, and as are now required of the clerks of the said county courts of the State, said deputy clerk shall procure a seal for his said court, which shall in all respects be the same as the seal of the regular clerk of the county court now at the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, except that it shall have inserted therein the words "Broken Arrow Division." Said deputy clerk shall receive a salary of sixty dollars per month and shall be paid in like manner as the salary of the county judge, the town of Broken Arrow shall provide a suitable room for holding said court in said town, and shall provide suitable room to be used as an office for the said clerk, which shall be free of cost to Tulsa county. The county commissioners are hereby empowered to provide the necessary equipment for said office and it shall be their duty to provide a safe and suitable place for the keeping of all the records, books and papers pertaining to said court including the right to purchase suitable safes for such purposes. Section 4. The judge of the county court of Tulsa county, Oklahoma, shall keep all papers, books and records of his office, relating to any cause pending before his court at the office where said cause has been filed or transferred. Attendance-Expenses. Section 5. It shall be the duty of the county judge and the stenographer of the county court, to attend all the sittings of said court in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and the county attorney of the county court, shall attend in all actions or matters pertaining to his office. The traveling expenses of each shall be allowed including hotel expenses incident to their said attendance while engaged in holding of said court in said town of Broken Arrow, the payment of which shall be allowed by the county commissioners of the county upon an itemized verified account thereof being filed as now provided by law. Appeals to County Court-Where Tried-Criminal Trials. Section 6. All cases of appeals from the judgment of the justice of the peace in said county, shall be transferred by the said justices to the county court held at the place nearest to the residence of the defendants in such case, unless otherwise transferred upon agreement of the par |