cost of such hearing according to the result of the same and in the discretion vested in courts of equity. Should it be made to appear by a company subject to the provisions of this act, by competent and sufficient evidence, that the tax levied against the company hereunder exceeds the just average of the state tax and the local taxes throughout the several counties in which such company operates on a just proportion of the total taxable wealth of such company represented in the state, including a true and just proportion of the taxable franchise values, good will and earning value of the entire system, in Oklahoma, fixed, both by the relative gross earnings of the company within the state, as hereinbefore defined, and those without the state; and also by the relative value of the property in Oklahoma as feeding to, distributing for and connecting the lines of an interstate system -then the State Board may reduce or raise the levy to such figures. The State Board of Equalization shall have exclusive original jurisdiction in the matter of objections to the determination of the tax by the State Auditor as herein provided. The determination of the tax by the State Board shall have the force and effect of a final judgment, except when an appeal is taken within the time and in the manner heretofore provided. Such appeal must be taken to the Supreme Court of the state within thirty days after the decision by the State Board, by filing, within such time, a specification of errors alleged to have been committed by the State Board, accompanied by a case-made of all the evidence and proceedings before said board, or so much thereof as is necessary to show the errors complained of, duly certified by the chairman of said board, duly served on the Attorney General and signed and settled by the chairman of the State Board in the manner required by the Code of Civil procedure. The decision of the State Board shall not be superseded until the appellant shall have paid into the S. L. '15 6 state treasury, the amount by him admitted to be due or which appears to be due by his pleadings in the case; and shall have filed with the State Auditor a good and sufficient bond to be approved by him in double the amount of the contested remainder of the tax. In the event that final judgment fixes a tax in excess of that which the company admits it should pay, the costs of all proceedings shall be assessed against it, and the same rate of penalty on the excess, or dues unpaid, as hereinbefore provided for failure to pay taxes when due. The jurisdiction of the supreme court in appeals from the State Board shall be limited to a review of the errors alleged to have been committed by the State Board, as shown by the proceedings and the evidence before it; and no finding by the Board shall be reversed, vacated or modified unless the record affirmatively shows error. The supreme court shall have exclusive and original jurisdiction of any and all suits instituted to determine the validity of this act; but it shall not restrain the enforcement of any tax upon such basis until the company shall have paid into the state treasury the amount of taxes due upon its physical assets returnable in the state at the rate of state and local taxation where the same is situated. ARTICLE THREE. Invalid Sections-General Results. Section 1. The invalidity of any section, subdivision, clause or sentence of this act shall not in any manner affect the validity of the remaining portion thereof. ARTICLE FOUR. Emergency. Section 1. For the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. Approved March 11, 1915. CHAPTER 108. SEDUCTION-MARRIAGE-ABANDONMENT. AN ACT providing for the punishment of abandonment after seduction and marriage; and declaring an emergency. Be It Enacted By the People of the State of Oklahoma: Section 1. Any person charged by information or indictment with the offense of seduction who shall, before the trial of such charge, marry the female whom he was accused of seducing, thereby procuring the dismissal of such charge, and who shall within two years after said marriage, without the fault of his said wife, such fault amounting to acts committed by her after said marriage as would entitle him to a divorce under the laws of this state, shall abandon her or refuse to live with her, or shall be so cruel to her as to compel her to leave him, or shall be guilty of such outrages or cruelties towards her as to make their living together impossible, thereby leaving her or forcing her to leave him, and live apart from each other, shall be guilty of the offense of abandonment after seduction and marriage; and any person convicted of said offense shall be confined in the penitentiary for a term of not less than two nor more than ten years; and said marriage shall be no bar to the qualifications of said female to testify against the defendant; and the female so seduced and subsequently mar ried and abandoned as herein provided, shall be a compe tent witness against said defendant. Approved March 11, 1915. CHAPTER 109. AGRICULTURE-BOARD OF AGRICULTURE-HOW SELECTED. AN ACT providing for the selection of members of the State Board of Agriculture, amending section 11 of article 1, chapter 2, Revised Laws of Oklahoma, 1910. Be It Enacted By the People of the State of Oklahoma: Section 1. That section 11 of article 1, chapter 2, of the Revised Laws of Oklahoma, 1910, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 11. In accordance with the Constitution of the state of Oklahoma as amended, the Board of Agriculture shall consist of the president and four other members. The president of the board shall be selected as provided in section 13 of chapter 2, Revised Laws of Oklahoma, 1910. The four other members shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, in the manner herein provided, and all members, including the president, shall be farmers and shall have at least five years' practical experience after reaching the age of twenty-one years. The general office of the board shall be at the seat of government of the state. Special meetings of the board may be held whenever and wherever called by the president and shall be called whenever petitioned for by three members thereof. In making said appointments of members the Governor shall designate the term of service for which the said ap pointee is appointed. One member shall be appointed for the term of one year, one member for a term of two years, one member for a term of three years and one member for a term of five years, and thereafter the term of office shall be for a period of five years. In case of vacancy, caused by the removal, death, resignation or disability of any member, the Governor shall fill the same by appointment as in other cases, such member to serve for the unexpired term unless sooner removed for cause. Members of the Board of Agriculture other than the president shall receive six dollars per diem for the time actually engaged in the performance of their duties, and, in addition thereto, actual hotel bills not exceeding $2.00 per day, and costs of transportation. Approved March 11, 1915. CHAPTER 110. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS-CORRECTING PLATS AND ADDI TIONS. AN ACT providing for the correcting of city and town plats and plats of additions thereto; and declaring an emergency. Be It Enacted By the People of the State of Oklahoma: Errors in Descriptions-How Corrected. Section 1. The district court shall have the jurisdiction to correct city and town plats and plats of additions thereto. The owner or owners of any lot or lots within the portion of the plat sought to be corrected of any city or town plat or the plat of an addition thereto, may file his petition in the district court of the county where the land is |