is to assess the class of property which has been omitted, shall at any time, cause such property to be entered on the assessment rolls and tax books for the year or years omitted, and shall, after reasonable notice to the parties affected, in order that they may be heard, assess such omitted property and cause to be extended against the same on the tax list for the current year all arrearage of taxes properly accruing against it, including therein interest thereon at the rate of six per cent per annum. from the time such tax should have become delinquent. If any tax on any property liable to taxation is prevented from being collected for any year or years, by reason of any erroneous proceedings, or failure to give notice, or otherwise, the amount of such tax which such property should have paid or should have been paid thereon shall be added to the tax on such property for the current year, and if for want of sufficient time or for any other cause such assessment cannot be entered on the tax books, and the tax thereon extended on the tax lists for the current year, the same shall be done the following year; provided, however, that whenever any real or personal property, on account of same being grossly undervalued on account of false representations or concealments made by the owner or owners or their agents in rendering the same for assessment, and in the assessment made in any year or years, the property thereby escapes just and proper taxation, at any time within three years thereafter the county assessor or the State Board of Equalization, whose duty it is to assess the class of property which has been so under valued, shall, within three years from the date of such under valuation, cause such property to be entered on the assessment roll and tax books for the year or years so under valued, and shall, after reasonable notice to the party affected in order that he may be heard, reassess such undervalued property and cause same to be extended against said property on the tax lists or rolls for the current year with all arrearage of taxes thus properly accruing against it, including interest thereon at the rate of six per cent per annum from the time such tax should have become delinquent; and provided further, that as to such property so grossly undervalued in assessment, no contract shall be made with any one by either the State Board of Equalization, or the Board of County Commisioners, to pay anyone a commission for in any way causing same to be reassessed; but it shall be the duty of the State Board of Equalization, with the assistance of the Attorney General, and the county assessor, with the assistance of the county attorney, to make and cause such reassessment to be made, as aforesaid; provided, however, this shall not be construed to prevent boards of county commissioners from making contracts for the discovery of omitted property, as provided by section 7449 of the Revised Laws of Oklahoma, 1910." Emergency. Section 2. It being immediately necessary 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 full force from and after its passage and approval. Approved March 22, 1915. CHAPTER 178. HOTELS-FRAUD IN SECURING ACCOMMODATIONS. AN ACT relating to the obtaining of board and lodging under false pretenses, and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof, and relating to the lien of an inn, hotel, boarding or eating house keeper for board and lodging obtained; and declaring an emergency. Be It Enacted By the People of the State of Oklahoma: Fraud-What Constitutes. Section 1. Any person who shall obtain food, lodging or other accommodations at any hotel, inn, boarding or eating house or rooming house, with intent to defraud the owner or keeper thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding three months, or punishment by both such fine and imprisonment. Proof that lodging, food and other accommodations were obtained by false pretense or by false or fictitious show or pretense of any baggage or other property, or that he gave a check or negotiable paper on which payment was refused, or that he left the hotel, inn, boarding house or rooming house without payment or offering to pay for such food, lodging or other accommodation, or that he surreptitiously removed or attempted to remove his baggage, or that he registered under a fictitious name, shall be prima facie proof of the intent to defraud mentioned in this section; but this act shall not apply where there has been an agreement in writing for delay in payment. Lien on Baggage-Limitation. Section 2. The keeper of any inn, hotel, boarding house, or rooming house, whether individual, partnership or corporation, shall have a lien on the baggage and other property in and about such inn, brought to the same by or under the control of his guest or boarders for the proper charges due him from such guests or boarders for accommodation, board and lodging, and for all money paid for or advanced to them, not to exceed the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00), and for such other extras as are furnished at the request of such guests, and said inn keeper, hotel keeper or rooming house keeper shall have the right to detain such baggage and other property until the amount of such charges are paid and such baggage and other property shall be exempt from attachment or execution until such innkeeper's lien and the cost of satisfying it are paid. The innkeeper, boarding house or hotel keeper or rooming house keeper shall retain such baggage and other property upon which he has a lien for a period of ninety days, at the expiration of which time, if the lien is not satisfied, he may sell such baggage and other property at public auction, first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting at least three notices thereof in public places in the county where the inn or hotel is situated, and also by mailing a copy of such notice addressed to said guest or boarder at the place of residence designated by the register of such inn or hotel. And after satisfying the lien and any costs that may accrue, any residue remaining shall, on deinand, within six months, be paid to such guest or boarder, and if not so demanded within six months from date of sale, such residue shall be deposited by such innkeeper with the treasurer of the county; said residue shall be retained by the county treasurer for a period of one year, and if not claimed within that time by the owner thereof, it shall be placed to the credit of the school fund. Emergency. Section 3. It being immediately necessary 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 full force from and after its passage and approval. Approved March 25, 1915. CHAPTER 179. FAIRS FREE COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP FAIRS. AN ACT providing for holding free township and county fairs, and prescribing the manner in which they shall be held: Providing for the election of county fair associations and for levying taxes and declaring an emergency. Be It Enacted By the People of the State of Oklahoma: "Free Fair"-Definition. Section 1. The term "free fair" as used in this act shall be construed to mean township and county fairs where admission to the grounds and all exhibit buildings are free and where no charge is made for entering exhibits on which premiums are offered. Object of Free Fair. Section 2. The object of free fairs shall be to promote agriculture, horticulture, fruit culture, live stock and poultry raising, manufacturing, arts, trades and every industry of the county in which the fair is held. County Fair Comissioners-Election-Levy for Fair. Section 3. The county farm demonstrator of any county may call a mass meeting of the citizens of any municipal township in the county for the purpose of electing two members of the county fair association. The call for such mass meeting shall be by posting notices in three public places in the township, or by publication in a newspaper published in the township, or which has a generar circulation in the township, or by both posting notices and publication. Such notices or publications shall state the purpose of the mass meeting, the time and place of holding the same, and such notice or publication must be made at least one week before date of meeting and said notice shall state that when a majority of the townships shall have elected delegates, the county commissioners may make a levy to provide for said free fair. When a majority of the municipal townships of any county in which not less than twenty (20) tax paying voters of such township |