Commissioner or its inspector or examiner, testified to or produced documentary evidence of; provided, however, that no person so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution or punishment for any perjury committed by him in his testimony.

Act Applicable to Carriers.

Section 5. The provisions of this act shall apply to employers and employees engaged in intrastate commerce and also to those engaged in interstate or foreign commerce for whom no rule of liability has been established by the Congress of the United States.

False Statements-Misdemeanor.

Section 6. If for the purpose of obtaining any benefit or payment under the provisions of this act, either for himself or any other person, any person wilfully makes a false statement or representation, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Limitations of Time-Exceptions.

Section 7. No limitation of time provided in this act shall run as against any person who is mentally incompetent or a minor dependent so long as he has no committee, guardian or next friend.

Commissioner of Labor to Assist.

Section 8. The Commissioner of Labor shall render to the Commission any proper aid and assistance by the department of labor as in his judgment does not interfere with the proper conduct of such department.

Validity of Sections Declared Independent.

Section 9. If any section or provision of this act be decided by the courts to be unconstitutional or invalid, the same shall not effect the validity of this act as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional or invalid.

Pending Actions.

Section 10. This act shall not effect any action pending or cause of action existing or which accrued prior to September 1, 1915.

Death or Injury Resulting in Death.

Article 6. Section 1.

Section 1. It is not intended that any of the provisions of this act shall apply in cases of accidents resulting in death and no right of action for recovery of damages for injuries resulting in death is intended to be denied or affected.

Personal Injuries-Court Jurisdiction-Superseded by Commission. Section 2. The right of action to recover damages for personal injuries not resulting in death arising and occurring in hazardous employments as herein defined, except the right of action reserved to the State Industrial Commission for the benefit of an injured employee in section two of article two of this act, is hereby abrogated, and all jurisdiction of the courts of this State over such causes, except as to the cause reserved to the State Industrial Commission for the benefit of injured employees in section two of article two of this act, is hereby abolished.

Act, When Effective.

Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 1915, provided that the application of this act as between employers and employees and the payment of compensation for injuries to employees shall take effect September 1, 1915.

Approved this 22d day of March, 1915.

CHAPTER 247.

RAILROAD STATION-NAME TO CORRESPOND WITH NAME OF TOWN.

AN ACT to prohibit any corporation or receiver operating a line of railway in whole or in part in the State of Oklahoma or any officer, agent or representative of such corporation or receiver to retain, maintain or establish a name of any railroad station or depot in any incorporated or unincorporated town or city within this state, other than the name of the town or city within this state, penaltes for violation of this act and prescribing the venue of suits and prosecutions thereunder.

Be It Enacted By the People of the State of Oklahoma:

Name of Town to Be Name of Station.

Section 1. It shall hereafter be unlawful for any corporation or receiver operating any line of railroad in whole or in part in this state, or any officer, agent or representative of such corporation or receiver to retain, maintain or establish a name for any railroad station or depot in any incorporated or unincorporated town or city within this state other than the name of the town or city which have and bears, the name of its post office so given by the United States government.

Penalty for Violation.

Section 2. Any officer, agent or representative of any corporation, or receiver operating any line of railroad, in whole or in part, within this state who shall violate the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction therefor shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for such offense, or by confinement in the county jail for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than ninety (90) days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Provided, that the venue of all suits originating under the provisions of this act shall be in the county where the station about which the suit occurs is located.

Approved March 23, 1915.

CHAPTER 248.

LEASES ON LANDS-RELEASE FROM RECORD.

AN ACT providing for the release from record of oil, gas and other mineral leases after the forfeiture of the same; and declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted By the People of the State of Oklahoma:
Forfeiture of Lease-Release from Record-Penalty.

Section 1. When any lease on land heretofore or hereafter taken shall have become forfeited, it shall be the duty of the lessee, his, her, or their heirs, successors, assigns or legal representatives, within sixty (60) days from the date this act shall take effect, if such forfeiture occurs prior thereto, and within (60) days from date of forfeiture of any and all other leases, to have such leases released from record in the county where such land is situated, without cost to the owner or owners thereof; and upon failure to make such release, the owner or owners of the land under lease may notify in writing the holder of the record title to such lease, that the same has become forfeited and demand a release of record of such lease, as herein provided; and if the owner or holder of such lease, or the officer, agent, or other persons whose duty it is to release such lease, shall fail or neglect to release same within thirty days after demand to release has been made in writing, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars. 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.

[I did not approve this bill but detained it for over five

days. I doubt its validity as being in violation of the Constitution. See Campbell v. State, 23 Okla. 109.]

R. L. WILLIAMS, Governor.

CHAPTER 249.

EXECUTION-UNDERTAKING TO STAY EXECUTION PENDING APPEAL.

AN ACT to amend section 5254 of the Revised Laws of Oklahoma, of 1910, relative to undertakings for stay of execution and the stay of execution pending appeal; and declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted By The People Of The State Of Oklahoma: Regulating Undertakings to Stay Executions Pending Appeals.

Section 1. That section 5254 of the Revised Laws of Oklahoma of 1910 be amended to read as follows:

"Section 5254. Before an undertaking shall operate to stay execution of a judgment or order, a petition in error must be filed in the appellate court and the execution of the undertaking and the sufficiency of the sureties must be approved by the court in which the judgment was rendered or order made, or by the judge or clerk thereof; provided that at any time when the time for making or contemplating a case-made is extended by the court or judge, the court or judge shall include in such order an order staying execution pending the giving of an undertaking as herein provided for and the time within which the proceedings in error shall be filed in the Supreme Court, in order to continue such stay of execution pending the completion and settling of the case and the filing of the petition in error in the Supreme Court, and in the event that the