defraud the State of Oklahoma in any manner or for any purpose, and if one or more of such parties do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, all the parties to such conspiracy shall be liable to a penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) or to imprisonment for not more than two years or to both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court or jury.

Approved March 30, 1915.

CHAPTER 261.

CEMETERIES-CEMETERY CORPORATIONS-MAY OWN LAND.

AN ACT amending sections 382, 383, 388, 392, 393 and 394, of the Revised Laws of Oklahoma, 1910, pertaining to cemetery corporations.

Be It Enacted By The People Of The State Of Oklahoma:

Real Estate for Cemetery Purposes.

Section 1. That section 382 of the Revised Laws of Oklahoma, 1910, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 382. May hold real estate. Every cemetery corporation has power to purchase or take by gift, grant or devise and to hold real property not exceeding eighty acres for the sole use and purpose of a burial ground and to lay out the same into blocks and lots with convenient avenues and walks and to sell the lots for the sole use and purpose of burying the dead; and it may own and hold such other real and personal property as the legitimate, necessary or proper purposes of the corporation may require and all income therefrom shall be applied as hereinafter provided for the payment of the debt of the corporation and the improvement and ornamentation of its burial ground and for investment."

Plats-Records.

Section 2. That section 383 of the Revised Laws of Oklahoma, 1910, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 383. Surveys and Plat. Such corporation shall cause its land or such portion thereof as may from time to time become necessary for that purpose, to be surveyed into lots, avenues and walks and platted, upon which plat every lot shall be regularly numbered and said plat shall be acknowledged and shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk, but the fee for said recording shall not exceed the actual cost of the work of recording plus two dollars." Disposition of Proceeds of Sales.

Section 3. That section 388 of the Revised Laws of Oklahoma, 1910, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 388. Debts must be paid. At least fifty per cent of the gross proceeds of sales of blocks, lots or graves must be applied as often as every six months to the payment of the debts and obligations of such corporation as long as such debts and obligations exist."

Board of Directors Meetings-Duties.

Section 4. That section 392 of the Revised Laws of Oklahoma, 1910, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 392. Meetings of Board of Directors. The board of Trustees or directors of such corporation shall hold a regular meeting without notice immediately following the annual meeting of the members on the first Tuesday in July of each and every year, at which meeting it shall elect a president, a vice-president, a secretary, a treasurer, and shall ascertain the amount received from the sale of lots during the six months immediately preceding such meeting and enter the same in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall set aside by proper resolution not less than onehalf of such receipts for the purposes set forth in section 387 and shall transact such other business as may come before the meeting. Special meetings may be held at any time

upon call of the president or a majority of the trustees or directors and upon written notice, mailed to each member of the board at least five days before the meeting or upon written consent of all the members of the board."

Meetings of Members-Notice.

Section 5. That section 393 of the Revised Laws of Oklahoma, 1910, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 393. Annual meeting of members. The annual meeting of the members of such cemetery association shall be held on the first Tuesday in July of each and every year for the purpose of electing directors and transacting such other business as may come before the meeting. Notice of said meeting must be given by the secretary by publication in a newspaper published in the county and in the city or town nearest to said corporation's cemetery at least two weeks and not more than four weeks prior to the date of such meeting; five members shall constitute a quorum; special meetings may be held upon like notice; provided that if said members number less than fifty then said notices may be given by mailing the same to said members directed to the nearest postoffice to the location of said cemetery." Trustees-Duties in General.

Section 6. That section 394 of the Revised Laws of Oklahoma, 1910, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 394. Duties of Trustees or Directors. The Trustees or directors shall have the direction and control of the cemetery and other property of the corporation and shall have such other powers and duties not inconsistent with the provisions of this article as the trustees or directors of other corporations not for profit under the law of the State of Oklahoma. They shall require a strict accounting to be kept of all moneys received and expended on behalf of said corporation, look after and manage the affairs and fiscal concerns thereof and see that all proper regulations are made for the proper conduct, maintenance and improvement of

said cemetery, and shall also see that the debts and obligations of said corporation are paid as fast as the fifty per cent of the gross proceeds of sales of lots, as provided by law, will permit and shall also see that the other fifty per cent of such proceeds are strictly applied to the maintenance, preservation, care and improvement of said cemetery, including the payment of the salary of the superintendent, and such other help as he may require. Approved March 31, 1915.

CHAPTER 262.

TELEGRAPHS AND TELEPHONE-SEPARATE BOOTH FOR WHITE AND COLORED.

AN ACT providing for separate telephone booths for white and colored patrons conferring jurisdiction on the Corporation Commission, and declaring Emergency.

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Be It Enacted By The People Of The State Of Oklahoma:

Separate Telephone Booths.

Section 1. The Corporation Commission is hereby vested with power and authority to require telephone companies in the State of Oklahoma to maintain separate booths for white and colored patrons where there is a demand for such separate booths. That the Corporation Commission shall determine the necessity for said separate booths only upon complaint of the people in the town and vicinity to be served after due hearing as now provided by law in other complaints filed with the Corporation Commission.

Emergency.

Section 2. 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 30, 1915.

CHAPTER 263.

COURT TOWNS-HENRYETTA-EXPENSES.

AN ACT amending section 7 of chapter 102, of the Session Laws of 1913, relating to an act authorizing the holding of sessions o a county court of Okmulgee County, at the town of Henryetta in said county and the payment of the travcling expenses and hotel bills of the officers of said court, and declaring an

emergency.

Be It Enacted By The People Of The State Of Oklahoma: Expenses of Officers at Court Town.

Section 1. Section 7 of chapter 102, of the Session Laws, 1913, is hereby amended to read as follows: Traveling Expenses of Court Officers:

"Section 7. The County Judge, County Attorney and County Court Reporter shall be paid out of the county treasury on orders of the County Commissioners, their actual traveling expenses, including hotel bills, in attending court at Henryetta."

Emergency.

Section 2. 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 pasage and approval.

Approved March 30, 1915.