Section 7412. Within ten days after such sale the treasurer shall file in the office of the county clerk of his county, a return of his sale of such real estate, retaining a copy in his office, showing the real estate sold, the name of the purchaser, and the sum paid by them, and also a copy of the notice of sale, with a certificate of the advertisement verified by affidavit, and such certificate shall be evidence of the regularity of the proceeding. Before the county treasurer shall execute a deed to a purchaser at such tax resale, the said county treasurer shall advertise in one issue in some newspaper published in the city or town where the property sold is located, and in case the property sold for taxes is not located within or adjoining a city or town, the county treasurer shall advertise the same in some paper of general circulation in the county, stating in said advertisement the fact that the described property was sold at such resale and giving the name of the record owner of all property sold, the amount of delinquent taxes due, including penalties and cost of sale, and if the owner of property sold at resale does not within ten days from the date of advertisement pay the county treasurer all delinquent taxes, penalties and cost, the county treasurer shall execute to the purchaser at such sale, his heirs or assigns, a deed of conveyance which shall vest in the grantee an absolute estate in fee simple in such real estate. Such deed shall be executed in conformity to section 7418, and shall contain, in addition to the recitals required by such section, a summary recital of the proceedings in the matter of the sale provided for in this article. If any tract or parcel of such real estate sells for more than the taxes, penalty, interest and costs accrued upon said tract or parcel, the excess thereof shall be turned into the county treasury and there held for the prior owner of such real estate, to be by him withdrawn at any time within two years, and at the expiration of two years, if the same is not withdrawn or collected from the county treasury the same shall be turned into the county sinking fund. If any of the property offered for sale fails to bring the amount of taxes due and unpaid, with accrued interest and penalty, then the county treasurer shall rebuy same and a tax deed shall issue to the county treasurer for the use and benefit of the county and the title shall become invested in the county treasurer and his successor in office for the use and benefit of the county; provided, that at any time after the title becomes invested in the county treasurer same may be sold at private sale at a price to be ap proved by the board of county commissioners, the proceeds of which shall be distributed in the same manner as is now provided by law, for the distribution of the tax covered by said sale. Provided, that before the sale is approved by the board of county commissioners, the treasurer shall give notice by publication in at least two issues of the official paper of the county, said notice giving the description of the property sold, to whom sold and price at which same is sold, and stating that he will ask the board of county commissioners at their next meeting to approve said sale. Provided, that any party removing any improvements from said real estate shall be guilty of a felony. Approved February 24, 1915. CHAPTER 48. MUNICIPAL INCORPORATION-ELECTION TO INCORPORATE LEGALIZED ACTS VALIDATED. AN ACT to legalize the incorporation of the town of Dill City, in the county of Washita, State of Oklahoma, and to Legalize the election and proceedings of the trustees and all other officers of said town, and their acts and doings as said officers and declaring an emergency. Be It Enacted By the People of the State of Oklahoma: Election Validated. Section 1. That the incorporation of the town of Dill City, Washita County, State of Oklahoma, is hereby legal ized and made valid as if all acts required by the statutes of the State of Oklahoma, in relation to the incorporation of towns and villages, had been fully and completely complied with. Acts of Trustees Made Valid. Section 2. That all acts heretofore done and all ordinances heretofore passed by the trustees of the town of Dill City, and by all other officers thereof, which they could have legally done under the laws of the State of Oklahoma, had such town been legally and properly incorporated and had such trustees and other officers been elected in strict conformity with all the laws of the State of Oklahoma are hereby legalized and made in all respects valid and binding. Emergency. Section 3. 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 from and after its passage and approval. Approved February 24, 1915. CHAPTER 49. UNITED STATES OFFICERS VACANCY IN UNITED STATES SENATE. AN ACT providing for the filling of a vacancy in the office of senator from Oklahoma in the Congress of the United States: and declaring an emergency. Be It Enacted By the People of the State of Oklahoma: Governor to Fill Vacancy in United States Senate. Section 1. That whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of senator from Oklahoma in the Congress of the United States, the Governor of the state shall fill the same by appointment until such time as the people of the state may nominate and elect a senator to fill out the unexpired portion of the term in which such vacancy exists, which shall be done at the first primary and general election in the state occurring thereafter. 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 February 24, 1915. CHAPTER 50. COURTS CROWDER MADE COURT TOWN. AN ACT repealing chapter 62 of the Session Laws of 1910-1911 and providing for terms of county and probate court of Pittsburg county at Crowder, and prescribing the duties of the county judge and deputy clerk in relation thereto, and declaring an emergency. Be It Enacted By the People of the State of Oklahoma: Terms. Section 1. That after the passage and approval of this Act, there shall be four terms of the county court of the County of Pittsburg, Oklahoma, held in each year in the town of Crowder; said terms shall begin on the first Monday in February, May, August and November, and each term shall continue for a period of three weeks, or until the business of the term is disposed of; provided, that said court shall always be open for probate business. The county court of said County of Pittsburg, when not engaged in holding court as by law and this Act required is hereby required to spend as much time as is necessary, in holding court in the town of Crowder, in addition to the regular terms herein provided for, for the purpose of holding pro bate court and the transaction of such other matters as may properly be brought before said court, not to exceed four days in each month, nor less than two days in each month; and the said court is hereby authorized and required to designate, by proper order, the day or days of each month on which he will transact probate business in the said town of Crowder. Jurisdiction. Section 2. The said court held at Crowder, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, shall have original jurisdiction as the county court over the entire county; provided, that any case of probate 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 at Crowder-Appointment-Salary. Section 3. Upon the taking effect of this Act, it shall be the duty of the court clerk of said County of Pittsburg and he shall appoint a deputy clerk of said county court who shall at all reasonable hours keep the office open at Crowder; and said clerk is hereby authorized to issue process and perform such other ministerial acts as are performed and as are now required of court clerks of said state. Said clerk shall receive a salary of $400.00 per year and shall be paid in like manner as the salary of the county judge. Records-Traveling Expenses. Section 4. The judge of the county court of Pittsburg County, 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. The county judge shall be paid out of the county treasury, upon order of the board of county commissioners, his annual traveling expenses, and hotel bills incurred while holding the term of court at Crowder and discharging the other duties imposed upon him herein, same to be paid as other bills |