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against the county upon his filing a verified, itemized statement with the county clerk.

Criminal Trials-Venue.

Section 5. All criminal cases pending in the said county court, in which the defendant is confined, at the time, in the county jail shall be tried at the county seat, except when defendant may be given a more speedy trial by his cause being transferred to the county court at Crowder. In such case it shall be the duty of the court to order such transfer.

Jury-How Provided.

Section 6. The jury commissioners of Pittsburg County shall select a jury for the said county court at Crowder from the body of the county in the same manner as provided by law for selecting a jury for the other county court.

Repeal of Conflicting Acts.

Section 7. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Emergency.

Section 8. 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 51.

HIGHWAYS-BRIDGES.

AN ACT amending section 7629, of Revised Laws of Oklahoma 1910, Harris-Day Code, providing for the construction and reconstruction of bridges; and declaring an emergency.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oklahoma:
Reconstruction of Bridges-Repairing Without Authority.

Section 1. Section 7629, chapter 73, article 1, Re

vised Laws of Oklahoma, 1910, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 7629. The board of county commissioners may pay for the reconstruction or repairing of such county bridges as have been heretofore or may be hereafter damaged or destroyed by floods, and including bridges where the same, by reason of an emergency, have been repaired or reconstructed by any person or persons, without first having contracted to repair or reconstruct the same with said county commissioners; Provided, that the authority granted by this section shall apply only to claims for repairing or reconstructing bridges previously owned by the county on the same site.."

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 February 25, 1915.

CHAPTER 52.

APPROPRIATION-DAIRY FARM.

AN ACT making an appropriation for the purpose of establishing a dairy and poultry farm at the East Oklahoma Hospital for the Insane at Vinita; and declaring an emergency.

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

Dairy Farm-Eastern Oklahoma Asylum.

Section 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the hands of the State Treasurer, not otherwise. appropriated, the sum of $10,000.00, or so much thereof as is necessary, for the purpose of establishing a dairy and

poultry farm at the East Oklahoma Hospital for the Insane, located at Vinita, Oklahoma.

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 February 25, 1915.

CHAPTER 53.

ANIMALS-STALLIONS AND JACKS-LICENSE.

AN ACT providing a lien for the services of stallions and jacks registered according to the provisions of this act.

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

License-Board.

Section 1. Every person, persons, firm, corporation, company or association that shall stand, travel, advertise or offer for public service in any manner any stallion or jack in the State of Oklahoma, before being entitled to the benefit of the lien hereinafter provided for the services of such animals, shall secure a license certificate for such stallion or jack, from the Oklahoma State Live Stock Registry Board, as hereinafter provided. Said board shall consist of the dean of the division of agriculture, head of the animal husbandry department, and the head of the veterinary department of the Oklahoma State Agricultural College. Requirements-Fees.

Section 2. To obtain a license certificate as herein provided, the owner of such stallion or jack shall comply with the following requirements;

First. The owner of a pure-bred stallion or jack shall forward to the Oklahoma State Live Stock Registry Board of Inspection, the registry certificate or a certified copy of the registry certificate of such stallion, or jack, also other necessary papers or documents, relating to the breeding and ownership of such stallion or jack.

Second. Owners of cross-bred or grade stallions or jacks shall forward to the Oklahoma State Live Stock Registry Board affidavit showing the breeding of such stallion or jack.

Third. Owners of scrub stallions or jacks shall forward to the Oklahoma State Live Stock Registry Board a statement of the age, color and size of such stallion or jack.

Fourth. The fee of such stallion or jack license shall be two ($2.00) dollars and said fee shall accompany each. application for license.

Revocation of License.

Section 3. The Oklahoma State Live Stock Registry Board shall have power to revoke, cancel and recall any license when said board shall find that such license does not truly and correctly represent the horse or jack for which said license was originally issued, and when a license is revoked by the said board, it shall be the duty of the sheriff or a constable of a county where such license is located to take possession of said license and deliver the same to the said Oklahoma State Live Stock Registry Board when called upon by said Oklahoma State Live Stock Registry Board to take possession of the said license.

Kinds of License.

Section 4. The Oklahoma State Live Stock Registry Board shall issue four kinds of licenses, as follows; purebred, for stallions or jacks correctly recorded in stud books, recognized by the Oklahoma State Live Stock Registry Board; cross-bred, for stallions or jacks whose sire and dam are of different breeds but each are correctly recorded

in a stud book maintained for that particular breed, providing said stud books are recognized by the Oklahoma State Live Stock Registry Board; grade, for stallions or jacks whose sire or dam is recorded in a stud book that is recognized by the Oklahoma State Live Stock Registry Board; scrub, for stallion or jack whose sire and dam are neither recorded in a stud book recognized by the State Live Stock Registry Board.

Investigations-Registry Books and Associations.

Section 5. It shall be the duty of the State Live Stock Registry Board to examine and pass upon the merits of each registry certificate and statement of breeding submitted as herein provided, and it shall use as its standard the stud books and signatures of the duly authorized officers of the various horse pedigree registry associations, societies or companies certified by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., Bureau of Animal Industry, in order No. 136. dated June 20, 1906, and any other stud or jack books which may be established in the future when an association or company establishing such stud or jack books shall prove to the satisfaction of the State Live Stock Registry Board that they are doing an honest, reputable and creditable business, and that such stud or jack books are necessary for the protection and encouragement of that particular breed.

Term-Renewal License.

Section 6. Each license issued by the Oklahoma State Live Stock Registry Board shall expire December 31, of the year of which it is issued but such license may be renewed each year, provided, the owner of said stallion or jack makes application for renewal before March 1, following the date of expiration, and forward with such application for renewal a fee of one ($1.00) dollar for each renewal and submit satisfactory evidence establishing the identity of stallions or jacks for which renewal of license is requested. Each renewal shall expire on December 31st of the year for which it is renewed. Failure to have license renewed, as

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