drawing interest at the rate of six per cent per annum for the purpose of obtaining funds for the repair and completion of the sanitary sewer system of said city.

Repeal of Conflicting Laws.

Section 3. That all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Emergency.

Section 4. 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 23, 1915.

CHAPTER 38.

APPROPRIATION-ANIMALS-FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASES. AN ACT making appropriation for the prevention of foot and mouth diseases in the State of Oklahoma; and declaring an emergency.

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

Appropriation.

Section 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars, or so much thereof as is necessary for the prevention of foot and mouth diseases within the State of Oklahoma; said sum to be made available for use by the State Board of Agriculture.

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 23, 1915.

CHAPTER 39.

EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS-FOREIGN APPOINTMENTS -VALIDITY OF ACTS IN GENERAL.

AN ACT to amend section 6312 of the Revised Laws of 1910, relating to the main. taining of suits and release mortgages by foreign executors, etc.; and declaring an emergency.

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

Maintenance of Suits-Release of Mortgage by Foreign Executor or Administrator.

Section 1. Section 6312 of the Revised Laws of Oklahoma, 1910, shall be amended to read as follows:

Section 6312. It shall be lawful for any person or persons to whom letters testamentary or of administration have been granted, by the proper authority in any of the United States or the territories thereof, to maintain or defend any suit or action, and to prosecute and recover any claim in the courts of the State of Oklahoma, in the same manner as if the letters testamentary or of administration had been granted to such person by the proper authority in this state, and the letters testamentary or of administration, or a copy thereof, certified under the seal of the authority granting the same, shall be sufficient evidence to prove the granting thereof, and that the person therein named has administration; Provided, that the courts in which any action may be brought by any non-resident executor or administrator shall have power, and such power is hereby given to the said court, upon motion, to require from such person the security required by law in a like case from a resident administrator or executor; Provided, further, that such executor or administrator shall have the authority to release mortgages in this state upon filing with the county clerk of the county in which such mortgage is recorded a showing properly certified to that such executor or administrator is the duly qualified and acting executor or administrator of such estate.

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 23, 1915.

CHAPTER 40.

ANIMALS BREEDERS-REGISTRY CERTIFICATE-How

FURNISHED.

AN ACT to facilitate the registration of domestic animals eligible thereto, and providing penalty for refusal to comply with provisions of same.

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

Owner of Animal to Furnish Breeding Certificate.

Section 1. The owner or keeper of any registered male animals who collect a fee for the service of same, shall upon request of the owner of any registered female of the same breed which has been bred to such registered male animal, and the fee therefor paid, furnished to such owner a breeding certificate, giving name and register number of such male animal and the date of such service, such information to be furnished in the form required by the breeders' association with which such animals are registered, to the end that the offspring may be registered.

Penalty for Violation.

Section 2. Refusal to comply with the provisions of section one hereof shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.

Approved February 23, 1915.

CHAPTER 41.

CHARITIES CARE OF DESTITUTE-STATE INSTITUTIONS

AVAILABLE.

AN ACT to provide for the support and maintenance of certain unfortunate indigent persons; and declaring an emergency.

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

Governor to Place Person in Institution Most Available.

Section 1. Whenever it shall be made to appear to the Governor, by satisfactory evidence, that any person who has been a bona fide resident of the state for one year or more, is by reason of physical or mental infirmity, a proper person for state support or maintenance, and such person is eligible to admission into one or more of the state hospitals or charitable institutions, the Governor may designate the most available and appropriate State institution to which such person may be admitted and shall order his commitment thereto; The authorities in charge of such institution so designated shall receive, care for and support such person the same as other inmates therein.

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 23, 1915.

CHAPTER 42.

APPROPRIATION-REAPPROPRIATION-PER DIEM OF FOURTH

LEGISLATURE.

AN ACT re-appropriating the funds heretofore appropriated by chapter 243 of the Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1913, and declaring an emergency.

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

Reappropriation Per Diem of Members and Employes of Fourth Legislature.

Section 1. There is hereby re-appropriated out of the funds in the hands of the State Treasurer heretofore levied to meet the appropriation made by virtue of House Bill No. 182, same being chapter 243 of the Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1913, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the per diem of the members and employees and the contingent expenses of the State Senate and House of Representatives of the extraordinary session of the Fourth Legislature; Provided, that the expense of printing the permanent Senate and House Journals, the Session Laws, rent and storage of the Legislature furniture, and all other proper charges against the state occasioned by the Legislative session, shall be audited and allowed against the appropriation herein made.

Acts of Auditor and Treasurer-Relating to Warrants Validated.

Section 2. The acts of the State Auditor in issuing warrants against said fund heretofore appropriated by virtue of chapter 243, of said Session Laws, and the acts of the State Treasurer in paying said warrants so issued by said State Auditor, are hereby validated and legalized.

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 February 23, 1915