Nations by working for the establishment of certain declarations of principles adopted by the Federation Interalliee Des Anciens Combattants commonly known as F. I. D. A. C.__ SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 20. A RESOLUTION providing for the Appointment of a joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives for the purpose of conferring upon the date of adjournment of the CONCURRENT RESOLUTION fixing the day and hour of the sine die adjournment of the A SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 23. RESOLUTION providing for compiling. indexing and publishing Session Laws of the A RESOLUTION providing for the refunding of gross production tax to the Rushton Oil Com pany, making appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency-. A JOINT RESOLUTION directing a refund to Elmer L. Riley. county treasurer of Wagoner county, state of Oklahoma, from the state treasury of certain moneys collected by him and erroneously paid by him to the state treasurer and converted into the state treasury making an appropriation therefor; and declaring an emergency-. A JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Commissioner of Highways to enter into contract with the Purcell-Lexington Bridge Company, to take over the Toll Bridge across the South Canadian River between Purcell and Lexington, Oklahoma, and declaring an A RESOLUTION authorizing the Soldiers Relief Commission to landscape and grade the grounds of the Soldiers Tubercular Sanitorium located at Sulphu., Oklahoma. o plant trees thereon. to pave oval and road, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an A RESOLUTION providing for the investigation of injuries to Ed Pilgrim and Dennis Fore- man to determine the liability of the State of Oklahoma therefor, if any, and making A RESOLUTION authorizing and empowering the Board of County Commissioners of Mc- Curtain County. Oklahoma, to pay Mrs. Jewel Felker the sum of $1000.00. and de HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 3. A CONCURRENT resolution appointing a joint committee of the House and Senate to in- vestigate into the prices of lumber, cement and other building material in this state, and HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 15. MEMORIALIZING Congress as to the Repeal of the Esch-Cummings Act--. A RESOLUTION authorizing the submission of a proposed amendment to to the people for their approval or rejection, for the purpose of amending Section 9 of Article 10, providing for a special state levy for public schools--. SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 7. A RESOLUTION requiring the state examiner and inspector to furnish statement showing ald extended by the state to the various counties. 502 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 8. A RESOLUTION pertaining to an examination of the papers and files of the Oklahoma Geological Survey and for the appointment of a committee to investigate the expenditures of said survey---- SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 9. A RESOLUTION relating to the compilation of the Laws of Oklahoma, 1921. 503 503 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 10. A RESOLUTION relating to the matter of the disposal of the water rights and matters connected therewith at Muscle Shoals, Alabama....... SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 11. A RESOLUTION in memory of Ex-Senator Wm. A. Briggs--- SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 12 505 505 A RESOLUTION requesting the school land commission to furnish the state Senate with certain information relative to loans from more than five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars. 506 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 13. ▲ RESOLUTION authorizing the president of the senate to appoint a committee of five from the membership of the senate, to investigate the expenditure of money appropriated by the Legislature for the purpose of building new buildings and making improvements at the various state institutions of the state of Oklahoma, and making repairs and purchasing equipment at said institutions, with power to subpoena witnesses and conduct hearings at any place in the state, with the view of determining the liability and responsibility, if any, for any misuse of funds so appropriated and fixing the blame for any defects which may exist from improper or defective construction, and authorizing said committee to report the result of its findings to the senate. and declaring an emergency 506 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 14. A RESOLUTION requesting Sidney Smith to address the Senate of the Ninth Legislature of the State of Oklahoma. 507 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 15. A RESOLUTION in memoriam of the philanthropy and sacrifice made by William T. Whitaker. late of Pryor, Oklahoma, in behalf of helpless orphan children----508 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 16. A RESOLUTION requesting certain information, with regard to the eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis, from the state auditor and president of the State Board of Agriculture. 509 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 17. A RESOLUTION calling for information pertaining to data on delinquent taxes and on unas sessed property from the county assessors and county treasurers of Oklahoma------ 510 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 19. A RESOLUTION providing a reward for arrest and conviction of the thief or thieves of the car belonging to Senator West, and reward for the return of the car--511 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 20. A RESOLUTION providing for the closing of unfinished business of the regular session of the Ninth Legislature, after adjournment--811 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 21. A RESOLUTION providing for the custody of the senate chamber, committee rooms, property and equipment, and its papers and documents, apportioning funds for such purpose and fixing the compensation therefor.. 512 Acts of the Ninth Legislature of Oklahoma, 1923 Convened on the 2nd day of January, 1923. Adjourned on the 31st day of March, 1923. CHAPTER 1. SENATE BILL NO. 2. Stills. AN ACT relating to stills, distilleries, mash, wort, wash fit for distillation or for the manufac ture of beer, wine, distilled spirits or other alcoholic liquor; fixing the penalty for the violation thereof, and declaring an emergency. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA : Intoxicating Liquors-Possession of Ingredients. Section 1. No mash, wort, or wash fit for distillation or for the manufacture of beer, wine, distilled spirits or other alcoholic liquor shall be made, fermented or possessed by any person, other than a person duly authorized under the laws of the United States and the State of Oklahoma, to manufacture sweet cider, vinegar, nonalcoholic beverages, or spirits for other than beverage purposes. Still-Registration. Section 2. No person shall keep in his possession any still worm or still, without registering the same with the proper United States officer, and no person shall set up to be used as a distillery, any still worm or substitute therefor, or a still or a substitute therefor, such as a kettle, wash-pot, metal tank or other vessel of any kind for the purpose of using same, or which after being set up may be used for the production of distilled spirits, or any liquor the sale of which is prohibited by the laws of the State of Oklahoma. Distillery-Prohibited Within Oklahoma. Section 3. No distillery shall be set up in this State for the purpose of manufacturing distilled spirits, or any liquor the sale of which is prohibited by the laws of the State of Oklahoma, for beverage purposes, and no distillery shall be used in the manufacture of such spirits or liquor, and no distillery shall be sold or possessed for the manufacture of such spirits or liquor. Any device or any process which separates alcoholic spirits from any fermented substance shall be regarded as a distillery. Stills-Manufacture of Prohibited. Section 4. No person shall manufacture a still worm, or still without first having qualified under the laws of the United States as a manufacturer of stills, and without paying the tax required by the laws of the United States on the stills and worms manufactured. Any person who converts a kettle, wash-pot, metal can, tank, barrel or other vessel into a still or who converts any metal pipe of any kind into a still worm or condenser for a still, shall be deemed a manufacturer of stills. Collector Internal Revenue-Certificates-Evidence. Section 5. The certificate of the proper Collector of Internal Revenue with respect to any particular still or distillery found in this State, shall be accepted in any court of the State as prima facie evidence of the status of such still or distilling apparatus. Possession-Prima Facie Evidence of Ownership. Section 6. Any mash, wort, or wash, and any distillery found in any house, or building, or within any enclosure shall prima facie be deemed, in the case of mash, wort or wash, to have been made and fermented by, and in the case of a distillery to have been set up by, and to be the property of the person or persons who are in actual possession and control of the house, building or enclosure as the case may be; provided, further, that it shall be unlawful for any person to place any mash, wort, or wash, or any distillery or still on the premises of another. Felony. Section 7. Any person who shall violate any provision of this Act shall be guilty of a felony and punished by fine not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) and imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one year nor more than ten years. 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 5, 1923. CHAPTER 2. SENATE BILL NO. 3. Murder. AN ACT making the selling, giving away, or otherwise furnishing any liquor, preparation or compound, for beverage purposes, which results in death, murder, and declaring an emergency. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA : Murder-Death Resulting from Beverage. Section 1. Any person who sells, gives away, or otherwise fur nishes any liquor, preparation or compound, for beverage purposes, and which results in death, shall be guilty of murder. 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 January 31, 1923. CHAPTER 3. SENATE BILL NO. 5. Aiding School Districts. AN ACT making an appropriation for the purpose of aiding Union Graded and Consolidated School Districts, providing for the distribution of such money, 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 moneys in the State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of One Hundred Twenty-five Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty ($125,350.00) Dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the purpose of aiding the construction of Consolidated and Union Graded District Schools in the State of Oklahoma, to supplement the appropriation provided in Chapter 191, Session Laws of 1921; and said money is hereby placed at the disposal of the State Board of Education, to be apportioned and distributed according to the provisions of existing laws. Emergency. Section 2. It being immedately 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 March 28, 1923. CHAPTER 4. SENATE BILL NO. 6. Validating Board of Education Contracts. AN ACT validating contracts heretofore entered into by boards of education in cities of first class in counties having a population of not less than twenty-two thousand four hundred thirty-two (22,432) and not more than twenty-two thousand five hundred (22,500), according to the next preceding federal decennial census, and declaring an emergency. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA : Public School Buildings-Contracts. Section 1. That all contracts for the construction of Public School Buildings heretofore entered into by the Board of Education |