to the rights of all parties to said petition, and thereafter the Commission shall not have jurisdiction over any claim for the same injury or any results arising from same. If the Commission shall decide the case should not be finally settled at the time of the nearing, the petition shall be dismissed without prejudice to either party, and the Commission shall have the same jurisdiction over the matter as if said petition had not been filed. The same rights of appeal shall exist from the decision rendered under such petition as is provided for appeals in other cases before the commission; provided, there shall be no appeal allowed from an order of the commission dismissing such petition as provided in this Section."

Approved March 29, 1923.

CHAPTER 62.

SENATE BILL NO. 156.

Assistant County Attorneys.

AN ACT authorizing the county attorney of all counties in the state of Oklahoma, having a population, as shown by the federal census of 1920, of not less than 20,500 and not to exceed 21,000, to appoint one assistant county attorney and fixing the salary of same, and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

County Attorney-Assistants.

Section 1. In all counties in this State having a population of not less than 20,500, and not more than 21,000, as shown by the Federal Census of 1920, the County Attorney may appoint one Assistant County Attorney at a salary of $125.00 per month, payable monthly.

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 28, 1923.

CHAPTER 63.

SENATE BILL NO. 160.

Changing Name of East Oklahoma State Home.

AN ACT changing the name of the East Oklahoma State Home, Pryor, Oklahoma, to Whitaker State Orphan Home, repealing conflicting laws, and declaring an emergency. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

Change of Name.

Section 1. The name of the East Oklahoma State Home, located at Pryor, Oklahoma, is hereby changed to Whitaker State Orphan Home, in memory of its founder, William T. Whitaker, late of Pryor, Oklahoma.

Repealing Section.

Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

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 March 31, 1923.

CHAPTER 64.

SENATE BILL NO. 164.

Clerical and Stenographic Salaries.

AN ACT fixing the salaries of certain clerical, stenographic and other positions connected with the Supreme Court and Criminal Court of Appeals, repealing all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA :

Supreme Court-Criminal Court of Appeals.

Section 1. From and after the passage of this Act, the annual salary of the following clerical, stenographic and other positions, heretofore created by law and connected with the Supreme Court and Criminal Court of Appeals, is hereby fixed at the amounts respectively set opposite each such position, which salary shall be paid monthly, upon warrants issued by the State Auditor out of funds appropriated therefor:

Supreme Court.

First law clerk and assistant to the Chief Justice, who shall be a member of the bar of the Supreme Court and shall act as marshal of said Court without additional compensation, Twenty-two Hundred ($2,200.00) Dollars, per annum;

Nine law clerks, one of whom shall serve the Chief Justice at a salary of Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars, per annum, and the other eight law clerks at a salary of Eighteen Hundred ($1,800.00) Dollars, per annum, each.

Criminal Court of Appeals.

One chief law clerk to the Presiding Judge, who shall be a licensed attorney, and shall act as marshal of the court, at a salary of Twenty-two Hundred ($2200.00) Dollars, per annum;

Two law clerks at a salary of Eighteen Hundred ($1,800.00) Dollars, per annum, each;

An Assistant State Librarian at a salary of Eighteen Hundred ($1,800.00) Dollars, per annum;

A Reference Librarian at a salary of Fifteen Hundred ($1500.00) Dollars, per annum.

Repealing Clause.

Section 2. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Approved April 6, 1923.

CHAPTER 65.

SENATE BILL NO. 170.

Lien For Services of Stallions and Jacks.

AN ACT providing a lien for the services of Stallions and Jacks registered according to the provisions of this Act, amending Sections 3993 to 4012, inclusive, and repealing all Acts in conflict therewith.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

Lien-Stallions and Jacks-Certificates-Fees.

Section 1. That Sections 3993, 3994, 3995, 3996, 3997, 3998, 3999, 4000, 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4009, 4010, 4011 and 4012, of the Compiled Oklahoma Statutes, 1921, be and the same are hereby amended to read as follows, each amended section being renumbered as above:

Section 3993. 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 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.

Section 3994. 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 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 Three ($3.00) Dollars, and said fee shall accompany each application for license.

Section 3995. 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.

Section 3996. The Oklahoma State Live Stock Registry Board shall issue four kinds of licenses, as follows: Purebred, for stal

lions or jacks correctly recorded in stud books, recognized by the Oklahoma State Live Stock Registry Board; Crossbred, 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 stallions or Jacks whose sire and dam are neither recorded in a stud book recognized by the State Live Stock Registry Board.

Section 3997. 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.

Section 3998. 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 fee of Two ($2.00) Dollars, 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 herein provided. before March 1st following the date of expiration, shall forfeit the right of renewal, and when said right has been forfeited, the owner of said stallion or jack shall procure a new license as provided in Section 2.

Section 3999. The license certificate for a stallion or jack correctly recorded in a stud or jack book recognized by the Oklahoma Live Stock Registry Board shall contain the following information: license number, registration number, breed, color, age, pedigree, name and address of owner, date of issue, the seal of the Oklahoma Live Stock Registry Board, and the signature of the Secretary of the Oklahoma Live Stock Registry Board. The license for a cross-bred, grade or scrub stallion shall contain the following information: license number, statement of breeding, color, age, name and address of owner, date of issue, seal of the Oklahoma State Live Stock Registry Board, and the signature of the Secretary of the Oklahoma State Live Stock Board.

Section 4000. Every bill, poster or other advertisement of every kind or nature, issued by the owner, keeper or person in charge of any stallion or jack enrolled and licensed under this

Act, and used to advertise such stallion or jack by said owner, keeper, or person in charge, shall have as a heading for such advertisement the class of license issued for said stallion or jack and the number of his license: Thus "Purebred license number"Cross-bred license number

"Grade license number ," as the case

may be. In all advertisements this heading shall be set in the largest and boldest type used in the advertisement.

Section 4001. The owner, keeper, or person in charge of any stallion or jack standing for public service in this State shall post and keep affixed during the entire breeding season, the license certificate of each stallion or jack issued under the provisions of this Act, in a conspicuous place in each stable or building where such stallion or jack stands for public service.

Section 4002. Upon transfer of ownership of any stallion or jack licensed under the provisions of this Act, the new owner shall forward to the office of the Oklahoma State Live Stock Registry Board, the license issued in the name of the former owner together with a fee of One ($1.00) Dollar, and satisfactory evidence that the stallion or jack transferred is the one for which the license was originally issued. It shall be the duty of the Oklahoma State Live Stock Registry Board to record such transfer and issue a license in the name of the new owner.

Section 4003. It shall be the duty of the county clerk of each county in the State of Oklahoma to file with the Oklahoma State Live Stock Registry Board before July 1st of each year, a complete list of all the stallion or jack owners in his county, together with the number of stallions or jacks owned by each as shown by the assessor's report of that particular county. He shall also file with the Oklahoma State Live Stock Registry Board before July 1, of each year, the total number of horses in his particular county.

Section 4004. It shall be optional with the owners, keepers or persons in charge of stallions or jacks standing for public service whether or not said stallions or jacks shall be examined for soundness, but no stallions or jacks shall be advertised in any manner either directly or indirectly as a sound stallion or jack until a certificate of soundness has been issued for said stallion or jack by the Oklahoma State Live Stock Registry Board, and then said stallion or jack may be advertised as sound only during the life of the certificate of soundness. This certificate of soundness shall become null and void and not in force on December 31st of the year during which it was issued. The fee for each certificate of soundness shall not exceed Three ($3.00) Dollars for each stallion or jack.

Section 4005. Any person, persons, firm, company, corporation or association that shall violate any of the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction in any court of competent jurisdiction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars, and not more than Seventy-five ($75.00) Dollars, for each offense.

Section 4006. The funds accruing from the above named fees shall be used by the Oklahoma State Live Stock Registry Board to defray the expense of enrollment of pedigrees and the issuing of licenses, to publish reports or bulletins containing list of stallions