CHAPTER 84.

SENATE BILL NO. 211.

Student Loans.

AN ACT amending Chapter 78, Article 3, Compiled Oklahoma Statutes, 1921, and providing for student loans.

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

Banks State Treasurer-Deposits Student Loans.

Section 1. Upon application from any bank approved as a depository of public funds of the State, as provided in Chapter 78, Article 3, Compiled Oklahoma Statutes, 1921, the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to make a deposit with said bank, the terms and conditions of which shall be as follows:

First: That the money thus deposited shall be loaned to students who are graduates of a High School or other secondary school of Oklahoma, and who are attending some institution of higher learning within this State, with which to pay actual and necessary expenses incident to college or university attendance.

Second: That the amount thus loaned shall not exceed, for any one pupil in any one year, Three Hundred ($300.00) Dollars.

Third: That the interest charged shall not exceed six (6%) per cent, per annum.

Fourth: That the notes or renewals thereof securing the payment shall mature substantially as follows:

(a) For a one year course, one year from date of completion of the course.

(b) For a two year course, of consecutive years, equal amounts in one and two years, from date of completion of the course.

(c) For a three year course, of consecutive years, equal amounts in one and two years from date of completion of the course.

(d) For a four year course, of consecutive years, equal amounts in one, two and three years from date of completion of the

course.

Fifth: That there shall accompany the application of the bank, as provided above in this section:

(a) A certificate from the principal or superintendent of the High School, or other secondary school, in which the applicant completed the course required for college entrance, to the effect that the applicant was faithful in the discharge of his duties as a pupil and that his record is such as would warrant the presumption that he should be able to successfully prosecute a course of study and training in an institution of higher learning; that the applicant's record for conduct is honorable in all things; that the applicant's financial condition or the financial condition of those upon whom he is dependent is such as to make it impossible or difficult for him to secure the advantages offered by our institutions of higher learning, without such financial assistance.

(b) After one year's attendance at any institution of higher learning there shall accompany the application of the bank for each succeeding year a certificate from the President of the institution of higher learning where the applicant has been in attendance not less than one year, to the effect that his record for scholarship, con

duct, industry and general attitude toward the institution is such as would warrant the continuance of such financial assistance.

Banks-Provisions Not Impairing Obligations.

Section 2. The provisions of Section 1, of this Act, shall not in any way impair the obligations of the bank securing such deposits as provided in Chapter 78, Article 3, of the Compiled Oklahoma Statutes, 1921.

Approved April 9, 1923.

CHAPTER 85.

SENATE BILL NO. 21%.

Robbery.

AN ACT defining robbery, fixing a penalty therefor, repealing all conflicting laws, and declaring an emergency.

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

Robbery-Definition.

Section 1. That any person or persons, who, with the use of any firearms, or any other dangerous weapons, attempts to rob or robs any person or persons, or who robs or attempts to rob any place of business, residence, bank, or other place, inhabited or attended by any person or persons at any time, either day or night, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction therefor shall suffer death, or imprisonment at hard labor in the State penitentiary for a time of not less than twenty-five (25) years, at the discretion of the jury.

Repealing Clause.

Section 2. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are expressly 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 April 9, 1923.

CHAPTER 86.

SENATE BILL NO. 222.

County Court House.

AN ACT granting power to the board of county commissioners, district judge, and county judge of any county to use the sinking fund of the county derived from penalties, interests or forfeitures, accrued or to accrue as penalties on delinquent taxes for the purpose of erecting a county court house; providing the method of procedure therefor, and repealing all Acts in conflict therewith, and declaring an emergency.

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

County Court House Sinking Fund.

Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners, District Judge, and County Judge of any County, may use for the purpose of erecting or rebuilding a county court house at the County Seat, all or any portion of the sinking fund of the county derived from penalties, interests, or forfeitures accrued or to accrue, and in addition thereto, may use the amount of tax levied for that purpose in any year under existing laws, which tax, when added to the other taxes levied, may be equal, but not exceed the constitutional limit of eight mills. Provided, this Act shall not affect or impair the provisions of Chapter 209, Session Laws, Oklahoma, 1919, and Chapter 80, Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1921.

Procedure.

Section 2. The procedure making such an appropriation from the sinking fund and tax levy, shall be by resolution in which all of the above named officers, namely: Board of County Commissioners, District Judge, and County Judge, shall concur and same be attested by the Court Clerk, and any contract concurred in by the above named officials for the erection of the county court house is binding, provided that none of the funds from delinquent tax or tax levy shall be used thereto for purchasing sites therefor.

Repealing Clause.

Section 3. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Emergency.

Section 4. 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 87.

SENATE BILL NO. 224.

Boards of Education.

AN ACT amending Section 10,412, Chapter 86, Article 10, Statutes of Oklahoma, 1921, and Section 5, Chapter 97, Session Laws, 1919, relating to Boards of Education, and declaring an Emergency.

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

Boards of Education-Elections.

Section 1. Section 10412, Chapter 86, Article 10, of the Compiled Statutes of Oklahoma, 1921, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 10412. The Board of Education shall have power to elect their own officers, except the treasurer, to fill any vacancy which may occur in that body to serve the unexpired term; to make their own rules and regulations, subject to the provisions of this article; to organize and maintain a system of graded schools; to establish a high school whenever, in their opinion, the educational interest of the city demands the same, and to exercise the sole control over the schools and school property of the city." Independent School Districts-Election of Board Member.

Section 2. That Section 5, of Chapter 97, Session Laws, 1919, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Section 5. In all independent school districts in which there is located a city having a population of 30,477, and not exceeding 30,500, and in which said school district a portion thereof, lies outside of said city, from and after the passage of this Act there shall be elected at large, a member of the Board of Education from the independent school districts as a whole, to represent the said school district at large. In case of a vacancy, the members of the Board of Education then in office may appoint some freeholder of the said independent school district to fill said vacancy."

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 April 9, 1923.

CHAPTER 88.

SENATE BILL NO. 225.

Revivor of Actions.

AN ACT relating to a revivor of actions against a public official whose predecessor in office was amenable to any court order of mandamus, quo warranto, injunction or other extraordinary court order, upon entering upon his official duties. making such official amenable to such order as though originally obtained against him, and declaring an emergency.

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

Revivor of Actions Against Public Official.

Section 1. Any person being an elected or appointed public official shall, after the passage of this Act, become amenable, in the same manner and to the same extent, to any mandamus, quo warranto, injunction or other extraordinary court order, as though originally obtained against him; and a revivor of such action in which such order was obtained, is hereby declared to exist against any person in his official capacity to the extent that any mandamus, quo warranto, injunction or other extraordinary court order granted or obtaining against his predecessor, in his official capacity, shall be as binding on, and he shall be as amenable to, as though originally obtained against him.

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 April 9, 1923.

CHAPTER 89.

SENATE BILL NO. 235.

State Tubercular Sanatoria Revolving Funds.

AN ACT to create and legalize Revolving Funds for the three State Tuberculosis Sanatoria located at Clinton, Sulphur and Talihina, providing for additions or accretions thereto, and for the maintenance of such funds, and providing for the disbursement thereof, and declaring an emergency.

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

Sanatoria Revolving Fund.

Section 1. There is hereby created a separate Sanatoria Revolving Fund for each of the three tuberculosis sanatoria located at Clinton, Sulphur and Talihina, said revolving funds to be available for the purposes indicated herein, and as now and hereafter authorized by law.

Same-Board of Public Affairs.

Section 2. The said Tuberculosis Sanatoria Revolving Funds for the State Tuberculosis Sanatoria, located at Clinton, Sulphur and Talihina, Oklahoma, shall consist of all appropriations made