for such purposes and include all earnings or proceeds in the conduct and management of said sanatoria; the net earnings and net proceeds to remain as permanent part of said revolving funds; the said revolving funds to be under the supervision of the State Board of Public Affairs, the State Board of Public Health, and such other supervision and managing officers as may be authorized by said Boards, or law, and the same shall be kept in such way as to show by a permanent record thereof from what particular source such fund was derived. Funds-Use of. Section 3. Said funds shall be used for the employment of nurses, clerks, janitors, assistants and workmen, and for the management and conduct of the dairy, farm and livestock departments of said institutions; payment for repairs and purchases of materials, supplies, and other things necessary to be used in the management, conduct and maintenance of said Sanatoria; Provided, that no salaries other than those specified in this Section shall be paid out of said funds; Provided, that with the consent given in writing by the Governor, a fund in cash not to exceed Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars for each institution may be drawn from said revolving fund to be used in making cash payments in cases of emergency. 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 90. SENATE BILL NO. 236. Assessments For Sewers. AN ACT amending Section 470, of the 1910 Revised Laws, the same being Section 4407, of the Compiled Oklahoma statutes, 1921, providing the method and manner of levying assessments for sewers, and the interest thereon, in municipalities, the collection, payment and disposition thereof, and establishing a lien against the property charged therewith. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA : Sewers-Assessments. Section 1. That Section 470, of the 1910 Revised Laws of Oklahoma, the same being Section 4407, of the Compiled Oklahoma Statutes, 1921, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 4407. The mayor and councilmen, or mayor and commissioners, or board of trustees, shall each year levy on each lot or piece of ground a sufficient sum, in addition to other taxes, to discharge the maturing installment, with the interest thereon, on each particular tract, together with the interest on the unpaid in stallment for such year, certifying the same to the county clerk to be collected as other taxes; which money, when collected by the county treasurer, shall, with interest thereon at the rate of eight per cent, per annum, until paid, be paid to the holder of such certificate, and endorsed thereon upon presentation of the certificate. Provided, that, in case any certificate or part of any certificate of indebtedness issued in payment of such sewer construction be allowed to become delinquent, such certificate shall draw interest upon such delinquency at the rate of eighteen per cent, per annum, and when collected eight per cent of such interest shall be paid to the then legal holder of such certificate, or any coupon thereof, and ten per cent shall be paid to the city that caused to be issued said certificate, which amount shall go to a fund, to be used for the extension and reconstruction of main and sub-main sewers. Provided, also that the owner of any lot or piece of ground may redeem his property from such special assessment at any time by paying the amount of unpaid installments to the county treasurer, and the interest thereon until the maturity of the next succeeding installment and upon presentation of a certificate against such property, the county treasurer shall pay the same in full and cancel the same and hold for delivery to the person making such redemption. The said assessment shall be a charge and lien against the property upon which assessed until fully discharged, but unmatured installments shall not be deemed to be within the terms of any general covenant or warranty." Approved April 9, 1923. CHAPTER 91. SENATE BILL NO. 237. Tubercular Sanatorium, Sulphur, Oklahoma. AN ACT providing for additional ward and cottage buildings for white patients. additions to the kitchen, dining room, power plant, laundry, nurses' home and personnel quarters, a separate ward and cottage building for colored patients, at the tubercular sanatorium for ex-service persons located at Sulphur, Oklahoma, and making an appropriation therefor, 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 funds in the State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of One Hundred Thousand ($100,000.00) Dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction and control of the Soldiers Relief Commission of the State of Oklahoma at the Tubercular Sanatorium for ex-service persons at Sulphur, Oklahoma. Expended-How. Section 2. Said moneys shall be expended for the following purposes: For additional ward and cottage buildings for white dining room, power plant, laundry, nurses' home Emergency. $100,000.00 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 92. SENATE BILL NO. 238. Grain Inspection Department. AN ACT creating a grain inspection department, providing for a State Grain Inspector, and Assistant State Grain Inspector, local grain inspectors, sampling for inspection and grading of grain, operating under the direction of the State Board of Agriculture, adoption of federal grades established by the United States Grain Standards Act, making an appropriation, and declaring an emergency. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA : United States Grain Standards-Adopted. Section 1. The State of Oklahoma hereby adopts the grades for grain as established under the United States Grain Standards Act that have become effective, and as they may hereafter become effective, and they shall be the official grades of the State and all grain on which the grades are effective under the United States Grain Standards Act, bought and sold in the State must be on the grades adopted by the State. State Grain Inspector-Appointment-Salary. Section 2. The President of the State Board of Agriculture is hereby authorized to appoint a State Grain Inspector at a salary of Thirty-six Hundred ($3,600.00) Dollars, per annum; an Assistant State Grain Inspector at a salary of Twenty-seven Hundred ($2,700.00) Dollars, per annum; and a stenographer and filing clerk at a salary of Fifteen Hundred ($1,500.00) Dollars, per annum. The salaries of all employees of the State Grain Inspection Department shall be paid monthly as other employees of the State are paid. License Examination. Section 3. The men appointed as State Grain Inspector and Assistant State Grain Inspector shall have passed the necessary examination and shall have been issued a Federal license to inspect grain. Appropriation. Section 4. There is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars for the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1923, to be used under the direction of the State Board of Agriculture in purchasing such equipment and paraphernalia needed to properly grade grains, and to pay traveling expenses and other necessary expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1923, including salaries of the employees of the State Grain Inspection Department. For the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1924, the sum of Seven Thousand, Eight Hundred ($7,800.00) Dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1925, the sum of Seven Thousand, Eight Hundred ($7,800.00) Dollars, to pay the salaries and necessary expenses of the inspectors and clerical help of the State Grain Inspection Department. For traveling and other expenses in the Grain Inspection Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, the sum of Twenty-two Hundred ($2,200.00) Dollars, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, the sum of Twenty-two Hundred ($2,200.00) Dollars. Inspection-Publicity Department. Section 5. The State Grain Inspection Department shall maintain adequate inspection facilities for the benefit of farmers and the grain and milling trade and give grain grading demonstrations from time to time at convenient points in the State for the benefit of farmers and grain dealers. It shall maintain a publicity department for the purpose of instructing farmers of the advantages to be gained by learning the correct grade and moisture content of their gra. and to assist in keeping them informed of new developments in research work that is constantly being carried on by the United States Department of Agriculture and by different wheat growing States for the improvement of grain. Deptuty State Inspectors-Samples. Section 6. When a State Grain Inspector has been appointed he shall have the authority to appoint deputy state inspectors, and samplers at various points in the State on request of the grain trade, at a salary of One ($1.00) Dollar, per annum, payable annually, by the State and they shall have all of the rights and privileges conveyed under this Act. Same Authority. Section 7. The State Inspector and any inspectors and samplers that are appointed by the State Inspector shall have the privilege of entering upon the premises of any mill, grain elevator, or railroad yards for the purpose of securing samples of grain for inspection, and any person who shall hinder or obstruct or in anyway interfere with them in the performance of their duties or who fails or refuses to conform to the rules and regulations of the Board of Agriculture made in conformity with this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined a sum not less than Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars, or more than One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars. The inspectors and samplers will comply with the rules of the railroads in resealing cars from which samples have been taken and in furnishing their agents with a record of the seal removed and the one applied. Board of Appeals. Section 8. The State Board of Agriculture will create a Board of Appeals to act in cases where either the buyer or seller of grain wishes to appeal from the grade established by an inspector on grain over which the United States Department of Agriculture has no jurisdiction under the United States Grain Standards Act. Same Personnel. Section 9. The Board of Appeals shall consist of two or more persons who are competent to arrive at the correct grade of the grain as established by the United States Grain Standards Act and shall be appointed by the State Board of Agriculture to act in case of an appeal. The Board of Appeals shall issue a State certificate showing the grade they placed on the grain and this certificate shall supersede that of the inspector from which the appeal was taken. Inspection Certificates. Section 10. All samplers, and also inspectors who issue inspection certificates covering intrastate shipments of grain must have a state license, and the certificates issued by State Inspectors and Deputy State Inspectors will be superseded by those of the Board of Appeals appointed by the State Board of Agriculture, where appeals have been entertained by them. Fees. Section 11. A fee of Three ($3.00) Dollars shall be charged for entertaining an appeal when an agreed sample is furnished the department in their office in Oklahoma City without cost to the State. When an authorized sampler is sent to a distance or any other expense is attached to entertaining the appeal, the amount shall be paid by the person who called the appeal. From the fees collected from this source each party who acts on the appeal board, except those in the employ of the State, shall be paid One ($1.00) Dollar for each appeal on which they act, and any balance remaining shall be turned into the State Treasury. Same-When no Charge Made. Section 12. There shall be no charge made for inspections performed for farmers and grain raisers of the State by the State Grain Inspection Department when the samples are furnished the department without expense to the State. Inspections-Fees. Section 13. A fee of One ($1.00) Dollar shall be made for inspections performed for mills and grain dealers by all State and deputy state inspectors where the samples are furnished without cost to them. The deputy state inspectors and samplers shall retain any fees they earn for inspecting grain and for securing samples for inspection. The fees earned by the State Grain Inspector and Assistant State Grain Inspectors shall be turned into the State Treasury. Containers. Section 14. In order that the farmer may have the privilege of selling his wheat on State inspection where such arrangement can be made with the buyer, it shall be the duty of every mill, elevator or other buyer who buys and ships grain to keep on hand at all times a supply of air tight containers that will hold approximately two quarts of grain, so that this much of the sample that is |