The Canadian Enterprise (Canadian, Indian Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, May 10, 1907 Page: 7 of 8
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CONSTITUTION
OF OKLAHOMA
ORGANIC LAW AS SIGNED AND
SUBMITTED TO VOTE
r
6eparjte Ordinance of Prohibition for
Entire State tb be Voted Upon
Also on August 6, When
the Constitution is to
be Ratified
Sessions of Legislature
See. 25. The first session of the T.ecls-
lature, held by virtue of this Constitu-
tion. nhall not exceed 0:10 hundred and
sixty days.
Sec. 26. The members of tho I.eq <!n
ture shnll meet at the seat of government
on the first Tuesday after the first Mon-
day of January a! twelve o'clock. noon.
Jn the year next su< < ''"ding their el- ti.in.
or upon such other day as may be pr
vlded l y law.
Sec. 27. The legislature shall hold reg-
ular biennial session* as herein provld
•<], but this shall not prevent the ea ng
of a special session of the Legislature
by the Governor.
Organization and Rules
Per. 28. The Senate slmll. at the be-
ginning of each regular session and at
such other times as may he necessary,
elect o ie of its members President pro
tempore, who shall preside over Its de-
liberation* In the absem •• or place of the
Lieutenant Governor, the Senate shall
provide for nil its standing committees
and, by a majority vote, elect the mem-
bers thereof.
Sec. 2! . The House of Representatives,
at the beginning of each regular session
and at such other times as may he neces-
sary, elect one of Its members Speaker.
See. 30. Each House shall be the Judge
of the flections, returns, and qualifica-
tions of Its own members, and a major-
ity of ea h shall constitute a quorum to
do business; but a smaller number may
adourn from day to day, and may be au-
thorized to compel the attendance of ah-
aent members, in such manner and under
such penalty as each Jiouse may pro-
vide.
) Each House may determine the rules
of Its proceedings, punish Ifs members
for disorderly behavior, and, with the
concurrence of two-thirds, expel a mem-
ber.
Each House shall keep a Journal of Its
proceedings, and from time to time pub-
lish the same. The yeas and nays of
the members of either House ou any
question at the desire of one-fifteenth of
those present aha. be entered upon Its
Journal.
Neither House, during the sesalon of
the Legislature, shall, without the con-
aent of the other, udjourn for more thf D
three days, nor to any other place t tan
that in which the two Houses shall b*
altting.
S« 31. In all elections made by the
Legbiture, except for offlcera and em-
ploye** thereof, tho members thereof
shall vote yea or nay, and each vole
shall be entered upon the Journal.
Sec. 82. No special or Ibcal law shall
be considered by the Legislature until
notice of the Intended Introduction of
such bill or bill* shall first have been
published for four consecutive weeks In
some weekly newspaper published or of
general circulation In the city or county
affected by such law, stating In sub-
stance the contents thereof, and verified
proof of such publication filed with the
Secretary of Slate.
Sec. 33. All bills for raising revenue
shall originate In the House of Represen-
tatives. The Senate may propose amend-
ments to revenue bills. No revenue bill
shall be pissed during the last five days
of the session.
Pec. 34. Every hill shall be read on
three different days In each House, and
no bill shall become a law unless, on it-*
f'nal passage, It he read at lertgth. and
no law shall be passed unless upon a
vote of a majority of all the members
elected to each House In favor of such
law; and the question, upon final pas-
sage, shall be taken upon Its last read-
ing, and the yeas and nays shall be en-
tered upon the journal.
' Sec. 35. The presiding officer of each
House shall. In the presence of the House
over which he presides, sign all bills
and Joint resolutions passed by the Leg-
islature. Immediately after the same shall
have been publicly read at length, and
the f;ii t of reading and signing shall be
entered upon the journal, but the read-
ing at length may be uispensel with by
a two-thlnls vote of a quorum present,
which vote, by yeas and nays, shall also
be entered upon the journal.
•
Powers and Duties
Per. S3. The authority of the legisla-
ture shall extend to ufl rightful subjects
of legisaltion, and any specific grant o'
authority In this Constitution, upon any
subject whatsoever, shall not work a re-
striction, limitation, or exclusion of such
authority upon the same or any other
subject or subjec ts whatsoever.
Sec. 37. The Legislature shall have the
power to establish a slats printing plant,
and to provide for the election or ap-
pointment of a State winter.
Sec. 38. The Legislature shall provide
for the establishment of a State Geo-
logical and Economic survey.
Sec. 39 The legislature shall create a
Hoard of Health, Board of Dentistry.
Hoard of Pharmacy, and Pure Pood Com-
mission. and prescribe the duties of esch
Art physblans. dentists, aad pharmacists
now legally registered and prac tlclng In
Oklahoma and Indian Territory shall be
eligible to registration In the State of
Oklahoma without examination or cost.
Sic. 40. The Legislature shall provide
for organising, disciplining. arming
maintaining, and equipping the Militia of
the State.
Sec. 41. The Legislature may ena t
laws authorising cities to pension meri-
torious and disabled firemen.
Sec 42 In any legislative Investigation
either House of the Legislature or any
committee thereof, duly authorised by
the House cresting the same, shall have
power to punish aa for contempt, disobe-
dlencs of process, or contumacious or
disorderly conduct, amd this provision
•hall also apply ts joint aeaalons of the
Legisluturs, and alao to joint commit-
tee. thereof when authorize,! t>y j0|nt
resolution of both I! >
Sec 43 The I/k, -,;ie -hall. In the
year nineteen hundred and nlitt and
* ch >'•••*- thi . •• use provision
',v " ■ • ng. and pro-
mulgating the statute of t;lf state
••c. 44 The I eg s shall define
what Is in . binntlgn, too-
• ti 1st let ... . it. In re-
train! f I ict lava to pun-
Ish person* i r : , i in any "unlawful
combination, • ; •• y trust, net. or
agreement. In I'slrslnt of trade." or
:'-i • h monopoly, trust, or
combination.
Se 4T'.e Legislature shall pa**
such laws as are necessary for carrying
Int • eff t t ie provisions of this Consti-
tution.
Limitations
Pec 4r> The legislature shall not. ex
ept as therwlse provided In this Con
s* 'lit n pis* any local or special law
The , rcatk n, extension or Impairing of
lens;
Leg lifting the affairs of counties
towns, wards • r school districts.
Changing the names of pei ns ot
I
Authorizing the living out. opening,
ilterlng or malnt • g of roads, high-
ways. streets, or ;•>.*•
Relating, to ferih-s r bridges, or Incor-
tHiratlng ferry or bridge companies, ex-
cept for the erect ion ef bridge* crossing
streams which form boundaries between
this and any other st-ite
Vacating roads, town plats, streets, or
alleys:
flelntlng to cemeteries, graveyards, or
public ground* not owned by the State.
Authorizing the adoption or legitima-
tion of chi'dren;
locating or changing county seats;
Incorporating towns, or villages, or
changing their charter;
For the opening and conducting of elec-
tion. or fixing or changing the places of
voting:
Granting divorces;
Creating offices, or prescribing the
powers and duties of officers, in coun-
ties, cities, towns, election or school dis-
tricts;
Changing tho law of descent or suc-
cession;
Regulating the practice or Jurisdiction
of. or changing the rules of evidence In
Judicial proceedings or Inquiry before the
rourf*. justices of the peace, sheriffs,
commissions, arbitrators or other tribu-
nals. or providing or changing the meth-
ods for the collection of debts, or the
enforcement of Judgments, or prescribing
the effects of judlcla. salos of real es-
tate;
Regulating the fees, or exten<VI'>g the
powers and duties of aldermen. Justice*
of the peace, or constables;
Regulating the management of public
ichools, the building or repairing ot
school houses, and the raising of money
for such purposes;
Fixing the rate of Interest;
Affecting the estate of minors, or per-
sons under disability;
Remitting fines, penalties and forfeit-
ures. and refunding moneys legally pahJ
Into the treasury;
Exempting property from taxation:
declaring any named person of age;
Kxtendtng the time for the assessment
or collection of taxes, or otherwise re-
lieving any assessor or collector of taxes
from due performance of his official du-
ties, or his securities from liability;
Giving effect to informal or Invalid
wills or deeds;
Summoning or Impaneling grand or
petit Juries;
For limitation of civil or criminal ac-
tions;
For Incorporating rallronri* or other
works of Interna! Improvements;
Providing for changes of venue In civil
and crimlnaJ cases.
Sec. 47. The Legislature snail not re-
tire any officer on pay or part pay. or
make any grant to such retiring officer.
Sec. 48. The Legislature shall have no
power to appropriate any of the public
money for the establishment and malnte.
nance of a Bureau of Immigration in this
.State.
Sec. 49. The Legislature shall not !n-
-rease the number of emoluments of its
employees, or the employees of either
House, except by general law, which
shall not take * 'feet during the term at
which such Increase waa made.
Bee. CO. The Legislature shall pass no
aw exempting anv property within i.os
state from taxation, except ns other wi-
provided In this Constitution.
Sec, (1. The Legislature shall pans no
law granting to any association, corpoi
itlon, or Individual any exclusive rights
prlvleges, or immunities within tin*
^tate.
See. 62. The Legislature shall hive no
power to revive any right op rem d>
which may have become barred by 1 t| ••
f time, or by any statute of this Ht.it*
\ftcr suit has been commenced on any
ausa of action, the Legislature sii i
nave no power to take sway such c.ius*
f action, or destroy any existing deftn-.
to such suit.
Bee. 63. The Legislature shall have
no power to release or extinguish, or t
authorise the releasing or extinguishing,
n whole or in part, th* Indebtedness, lia-
bilities. or obligations of any corp 'ration
>r indlvdual to this State, or any ivMiuty
>r other muni ipal corporation thereot
Miscellaneous Provisions
See. 54. The repeal of a statute shall
*ot revive a statute previously repeal* !
by such statute, nor shall such rep. il
vffect any accrued right, or penalty in-
irred, nor pro eedlngs begun by virtue
of such repealed statute.
Se<\ 55. No money teiall ever be paid
■ ut of the Treasury of this Stste, nor
tny of Its funds, nor any of the funds
mder Its management, except In pursu-
it;. e of on appropriation by law, nor un-
' ss such paymenta In* made within two
ind one-half years after the passage of
u h appropriation act, and every such
i iw making a new appropriation, or con-
tinuing o;* reviving an appropriation,
-hall distinctly specify the sum appro-
priated and the objei t to w hich It is to
be applied, and It shall not be suff.cient
for such law to refer to any other law
to fix such sum.
Sec. 56. The general appropriation bill
shell embrace nothing but appropriations
for the expenses of the exe utlve, legisla-
tive, and judlc!al departments of the
State, and for Interest on the public debt.
The salary of no officer or employee of
the State, or any Kul>dlvtslon thereof,
shall be In reneH In suehxblll, nor shaii
Hi y appropriation be mads therslu for
any such officer or employer unhvis his
employment and the amount of Ills sal-
ary. shall have hern ahead \ provided for
by law. All other appropriations ahaU
be made hy s •[ irate bills, each embrac-
ing but one suhjt t
Fee. 57 Ever) ait of the l.egts'iture
shall embr.i. e but one subject, which
shall be clearly expressed In Its title,
except goner. I appropriation bills, gen-
eral revenue bills, and bills adopting u
code, digest, or revision of statutes, and
r «i I'aw shall be revived, m mended. or the
provisions thereof extended or conferred,
by refer*" e to its title only, but so much
then f ss Is revived, amended, extended
or conferred shall be re enacted and
published at length Provided, That If
any subject be embraced in any set con-
'ray to the provisions of this section.
<u 'h -i t sh.il'. ! • \ '-J only as to so much
>f the law .is may not be expressed in
the title thereof,
pec, 53 No a t shall take effect until
ninety days after tin adjournment of the
esslon at whi h it we. passed, except a
general appropriation bill, or unless. In
case < f ctuerg* n \ to be expressed In the
act. the Legislature y a vote of two-
thirds of ui'. m* ml" rs elected to each
House. i! t An em- geii« y mea«*ur«*
«lfill Include only such measures as ar*
fninn <il.it« ly necessar> for 'he preserva
tlon of the public peace, health, or safe-
ty, and shall not Include the granting of
franchise* or license to a corporation or
Individual, to extend longer than one
year, nor provision for the purc .ase ot
i'e of real catale nor the renting or en
cunibr.it . e of real property f«" a b ng*'t
term than one yea? Kinergenev me.u
tires may be \eto«'d by the Governor, but
such measures so vetoed may be pass# I
by a three-fourths vote of each House to
be duly entered on the Journal.
See. 59. Laws of a general nature shall
have a uniform operation throughout tb.
State, ami where a neral law • an be
made applicable, no special law shall be
enacted.
See 60. The Legislature shall provide
by law for III* establishment and mainte-
nance of an efficient system of che« ks
and balances between the officers of the
ICxecutlve Department, and all commis-
sioner* and superintendents, and boards
of control of State Institutions, and all
other officers entrusted with the collec-
tion. receipt, custody, or disbursement
of the revenue or moneys of tho State
whatsoever.
akiiclf; vi.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Section I. The executive authority of
the state shall be vested in a governor,
lieutenant governor, secretary of state,
state auditor, attorney genral, state
treasurer, superintendent of public In-
struction. state examiner and Inspec-
tor, labor commissioner, commissioner
of charities and corrections, eommisslon-
or of Insurance, and other officers pro-
vided by law and this constitution, encn
of whom shall keep his office and public
records, books and paper* st the seat of
government, and shall perform such du-
ties as may be designated m thi* con
stltution or prescribed bv law.
Ser. t. The supreme executive power
shall be vested In a chief magistrate
who shall be styled -The Governor of
the Stale of Oklahoma."
Sec. 3. No person shall be eligible to
the office of governor, lleutenunt gover-
nor, secretary of state, state auditor, at-
torney genral. state treasurer, superin-
tendent of public Instruction, or state
examiner an<f inspector, except a male
cltlsen of the United States, of the age
of not less than thirty years, and who
shall have been three years next preced-
ing his election, a qualified elector of
this state; provided, that residence In
ihls state shall Include the territory now-
embraced In tills state.
See. 4. The term of office of the gov-
ernor, lieutenant governor, sec re tar > of
state, state auditor, attorney general,
state treasurer, state xamlner and In-
spector, and superintendent of public In-
struction. alial be four years from the
second Monday of January next after
their election. The governor, secretary
• f slate, state auditor end "t «te treas-
urer shall not be el'glble Immediately
to su red themselves. The terms of
office under this constitution shall be-
gln on tho day on which the state is ad-
mltted Into the union, and expire on
the second Mond iv of January. In the
year nineteen hundred and eh \en.
Pec. r>. The returns of every election
for all elective state officers shall be
sailed up and transmitted by the return-
ing officers to the secretury of slate,
directed to the speaker of the house of
repr< entatlves. who shall, Imm- llutely
ifter the organisation of the house, and
' proceeding to other business. op«*n
md publish the same in the presence of
a majority of each branch of the legis-
lature. who shall for that purf • e as-
semble in the hall of the hou-e of rep-
re • •natives. The persons respectively
iving the highest number of votes for
either of the sahl offices shall be de
ared duly elected; hut In case two or
more shall have an equal arid the high-
est number of votes for either of said
nff|<r« the leglalatuie shall, forthwith
by Joint bslot, choose one of the said
person* soh aving an equal and the
highest number of votes for said office.
Governor.
Per. fl. The governor Khali be com-
minder-ln-chlef of the mlMtla of the
state, except shen In service of the
United Ptates, and may call out the same
fo execute the laws, protect the publl-
health, suppress Insurrection and repei
In - asion.
Sec. 7. The governor shall have power
to convoke the legislature or the senate
only on extraordinary evasions. At ex-
acted upon, except such as the governor
traordinary sessions, no subject shall be
may recommend for consideration.
Pec. 8. The governor shall causs the
laws of the stute to be faithfully exe-
cuted. and shall conduct In person or In
such msi or as may be prescribed by
law, all :t terrourse and business of the
state wk other status and with the
Tfnlled States, and he shall be a conaer-
vat or of the p*ac#t throughout the atate
•re 9. At every aesslon of the leg-
islature. and Immediately upon Its or-
ganisation, the governor shall communi-
cate by message, delivered to a joint ses-
sion of the two houses, upon the condi-
tion of the state, a-sd shall r« ommend
such matters to ths legislature as he
shall Judge expedient. He snail also
transmit s copy to eseh house, of the
full report of each state officer and atate
commission. He shall eommunUate. from
time time, such matters ss he msy ele t
or ths legislature may requ're.
| See ta The governor "hall Mrs pow
er to grant, after conviction, reprieves
comniutat'oiis parole* and pirdona for
all offenses, except cases of Impeach-
ment. up >u such conditions a d with
such restrictions and limitations as he
may deem proper, subject to su- h regu*
Italons a may be pr* scribed by law.
each case of reprieve, commutation, pa
role or pardon granted slating the name
of the c.inv: t. the crime of Will h lie
was com ted the date and place of
conviction and the date of . omniuta-
tlon, pardon par.de or reprieve
Sec. 11 Kverv bill which -hall hav#
passed the senate and I.Mise of rcpr-
sentatlves, unl \ii\ re-cutum reqult
lug the ussent of both branch*s of the
■'glslaturc shall. I ' •. It 1 mes a
law, be presented to the governor; If he
approve he shall sign it If not. he
"hall icturn It u h Ins ot 'ectlon* to the
house i; which It *1 all have originated
who s! I 1 elite* the ob|e« turns at la
u the Journal and procce I to re insider
If. after such recoastilci at m, two-third
if the m-mb. < ■ te | n t -at house
shall agre. i. pass the blP or Joint i**- •
lutlon, it sliUI l e sint, t ther wItn
the obje. tlons to the other h «use by
which If :«proved shall likewise be re-
•onsMcred. an.I If approved l > two
thirds c f the niembei . ele ted to that
house, it ' .ill 1m com* i law. mvtw ith
standing the ubh-ction of the governor
In all such * as« > the tote In both
houses shall be determined by eis and
n.ivs. and the naille i of the meinbi r-
votlng si I I c entcie.| on the Journal
of en 'i house respc. ilvelv If anv bill
or re-duti>n shall not be returned by
the gm rnor within five di>* (Puid.ns
except .1) after It shall have been pr.
sen ted to him. the same ahall be a law
In like manner as if he I t i signed It.
unless the legislature shall, by their ad
journnicnt pre\nt Its return In which
--use It shall not become a law without
the approval of the gov -nur No bill
shall In-conic h law uft>-r the final ad-
Journtiie { of the leglslatiir**. unless ap
proved by the governor within fifteen
day* after such adjournment.
Sec. 1.'. Every bUl passed by the leg
Mature making appropriations of money
embracing dlstPmt Items, shall, before
It beeaines a law, be presented to the
governor, If he disapprove the bill, or
iny Item or appropriation therein con-
tained. lie nhall • ommunlcate such dis-
approval, with his reasons therefor, to
the house In which the bill originated,
but all Items not disapproved shall have
the force and effect of law according to
the orig nal provisions of the bill Any
Item or Items so disapproved shall be
void, unless repassed by a two-thirds
vote. ac< ordipg to tho rule* and limita-
tions prescribed In the preceding se< loin
In reference to other bills, provided, that
this section shall not relieve emergency
bills of the requiremut of the three-
fourths vote
Sec. II The governor shall commission
all officers not otherwise commission* d
by law All • onimlsslotis shall run In the
name and by the authority of the "State
of Oklahoma," be signed hy tti* governor,
sealed with the great seal of the state ef
Oklahoma, and attested by the secretary
of state Whim any office shall become
vacant lie shall, unless otherwise provid-
ed by law, appoint a person to fid eui It
vacancy, who shall continue in office
until a successor shall have ben duly
elected or appointed, a d q lallfl* d ac-
cording to law.
Sec. 14. In case of a disagreement be*
tween the two houses of the legislature,
it a regular session, with respect to the
time of ad lour n merit, the governor may,
if the facts be certified to liltn. by tho
presiding officer of the house first tnov-
4rig the adjournment, adjourn them to
such time as he shall deein proper, and
beyond the day of the n*xt stated meet-
ing of the legislature. Such 4 hangs or
adjournment made by the governor when
the legislature is In session shall be con-
urr«*d In by a two-third* vole of all
the memlx iM elect* d to each branch ol
the legislature.
Lieutenant Oeverror.
P*-c if*. The li utetiant governor shall
pos-ess the sum. < . at o is of eligi
bllity for office as the governor. II*
shall be president of the M-nate, but
shall have only a • isting vote therein,
as also In Joint vote of both house« If.
luring a vacancy of the office of govor-
or. the lieutenant r tvertior shall be Im-
peached, displaced. r<"Igti. die or be ab-
sent from the state or become Incapable
)? 1 "• forming the dut of the office, the
pt e . lent pro tempoi • of the s -nate shall
i t as governor until the va-ancy be
the president pro tempore of th« senate,
rilled or the dlsaldllt) Shall erase; and it
for any of the above enumerated causes,
hall become Im npahle of p*v Writing
the duties p* it lining to the office ol
governor, the speaker of the house o.
-epre-entatlves slia l act as governor un-
til the vacancy he filled or the di ability
shall cease. Further provisions for sue-
• ion to the off # of gov«n nor shall
he prescribed by law.
pre. 16. In ease of impei• hment of the
rover noP, or of his ' *h. failure to qual-
ify, resignation, rerno.al from the state,
or Innl lllly to #1 • r e the powers of
the office, the said « ffb e with Its com-
pensation, shall d#-voive upon the lieu-
tenant gove: i r r tc residue of tb-
term or until the .1.. 1'illy shall be re-
moved.
8err ts-> of Stat*.
Per. 17. Tf • ...to of state shall
keep h register of tie ofc ti n tg of the
vi-rr.or. an I v o n ft- sary, shall at-
t them, and sha|' ! iy >p o« of the
• me. together with eoples < f all pa-
ters relative thereto lie fore either hou*«
f the hvlslatur*. when required to do
o He shall al p form su< h uthet
lutles IIS bIsmII be pre* rlh«*l by law
Pee. 1* The Secretary of State shall
he the ustodian of the Seal of the Stat-
and authentb ate therewith all official
a ts of the Governor, except Ids apprio al
f laws. The said * i\ shall be called
The Oreat Seal of the Stat** of Okla-
homa."
State Esamlner and Inspector.
Sec 19 The state examiner and inspe*
or must have had at least thre# years
experience as an expert accountant; his
luU<*s shall t e. without notice to such
Iressursr, to examine the stste srid sli
ounty t ea«(iie-s' books, ac<ounts and
ish on hand or In bank at I* twice
ach year. an*l publlah his report as to
•very treasurer once ea h year* For th#
purpose of nu' h eiamlfiatkm he anal*
take complete possession of such treas-
ner's office. He aliall ai«o prescribe a
inlforrn system of bookkeeping for the
iss of all treasurers Other duties and
powers may be *<i:>d > I jv.
Commissiorsr of Lsnor.
Sec *n. a Ocpartmanl of Uibor Is
hereby > rested to be under the control
f a fotnmSsalnner of lailmr who shall
he elected hy I he people, whose term of
•fftce shall be four years, and whose
lutles shall be proscribed by law.
Sec '21 The Legislature shall create a
Hoard ol Arbitration and Com illation In
the l.abor I department and the I'ommls-
Ion* r of Labur shall be ex-offldo chair-
Thi
with
force.
Tte Insurance Commissioner
# Is hereby 1 1 Ishsd III
tart uitsi t. whbh shall be
the execution * f all laws
or x*li -1 «Il ill he. s ifter
.• pa e 11 m ? -I *r j. 1 1 t lusuram v and
possess su- li further qualifications as
may he prescribed by law
Chief Mine Inspector.
S I'he off 1 e of chief Inspect
tor of mlt cs, **ll and gas, la hereby « re-
it« «l an I the Incumbent of said office
ha.l be Known aa the chief mine Inspec-
tor. The term of said office shall be
for four years, and 110 pet non shall be
■ • 1 *-.f ior appointed) to sahl office un-
he shall have luvd eight years' actual
vpcii' tice as a practical miner, ami audi
■ther quallfl- altona aa limy be prescribed
b> the I -glslaturc The chief mine In
peel or shall perform the duties, take
bed i-y tho letflslaturs*
S. JH The leglrtlaturs shall create
mining dlstrl* ts and provide f r the
• ppo 1 nt merit or election of assistant In-
■ P« • rs theicin. who shall be undur
the getieral loutrol of the chief nuns
lispe, t t slid the legislature shall de-
fuo their qualifications and duties and
fix their compensation.
Commissioner of Charities and Correc-
tions
Sec. '7 .\ 1'ommlssloiier of Charities
tid ron* Hons shall be elected In the
anie manner, at the aamu time, and for
the same term as shall the Uovernor.
Said officer may he of either s*'X and
shall he twent) five years of age or over,
in all other respect* said officer shall
have the quallfcatlons which shall be re-
*l'iired ef the Uovcruor.
S# t :'fl. The t'oinmlaaloner of tMtarl '
and I'orreciiotis shall have the power, an .
il la hereby made hla or her duty, to In-
vestigate the sintlre system of public
• liar I ties and correction*, to examine Into
the condition and management of all
prisons. Jalla, alms-houaea, reformato-
ries, reform and Induatrlal schools, hos-
pit Js, Infirmaries, dispensaries, orphan-
ii.« h, and all public and private retr«*ate
ami asvluma, which derive their support
wholly or In part from the Suite, or from
any county or munb qftillty within the
Stale, and the officers of the various In-
stitutions named herein ahall promptly
upon demand furnish the said c'ommls-
sloner with such Information, relating to
their res|n. tlve Institutions, a* shall be
demanded by <#aid Commissioner In writ-
ing. The said Commissioner ahall have
the power to summon any person to ap-
pear and produce such hook* and papers
is shall be designuled In the aummona,
and to give testimony under oath con-
• rnltig the matter and Institution under
investigation. The sahl Commissioner
shall have the power to administer oaths
to such persons as may he summoned,
md to enforce all such powers as are
given to notaries public Wtl.en they are
taking depositions A full report of aaht
investigation, Including tho testimony
shall he promptly made to the Oovernor
mil shall he transmitted hy him to tho
next Legislature with any suggestions
which he may dealre lo make.
Ser 20 On the first day of October of
e.-n h year, and at any lime on request of
the Oovernor, the *ald Comiulsalotior
shall make n full and romplele report of
the operation* and administration* of
said offlc«\ with such suggc thins as saiil
Commissioner may deem suitable and
pertinent.
Sec. 30. The Legislature shall have
power to alter, amend, or add to the du-
ties of, or grant additional authority, to
such Commissioner,
Doard of A p Icutture
Pc • 31 There Is hereby created it
board of agriculture, to be composed of
eleven members, all of whom shall lie
pr.i ti ll farmers, and shall be elected in
manner prescribed by law.
Paid h«mtd shall be maintained as a
part of the stute government ami ahall
live Jurisdiction over all matters affect-
ing atiltmil Industry ami animal quar-
antine regulations, and shall he the board
of regents of all state agricultural and
mechanical colleges and shall discharge
audi other duties and re ive such coin-
p-n. at ion ui may be provided hy law.
Conmiiseioriert of Land Office
Se'-. '!Tho iJov • rnor. Secretary o'
1 in*. Stale Auditor. Puperl terulent of
' ti * 1 ' r • . % nt of
the Hoard of Agriculture, shall cotistl-
•cie the Control Sorters of the Land
office, who shall have charge of tile sale.
'|'iit il, ti 1 pu al, and m nagliig of the
►«il Irtri-U and other public lands of
nd ol ths f mil 1 ind proi so^i
b ved t refrom. under rules ami regu-
latlo pr# -Ibed by the legislature.
Pi'1 1 An account shall be kept bv
the offh > ."s and commissioners of ttie
State of all moneys, and chose* In ac-
tion disbursed or otherwise disposed of
severally by thern, from all sources,* and
•r *\ery service performed, and a re-
mirt ther# of shall be made semi-annually
ari l as often as may be required by law
to the Oovernor under oath. The Oover-
nor may. it any time, re*i lire In for ma- i
Hon In wrltlr «. umb r oath, from ail ot- !
' II 1 " of the State,
and all offl < of St a: institutions, pen-
il. eleeriioaynar>. edu> atiunal, and Indus,
'rial, on any subj- t relating to their re.
■ p# c|tve offices and Institutions, which
Information, when so required, shall he
furn • I by euch officers and mansg
ern. and any officer or maqager who. at
"«ny 1 "hall mak« 1 f report, shall
be punished aa by luw provided.
Fe.- Kafh of the officers III this ar-
ticle n im# <1 shall, at s r# d times, dur-
ing his continuance In office, fe#e|ve for
his servh -s a cornpeiisatlon, which ahall
not be Increased or diminished during the
term for w Iidi he shall have been elert-
ed, nor sbali he re«o|\e lo hla Use, any
fees, cists or p- pilMtes of offbe or
oilier compensation.
Seal if the fttate
Pec 3.". In the center ahall he s five
pointed star, with one ray directed up-
ward. The renter of the seal shall con-
tain the ■ ntral device of the s* il of the
Territory of Oklahoma, Including the
words, "L ibor Omnia Vlnclt." The up-
per left hand ray shall contain the syrn-
M)| of the (•' lent seal of the Cherokee
Nation, namely: A seven point# d star
partially surrounded by a wicaih of oak
Insurance companies doing business tn>
the Ptate.
Sec. 2.1. There shsll be elected by tho'
qiiallfed ele* tors of the State, at the first
general election, a chief officer of said
department, who ahall be atyled "The
I iauratice Commissioner," whose term of
office shall be four years: Provided. That
the flrat term of the Insurance Commis-
sioner so elected, shall expire at the time
•f the < aplratlon of the term of office of
the first Oovernor elected. Said Insur-
ance Commissioner shall be at least
twenty five years of age and well versed
in Insurance matters.
Se * .'i The Insurance Commissioner
shall give bond, perform audi duties, and
eaves The rny knee tod upward ahall
contain the aymhol of the ancient acai
of the Chickasaw Nation, namely An In.
liati warrior standing upright with ls w
md shield The lower left hand ray
shall contain lie symbol of the andent
•seal of the Creek Nation, namely: A
sheaf of wheat end a plow. The upper
right hand ray shad contain the sym-
bol of the ancient seal of the Choctaw
Nation, namely a tomahawk, how, and
three crossed arrows The lower right
hand ray shall contain the aytnliol of
the ancient seal of the Seminole Nation*
namely: a village with lioussg and a
factory bealde a lake upon which an In-
dian la paddling a canoe Surrounding
the central star and grouped between
its points shall be forty-five small stars,
divided Into five cluatcra of nine stars
each, representing the forty-five states of
the Union, to which the forty-sixth Is
now added. In a circular band surround-
ing the whole device shall In* Inscribed,
Oil ti AT PWAL Or TIIK STATU OF OK-
LAHOMA iyo7.
ARIICLE VII.
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.
Section 1. The Judicial power of this
"tale shall be vosted In the senate, alt-
ting us a court of Impeachment a su-
preme court, district cotrts, county
•ourts. courts of Justices of Ois peace,
municipal courts, and such oilier courts
commissions or hoards, Inferior to the
supreme court, as may be established by
law.
Sec. 2. The appellate Jurisdiction of the
supreme court shall be co-extcnslve with
the slate, and ahall extend to all civil
cases at law and In equity, and to all
criminal cases until a criminal court ol
appcale with exclualve appellate Jurlsdlc.
tlon In criminal cases shall be establish-
ed by law. The original Jurisdiction of
the supreme court shull extend to a gen-
eral •uperi.i'eiidlug control over all Ui-
ferlor courts and all commissions and
Itoards created by law. Ths supreme
court ahall have power to laaue writs of
habeas corpus, mandamus, quo warranto,
certiorari, prohibition, and such other
remedial wrlta aa may lie provided by
law. and to hear ami determine the
same; and the supremo court may exer-
cise such other and further Jurisdiction
as may he conferred upon It by law.
Kadi of the Justices shall have power to
Issue writs of habeas corpus to any pari
of the state upon petltl m hy or on behalf
of any peraon held In actual custody, and
may make such writs returnable before
himself, or before the supreme court, o
before any district court, or Judge there*
of. In the state.
Sec. 3 The supreme court shall con*
sist of five Justices until the numbef
shall Ih* changed by luw. The state shrill
he dlv tiled Into five supreme court Judi-
cial districts until the legislature shall
change the number of members of ths
court, at which tine the legislature shall
redlstrlct ths stute lo conform to the
number Justices of the supreme courl
shall be nominated by political partlea,
or by petitioners of- the respective dls-
t l, in the mariner provided by law, and
such candidates ahail la* voted for hy
• ii".' I Vote s of the state at iatge,
and no ele* tor at such election shall vote
for more than one cniidldate from eadi
district. The candidate from each die-
trlet receiving the highest number of
votes cast In the state ut said election
hall ! #• declared the Justice elect from
uhl district. A majority of the mem-
bers of the supreme court shall const!-
tu^ a quorum, and the concurrence of
the majority ' ' said court shsl be neces-
sary to decide any question. No person
shall be eligible to th* office of Justice of
the supreme court unlese he shall be al
the time of his election a cltlsen of tha
I'nlted States and shall have been a resl-
dent of the territory embraced within
llie state ror a period of two years und
of ths territory comprising the district
from which he Is elected for a period of
no year, and uoh s lie shall have at-
tained the uge of thirty years and shall
have been a IJawyer licensed hy some
« ourt, or sh 1 I have been s Judge of some
• ourt of record, or such Judge and lawyer
together at least five years.
Tile terms of office of the Justices of
the supreme court shall be six years,
• xcept as herein provided. Bach mem-
ber of such court shall be a conservator
of the p. ice throughout the stale, and
111 case of a vacancy In the membership
of said court, the governor shall, by ap-
polnrn.eiit fr in the dls.rict, .111 such va-
uicy until the next general election for
•;ale officers, and at such general elec-
tion the va • wicy for the un* xplrvd term
tall be filled by election by the qualified
voters of the state.
S#**\ 4. '1 he terms of office of the Jus-
ll< e i uf the supreme 1 oart shall com-
men • Oil the second Monday of January
following their election, provided, how-
ever, that the term of office of the Jue-
ll< ■ s elected at the first s|ec||gn under
'.his constitution shall commence upon
the admission of the slate Into the union,
and shall continue ss hereinafter provid-
i. Those appointed or elected to ill!
v all* lea shall enter upon the dlschatge
•f their duties as eoon as iney qualify.
Sco. &. 'I he sessions of Hie supremo
• ourt shall be h< Id at ths eat ot gov-
ernment, and the sessions and duration
thereof shull be fixed by rule oi said
• urt. until HxM by th« iPtfuiiur*. hut
tho firm t. rin uf IT:., tfuprcme Ilunrt .null
lit? ti. i'l Ithln nni*t day* aftAr tho iwl-
inlfHSun Of the otitr. The .upreru* jurt
rt-inlor 11 written opinion In <' ch
* I Mil
. .I«« wll >111 month, after aula
■lull have been aubmltte* for .leHolan.
See. . At the .'ir t notion of the en-
prome court the Juitli-ta thereof aiiaU
eli i'l on* of theli member -Mat i i.ilco
wlm ahull arrve aa chref JuutUe until the
■ *plra!!on of hla term, after which the
chief Juatlce ahall be elecl.itl a* pro-
vided by luw or the Juatlcea alerted
the flrat election, the terra of two of
thorn ahall oapl.a at tha cloaa of tho day
(To bv Coktlnued. I
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