Certificates of Legalized. Levy Authorized; How Applied. AN ACT to Provide for the Payment for the Northwestern Normal School Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory SECTION 1. That the certificates of indebtedness issued by the Board of Education of the Normal Schools of Oklahoma Territory to John Volk and Company in liquidation of the Northwestern Normal School building. located at Alva, Oklahoma Territory, pursuant to contract entered into between the Board of Education for the Normal schools of Oklahoma Territory and John Volk and Company, on the 10th day of March, A. D. 1898, together with three certificates for $205.00, $185.00 and $231.00, issued by said Board of Education to Joseph Foucart, supervising architect of said building, are hereby recognized and declared to be a valid and subsisting claim against the Territory of Oklahoma, in the sum of $87,542.77, with interest on $16,139.72, from July 1, 1898, at the rate of six per cent; with interest on $32,804.29, at the rate of six per cent from October 1, 1898; with interest on $25,387.35, at the rate of six per cent, from January 5, 1899; with interest on $12,590.41, at the rate of six per cent from April 5, 1899; with interest on $205.00 at the rate of six per cent from the 1st day of October, 1898; with interest on $185.00 from the 1st day of November, 1898, at the rate of six per cent; and with interest on $231.00 from the 1st day of December, 1898, at the rate of six per cent. SECTION 2. That a levy of one-fourth of a mill per annum for each year is hereby authorized and di rected to be made and collected in the same manner as other Territorial taxes are levied and collected, the proceeds of which shall be applied to the pay. ment of the claims recognized and set forth in Section 1 of this Act, until the whole sum therein provided for is paid. SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. Approved this 8th day of March, 1901. AN ACT Providing for the Location, Erection, Management and Control of a University Preparatory School. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oklahoma: Preparatory Established SECTION 1. There is hereby created and estab- University lished a university preparatory school for the Ter- at Tonkawa. ritory of Oklahoma which shall be located within one mile from the corporate limits of the town of Tonkawa, in Kay County, in the Territory of Oklahoma, to be known as the university preparatory school. SECTION 2. The purpose of such school shall be to Purpose of. provide instruction for the students of Oklahoma, which will prepare said students for a university course of study. Regents, How SECTION 3. The building, organization and man- Board of agement of said university preparatory school shall Appointed; be under the control of a Board of Regents, consisting of three members, two of whom shall be ap To Construct pointed by the Governor of the Territory, by and with the advice and consent of the council, and the Governor shall be an ex-officio member of such board. The Regents so appointed shall hold their offices for two years and until their successors shall be appointed and the Board of Regents are hereby authorized and empowered to transact all business for said university preparatory school, and manage and control the same, prescribe the course of study and employ and discharge the faculty. SECTION 4. The said Board of Regents are hereby Furnish Site. authorized and empowered to construct and main Board to Prepare Plans and Specifications. To Be Completed, When. Tax Levy for, tain said university preparatory school building; Provided, That the incorporated town of Tonkawa shall secure and convey to the Territory of Oklahoma, by good and sufficient deed of conveyance, twenty acres of land suitable for the use and benefit of said school, said title to be in fee simple and clear of all incumbrances whatsoever, and without cost to the Territory of Oklahoma, to be used exclusively for said university preparatory school purposes. SECTION 5. The said Board of Regents shall prepare plans and specifications, to be submitted for bids, and the building shall cost not less than $10,000.00 nor more than $15,000.00; Provided, That said amount shall complete and furnish said building without any further expense to Oklahoma Territory. SECTION 6. That said university preparatory school shall be built and furnished not later than eighteen months from and after the date and passage of this Act, and shall be paid by said warrants drawn on the funds hereinafter provided. SECTION 7. For the purpose of paying for the buildings provided for herein, there is hereby levied upon all the taxable property of the Territory of Okla homa a tax of one-fifth mill on the dollar each year for two years, the same to be levied upon the prop erty of the Territory of Oklahoma for the years 1901 and 1902. The funds derived from such taxes shall be known as the "University Preparatory School Fund" and shall be available and used by the said board only for the construction of said buildings, purchasing the necessary furniture to properly furnish the same and for the payment of the current expenses and teachers' salaries of said university preparatory school for the year of 1902. All payments under the terms of this Act shall be paid by warrants drawn on the university preparatory school building fund, by the auditor of said Territory, upon vouchers to be approved by the Board of Regents of said preparatory school filed with him, and shall be drawn on the Treasurer of the Territory, who is hereby made ex-officio treasurer of said board. SECTION 8. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. Approved this 8th day of March, 1901. ARTICLE 7.-REFUNDING MONEY TO CERTAIN SCHOOL AN ACT Providing for the Refunding of Certain Moneys to School Districts SECTION. SECTION. 1. Territorial Treasurer to Refund 2. County Superintendent; Duties of. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oklahoma: Territorial Rental, In Lands, When SECTION 1. That of all moneys received from indemnity lands after the first day of July, 1901, it Refund shall be the duty of the Territorial Treasurer to re- demnity fund to the district wherein such indemnity land is located fifteen per cent of the rental so received, said money to be paid to the said school district through County Superintendent, Duties of. the county treasurer of the county in which such lands may be located, on or before the first day of July of each year. SECTION 2. It shall be the duty of the county superintendent of each county in Oklahoma Territory wherein indemnity lands are located, to furnish the Territorial School Land Office and the Territorial Treasurer with a map of said county showing the boundaries of each school district organized in such county, composed in whole or in part of indemnity school lands. SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. Approved this 8th day of March, 1901. School District Suit on Bond, AN ACT to Fix and Prescribe Certain Duties of the School District Treasurer and for Other Purposes. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oklahoma: SECTION 1. The treasurer of the school district shall execute to the district a bond in double the amount, as near as it can be ascertained, to come into his hands as treasurer during each year, with sufficient sureties to be approved by the county superin. tendent of public schools, conditioned that he will faithfully discharge and perform all the duties of his office; and such bond shall be taken in the name of the district. Such bond shall be justified by the af |