ceding year, reviewing the work of the county farmers' institutes, and containing an account of the proceedings of the annual meeting of the Board. Secretary to Issue Charter to County County Insti of; Compensation of SECTION 5. Upon application of not less than fifteen farmers resident in one county, the Institute; Secretary of the Territory shall issue a charter tute, Meetings for a corporation to be known as the county Delegates. farmers' institute for such county. Each county farmers' institute shall hold its annual meeting at the county seat upon a date determined and announced by the Board of Agriculture. The programs of such annual meetings shall include the discussion of matters pertaining to agriculture and shall be published at least one month before the advertised date of the institute. Each institute shall, at its annual meeting, elect one delegate to the annual meeting of the Board of Agriculture. Delegates to the annual meeting of said Board shall receive compensation at the rate of two dollars per day for not more than three days and three cents per mile for each mile necessarily traveled in going to and returning from such meeting, said mileage and per diem to be paid by the Territorial Treasurer upon warrants to be drawn by the Territorial Auditor. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent any county institute from holding meetings at such other times and places as its officers and members may determine. Misdemeanor. SECTION 6. It shall be the duty of each county County Clerk; clerk to make a return to the Board of Agriculture, on blanks furnished by said Board, setting forth the amount and value of the various kinds of live stock, acreage and yield of farm crops, number and variety of trees in orchard, small fruit and forest plantations, area of native forest, number, area, and storage capacity of artificial ponds and reservoirs, and such other relevant matter as said Board may direct, so far as shown by the returns of the several assessors. Failure of county clerks to comply with this section shall constitute a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of Five Hundred Dollars. SECTION 7. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. SECTION 8. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. Approved March 8, 1901. County Com missioners, to Appropriate $500 00. AN ACT Authorizing County Commissioners to Encourage Agriculture, Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory SECTION 1. That the county commissioners of the not to Exceed different counties of this Territory having a county fair association duly organized under the laws of Oklahoma are hereby authorized to appropriate any sum of money not to exceed $500.00 each year to be offered as special premiums, such special premiums to be determined upon by the county commissioners and the directors of the fair association, which money shall be used to pay premiums of the county fair for exhibits of agricultural and horticultural products and improved stock. Funds shall be tingent Fund. SECTION 2. That the funds provided for in Section County Con- 1 of this Act shall be derived from funds on hand any and not otherwise appropriated in the contingent fund of the county and that the county commissioners shall audit and allow bills presented by persons to whom premiums have been awarded as in other cases, on filing with said bill a certificate of the secretary and treasurer of the fair association, which shall state the person to whom the premium was awarded, the amount and the character of the exhibit for which said premium was awarded; Provided, That no part of said appropriation shall be allowed or paid for exhibitions of speed or races. SECTION 3. That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. Approved March 8, 1901. CHAPTER III. ANIMALS. SECTION. 1. Lien for Feeding, Grazing and Herding. SECTION. 2. Lien for Furnishing Feed. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory Lien, for Grazing and SECTION 1. That any person or persons employed Feeding, in feeding, grazing, or herding any domestic animals, Herding. whether in pasture or otherwise, shall, for the amount due for such feeding, grazing or herding, have a lien on said animals. Lien for Fur SECTION 2. Any person or persons, partnership, nishing Feed. firm or corporation within this Territory, or in any border county of the adjacent States, furnishing or providing to the owner of such domestic animals any corn, feed, forage or hay, for the sustenance of such domestic animals, shall, for the amount due for such corn, forage, feed and hay, have a lien on said animals. SECTION 3. All liens, not to exceed in the aggregate twenty-five per cent of the value of such animals, Amount of against any domestic animal or animals for labor, grazing, herding, or feeding, or for corn, feed, forage or hay, furnished the owner of such domestic animals as herein provided, and actually used for such purpose, shall be prior to all other liens thereon, and no recital or stipulation in any mortgage or other incumbrance on any cattle so fed shall be held to supersede or vitiate the lien here provided for. SECTION 4. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. Approved February 28, 1901. AN ACT Making Appropriations for Current Expenses of the Territory of Oklahoma for the Years 1901 and 1902, for Deficiency Appropriations and for Other and Miscellaneous Purposes. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oklahoma: tions General; Appropria SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of the AppropriaTerritorial Treasury, from moneys not otherwise ap- Overdrawing propriated, in amount sufficient to pay the following tions, Felony. sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purpose for which it is appropriated, and the Territorial Auditor shall draw warrants upon the Territorial Treasurer for such portion thereof as may be found to be due upon auditing the respective claims in favor of the person to whom such claims are allowed; Provided, That all claims and accounts against the Territory shall be sworn to as true and correct before being audited; And, Provided further, That no warrant shall be drawn upon the Treasurer for any moneys appropriated by this Act in excess |