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the necessity of the appropriation of land, and the diverting of said water for the erection and operation of waterworks or other purposes, and ask the appointment of three commissioners to lay off and condemn such lands and such water and the right to divert the same as may be necessary for such purposes, and to make such appraisements and assessments of damages. Said commissioners shall be citizens of the county in which said town is situated, such appointment shall be made on application in writing, signed by such judge under the seal of the county. All the proceedings of such commissioners shall be governed by the provisions of Sections Nos. 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31, of Article 9, Chapter 18, of the Statutes of Oklahoma, as far as the same are applicable and upon the payment made or deposit of the award of the commissioners to the clerk of the district court, as provided in said Section 31, Article 9, Chapter 18, said town shall be vested with the perpetual right to use the land so condemned and the right to divert such water condemned by such commissioners for the purpose mentioned in this Act, and such water and the right to divert the same as aforesaid, may at the option of said town, be described in capacity by a given number of gallons daily or as a quantity sufficient for the purposes aforesaid, and the exercises of this power shall be a continuing right and not exhausted by one or more exercises thereof; Provided, That the diverting of said water shall not change the regular channel or water course of such stream so dammed; Provided further, That if such town board can acquire by contract the property and rights provided for in Section 2, of this Act, then the same may be done without observing the procedure prescribed in said Section 2.

SECTION 3. That to defray the cost of the erection Issue Bonds. and procuring such waterworks, the Board of Trustees of said town, are authorized and empowered to

issue bonds of said town, in a sum not to exceed Six-
teen Hundred Dollars, such bonds to bear interest at
the rate of not exceeding six per cent per annum, pay
'able annually, for which interest coupons shall be at-
tached to said bonds, said bonds shall run twenty
years, payable at any time after ten years at the will
of said town, said bonds when issued by said town
shall be signed by the President of the Board of Trus-
tees thereof, and countersigned by the clerk thereof,
and said bonds shall be issued as aforesaid in sums
ranging from One Hundred to One Thousand Dollars,
and said bonds shall be sold by said town treasurer
and said bonds shall be sold at not less than their
face value, and said treasurer shall before taking
possession of said bonds, for the purpose aforesaid,
execute to said town a good and sufficient bond to
cover all liabilities herein created, said bond to be
approved by the President and Trustees of said town
of Wellston.

Water Rates.

SECTION 4. The Board of Trustees of said town, in Board to Fix connection with the President of said Board, shall have the power and authority, and it shall be their duty to fix the rates of water rents or taxes to be paid by the consumer, and to ordain such rules and regulations with appropriate penalties for the violation thereof, as the Board of Trustees of said town may deem proper for the regulation and protection of said waterworks.

ploy Officers.

SECTION 5. The Board of Trustees of said town Board to Emshall have the power to appoint and employ all such engineers and other officers to superintend and op erate such waterworks, both during and after the construction of the same, as may be necessary and to do all acts for the erection or operation, alteration, and repair of said waterworks, as may from time to time, in the judgment of said Board of Trustees, be

necessary, by and with the consent of the President of the Board of Trustees of said town.

SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. Approved this 20th day of February, 1901.

AN ACT to Amend Section 4 of Chapter 8 of the Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1897, and for Other Purposes.

Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oklahoma:

SECTION 1. That Section 4, of Chapter 8, of the Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1897, entitled "An Act to regulate the conveyance of real property and mortgages thereon, and contracts relating thereto, and repealing Article 1, of Chapter 21, entitled 'Conveyances,' and Chapter 82, entitled Transfers,' of the Oklahoma Statutes of 1893, and other Acts and parts of Acts," be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

SECTION 4. No deed, mortgage or other conveyance relating to real estate or any interest therein, other than for a lease for a period not to exceed one year, shall be valid until reduced to writing and subscribed by the grantors; and no deed, mortgage or contract relating to the homestead exempt by law, except a lease for a period not exceeding one year, shall be valid unless in writing and subscribed by both husband and wife, where both are

living and not divorced, except to the extent hereinafter provided.

Conveyances

Heretofore

SECTION 2. All deeds, mortgages and contracts re- Legalizing lating to real estate or any interest therein executed Made Under since the taking effect of the said Chapter 8, of the Existing Law. Session Laws of Oklahoma, 1897, executed in accordance with the provisions of this Act are hereby de

clared to be legal and valid.

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 Authorizing Incorporated Companies to Amend Their Articles of

Incorporation.

Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory

of Oklahoma:

New Charter;

SECTION 1. That from and after the passage and Procuring approval of this Act it shall be lawful for any rail- Procedure. road company or other corporation organized under the laws of the Territory of Oklahoma, for which a charter has been issued to amend its articles of incorporation in any particular competent to have been embodied or inserted in the original articles of incorporation of such company. In order to amend its articles of incorporation it shall be necessary for new articles to be filed, signed by all the directors and of

ficers of the company which shall
shall be entitled,
"Amended Articles of Incorporation," which amend-
ed articles of incorporation as to substance
shall fully comply with the provisions of Chapter
Seventeen, Statutes of Oklahoma, 1893, and shall
contain the amendments desired set forth clearly and
specifically; that when said articles are so amended
as aforesaid they shall be filed with the Secretary of
the Territory, who shall cause an amended charter
to issue, signed by the Governor, and attested by
the seal of the Territory, from which date the amend-
ments shall relate back and be considered and be a
part of the original articles of incorporation to the
same effect as if originally set forth therein; that
nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorizing
an increase of the capital stock by amending articles
and causing an amended charter to issue.

SECTION 2. That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. Approved March 5th, 1901.

A gent to Be
Appointed
and Accept
Service of
Process;
Actions
Brought,
Where.

ARTICLE 2.-DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORPORATIONS.

SECTION.

1. Agent to Be Appointed and

Accept Service of Process;
Actions Brought, Where.

AN ACT to Amend Section 3 of Article 21, Chapter 17, of the Laws of 1893. Relating to the Duties of Foreign Corporations and for Other Purposes.

Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oklahoma:

SECTION 1. That Section 3, of Article 21, Chapter 17, of the Statutes of Oklahoma, 1893, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

SECTION 3. Such corporations shall appoint an agent, who shall reside at some accessible point in this Territory, in the county where the principal busi·