The Oklahoma State Constitution

by Adkison, Danny Mark

• ISBN13: 9780313275074
• ISBN10: 0313275076
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-04-30
• Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group

Summary

The Five Civilized Tribes, populism, progressive-era reform, and a continuing thread of popular mistrust of the legislature shaped and continue to influence the State of Oklahoma's constitution. Based on a combination of exhaustive, article-by-article legal and historical research, Adkison and Palmer detail the intent, the politics, the social and economic pressures, and the legal cases that have given form to the Oklahoma constitution since it was adopted in 1907. This volume in Greenwood's State Constitution Series will be useful to legal professionals and scholars alike. Based on scholarly research, but written in a manner accessible to the lay person, this book is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to learn more about Oklahoma's constitutional history, state constitutional development in general, the impact of Native Americans on democratic development, and the enduring legacy of Progressive reforms.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword	xxvii
G. Alan Tarr
Foreword	xxxi
W. A. Drew Edmondson
Acknowledgments	xxxiii
Introduction	xxxv
PART I. THE CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF OKLAHOMA	1	(22)
Early Beginnings	1	(1)
Twin Territories	2	(1)
Statehood	3	(3)
Ratification and Elections	6	(1)
Constitutional Antecedents	7	(1)
Oklahoma's Constitution versus Other State Constitutions	8	(4)
Regulation of Interests	12	(2)
Direct Democracy	14	(1)
The Best Constitution?	15	(1)
Lengthy Constitution	15	(2)
Amending the Constitution	17	(1)
Present-Day Distrust	18	(5)
PART II. THE OKLAHOMA CONSTITUTION AND COMMENTARY	23	(296)
Preamble	24	(1)
Federal Relations	25	(3)
Supreme Law of the Land	25	(1)
Religious Liberty---Polygamous or Plural Marriages	26	(1)
Unappropriated Public Lands---Indian Lands---Jurisdiction of United States	26	(1)
Territorial Debts and Liabilities	27	(1)
Public Schools	27	(1)
Right of Suffrage	27	(1)
Bill of Rights	28	(25)
Introduction	28	(1)
Political Power---Purpose of Government---Alteration or Reformation	28	(1)
Inherent Rights	29	(1)
Right of Assembly and Petition	29	(1)
Interference with Right of Suffrage	30	(1)
Public Money or Property---Use for Sectarian Purposes	30	(1)
Courts of Justice Open---Remedies for Wrongs---Sale, Denial or Delay	30	(2)
Due Process of Law	32	(1)
Right to Bail---Exceptions	33	(1)
Excessive Bail or Fines---Cruel or Unusual Punishment	34	(1)
Habeas Corpus---Suspension	35	(1)
Officers---Personal Attention to Duties---Intoxication	35	(1)
Officers of United States or Other States---Ineligibility to Office	35	(1)
Term Limits for Congressmen	36	(1)
Imprisonment for Debt	37	(1)
Military Subordinate to Civil Authorities---Quartering without Owner's Consent	37	(1)
Bills of Attainder---Ex Post Facto Laws---Obligation of Contracts---Forfeitures	38	(1)
Treason	39	(1)
Indictment or Information---Preliminary Examination---Prosecution in Courts Not of Record	39	(1)
Grand Jury	40	(1)
Trial by Jury	41	(1)
Rights of Accused in Criminal Cases	41	(1)
Self-Incrimination---Double Jeopardy	42	(1)
Liberty of Speech and Press---Truth as Evidence in Prosecution for Libel	43	(1)
Private Property---Taking or Damaging for Private Use	44	(1)
Private Property---Public Use---Character of Use a Judicial Question	44	(1)
Contempt---Definition---Jury Trial---Hearing	45	(1)
Bearing Arms---Carrying Weapons	46	(1)
Witnesses Not Excused from Testifying---Immunity from Prosecution	47	(1)
Corporate Records, Books and Files	47	(1)
Transportation out of State	48	(1)
Unreasonable Searches or Seizures---Warrants, Issuance of	48	(1)
State---Engagement in Occupation or Business	49	(1)
Perpetuities---Monopolies---Primogeniture---Entailments	49	(1)
Effect of Enumeration of Rights	50	(1)
Rights of Victims	51	(2)
Suffrage	53	(3)
Qualifications of Electors	53	(1)
State Elections Board---Creation---Membership	53	(1)
Mandatory Primary System---Nomination of Candidates	54	(1)
Manner of Holding and Conducting Elections---Registration of Electors	54	(1)
Free and Equal Elections---Interference by Civil or Military Power---Privilege from Arrest	55	(1)
Distribution of Powers	56	(1)
Departments of Government---Separation and Distinction	56	(1)
Legislative Department	57	(33)
Initiative and Referendum	57	(1)
Legislature---Authority and Composition---Powers Reserved to People	57	(1)
Designation and Definition of Reserved Powers---Determination of Percentages	58	(1)
Petitions---Veto Power---Elections---Time of Taking Effect---Style of Bills---Duty of Legislature	59	(1)
Referendum against Part of Act	60	(1)
Reservation of Powers to Voters of Counties and Districts---Manner of Exercising	60	(1)
Township Organization or Government---Abolition and Restoration	61	(1)
Subsequent Proposal of Rejected Measure	61	(1)
Powers of Legislature Not Affected	62	(1)
Prevention of Corruption	62	(1)
The Legislature: Senate	62	(1)
Senatorial Districts---Tenure	63	(1)
The Legislature: House of Representatives	63	(1)
House of Representatives---Number of Members---Formula---Tenure	63	(1)
Legislative Apportionment	64	(1)
Legislature to Apportion Legislature---Failure to Make Apportionment---Apportionment Commission	64	(1)
Order of Apportionment Rendered by Commission	65	(1)
Review of Apportionment Orders---Failure to Seek Review	65	(1)
Determination by Supreme Court	65	(1)
Compelling Commission to Act---Consolidation of Proceedings	66	(1)
Qualifications and Rights of Members	66	(1)
Age---Qualified Electors---Residence	66	(1)
Limitation of Time Served in the Legislature	67	(1)
Ineligibility---Federal and State Officers---Conviction of Felony	67	(1)
Expelled Member Ineligible---Punishment Not to Bar Indictment	68	(1)
Vacancies	68	(1)
Conflict of Interests Prohibited---Board on Legislative Compensation	68	(1)
Privileges---Arrest---Speeches or Debates	69	(1)
Ineligibility to Appointment to Office---Interest in Contracts	70	(1)
Disclosure of Personal or Private Interest	70	(1)
Sessions of Legislature	71	(1)
Duration of First Session	71	(1)
Regular Sessions	71	(1)
Special Sessions	71	(1)
Calling Special Sessions	72	(1)
Organization and Rules	72	(1)
Senate---President Pro Tempore---Standing Committees	72	(1)
Speaker of House of Representatives	72	(1)
Judges of Election of Members---Quorum---Rules---Disorderly Behavior---Journal	73	(1)
Elections by Legislature---Voting and Entry in Journal	74	(1)
Special and Local Laws---Notice of Intended Introduction	74	(1)
Revenue Bills---Origination---Amendment---Limitations on Passage---Effective Date---Submission to Voters	74	(1)
Reading and Passage of Bills---Yeas and Nays Entered on Journal	75	(1)
Signing Bills and Resolutions---Entry on Journal	76	(1)
Powers and Duties	76	(1)
Extent of Legislative Authority---Specific Grants Not Limitations	76	(1)
Printing Plant and State Printer	77	(1)
Geological and Economic Survey	77	(1)
Boards of Health, Dentistry and Pharmacy---Pure Food Commission---Present Practioners	77	(1)
Militia	78	(1)
Firemen's Pensions	78	(1)
Contempt, Disobedience of Process and Disorderly Conduct	79	(1)
Decennial Revision of Laws	79	(1)
Unlawful Restraints of Trade	79	(1)
Carrying Constitution into Effect	80	(1)
Limitations	80	(1)
Local and Special Laws on Certain Subjects Prohibited	80	(2)
Retirement of Officers	82	(1)
Bureau of Immigration	82	(1)
Legislative Employees---Number and Emoluments	82	(1)
Exemption of Property from Taxation	82	(1)
Exclusive Rights, Privileges or Immunities	83	(1)
Revival of Rights or Remedies---Taking Away Cause of Action or Defense	83	(1)
Release or Extinguishment of Debts or Liabilities to State, Country or Municipality	84	(1)
Miscellaneous Provisions	84	(1)
Repeal of Statute---Effect	84	(1)
Appropriations---Necessity and Requisites	85	(1)
General Appropriation Bills---Salaries---Separate Appropriation Bills	85	(1)
Subjects and Titles---Revival or Amendment by Reference---Extent of Invalidity	86	(1)
Time of Taking Effect of Statutes---Emergency Measures	86	(1)
Uniform Operation of General Laws---Special Laws when General Law Applicable	87	(1)
System of Checks and Balances	87	(1)
Pensions to Police Officers	88	(1)
Retirement Benefits for Teachers and School Employees	88	(1)
Continuity of Governmental Operations in Periods of Emergency	89	(1)
Executive Department	90	(17)
In General	90	(1)
Executive Officers Enumerated---Offices and Records---Duties	90	(1)
Supreme Power Vested in Governor	91	(1)
Eligibility to Certain State Offices	91	(1)
Terms of Office---Succession	91	(1)
Returns of Election---Tie Votes	92	(1)
Governor	92	(1)
Commander-in-Chief of Militia---Calling out Militia	92	(1)
Extraordinary Sessions of Legislature	93	(1)
Execution of Laws---Intercourse with Other States and United States---Conservator of Peace	93	(1)
Message and Communications to Legislature	93	(1)
Reprieves, Commutations, Paroles and Pardons	94	(1)
Approval or Veto of Bills---Passage over Veto---Failure to Return Bill	95	(1)
Appropriation Bills---Approval or Diapproval---Emergency Bills	95	(1)
Officers' Commissions---Vacancies	96	(1)
Adjournment of Legislature---Changing Place of Meeting	97	(1)
Lieutenant Governor	98	(1)
Qualifications---President of Senate---Impeachment, etc., during Vacancy in Governor's Office	98	(1)
Devolution of Powers and Duties of Governor upon Lieutenant Governor	98	(1)
Secretary of State	99	(1)
Duties Generally	99	(1)
Custody and Use of Seal---Designation	99	(1)
State Auditor and Inspector	100	(1)
Qualifications, Powers and Duties	100	(1)
Commissioner of Labor	100	(1)
Department Created---Duties	100	(1)
Board of Arbitration and Conciliation	101	(1)
The Insurance Commissioner	101	(1)
Insurance Department Established---Function	101	(1)
Commissioner---Election---Term of Office---Qualifications	102	(1)
Bond of Commissioner---Additional Duties and Qualifications	102	(1)
Department of Mines	102	(1)
Creation of Office---Term and Qualification---Duties, Oath and Bond	102	(1)
Commissioner of Charities and Corrections	103	(1)
Board of Agriculture	103	(1)
Creation and Membership---Status, Authority and Duties	103	(1)
Board of Regents for Agricultural and Mechanical Schools and Colleges---Members---Vacancies---Removal---Terms	104	(1)
Commissioners of the Land Office	104	(1)
Membership and Functions	104	(1)
Accounts and Reports of Officers and Commissioners	105	(1)
Compensation of Officers	105	(1)
Seal of the State	106	(1)
Description of Seal	106	(1)
Judicial Department	107	(11)
Courts in Which Judicial Power Vested	107	(1)
Supreme Court Justices---Number---Terms---Vacancies---Qualifications---Chief Justice---Vice Chief Justice	108	(1)
Election of Justices and Judges---Vacancies	109	(1)
Jurisdiction of Supreme Court---Writs	109	(1)
Sessions---Quorum---Intermediate Appellate Courts---Form of Decisions---Clerk of Supreme Court	110	(1)
Administrative Authority---Director and Staff	111	(1)
District Courts---Jurisdiction---Courts Abolished---Transfer of Jurisdiction, Files, etc	111	(1)
Classes of District Court Judges---Selection---Terms---Jurisdiction---Qualifications	112	(2)
Election of District Judges and Associate District Judges	114	(1)
Judicial Administrative Districts	115	(1)
Salaries and Expenses---Retirement	115	(1)
Continuing Provisions	116	(1)
Savings Clause	116	(1)
Effective Dates---Implementing Acts	117	(1)
Jury Trials---Verdicts	117	(1)
Repealer	117	(1)
Court on the Judiciary	118	(6)
Removal of Judges from Office---Compulsory Retirement---Causes	118	(1)
Creation of Court on the Judiciary---Trial and Appellate Divisions---Jurisdiction---Membership	119	(1)
Presiding Judge---Rules---Meetings---Clerk---Powers	120	(1)
Invoking Jurisdiction by Petition---Hearing	120	(1)
Appeal to Appellate Division	121	(1)
Established Rules to Apply---Judge Pro Tem---Compensation	122	(1)
Exclusive Jurisdiction	123	(1)
Selection of Justices and Judges	124	(5)
Governing Provisions---Definitions	124	(1)
Declaration of Candidacy---Election	125	(1)
Judicial Nominating Commission	125	(2)
Vacancy in Judicial Office---Filling	127	(1)
Terms and Election	127	(1)
Political Activity Prohibited	128	(1)
Effective Date	128	(1)
Impeachment and Removal from Office	129	(3)
Officers Subject to Impeachment---Grounds---Suspension from Office upon Felony Conviction---Reinstatement---Temporary Judges	129	(1)
Removal of Officers Not Subject to Impeachment	130	(1)
Presiding Officer in Case of Impeachment---Presentation of Impeachment	130	(1)
Oath or Affirmation---Number Concurring	131	(1)
Judgment of Impeachment	131	(1)
Necessary Laws to Be Passed	131	(1)
Corporations	132	(34)
Definition	132	(1)
Corporation---Company---Charter---License	133	(1)
Railroad and Public Service Corporations	133	(1)
Rights as to Construction of Lines	133	(1)
Receipt of Cars, Tonnage and Passengers from Other Lines	134	(1)
Oil Pipe Line Companies---Regulation---Duties	134	(1)
Telegraph and Telephone Companies---Exchange of Messages---Physical	134	(1)
Railroads as Public Highways---Offices---Meetings---Reports---Enforcement	135	(1)
Movable Property as Personal Property---Liability of Property to Execution	136	(1)
Consolidation of Public Service Corporations---Common Officer	136	(1)
Sales and Leases---Additional Restrictions on Consolidation	137	(1)
Street Railroads---Consent to Construction and Operation	137	(1)
Acceptance of Provisions of Constitution	138	(1)
Transportation of Railroad's Own Commodities	138	(1)
Free Transportation of Passengers	139	(1)
Repealed	140	(1)
Corporation Commission	140	(1)
Creation---Terms of Office---Vacancies	140	(1)
Qualifications of Commissioners	141	(1)
Oath of Office---Additional Oath	142	(1)
Powers and Duties---Notice Before Taking Action---Process for Witnesses---Authority of Legislature---Municipal Powers	143	(3)
Organization---Quorum---Necessary Vote	146	(1)
Company Defined	146	(1)
Powers of Court of Record---Additional Powers---Failure or Refusal to Obey Orders	146	(2)
Appeals to Supreme Court---Other Courts to Have No Jurisdiction---Mandamus and Prohibition	148	(1)
Supersedeas---Security---Accounts---Refunds---Precedence of Appeals	149	(1)
Statement of Reasons for Action---Cause Heard on Record---Certification of Facts and Evidence---New or Additional Evidence	150	(1)
Repealed	151	(1)
Rights of Action Not Affected---Questioning Action of Commission	151	(1)
Reports and Recommendations	152	(1)
Railway Depots and Depot Buildings	152	(1)
Railroad Crossings at Grade	153	(1)
Inspection of Books and Papers---Examination of Officers and Agents	153	(1)
Record of Financial Transactions	154	(1)
Greater Charge for Less Distance	155	(1)
Foreign Corporations---Eminent Domain---Restrictions on Exercise	155	(1)
Through Rates---Investigation---Notice---Application to Interstate Commerce Commission	156	(1)
Switches to Mines, Mills, Elevators and Industries	156	(1)
Definitions---Avoidance of Conflicts with U.S. Constitution	157	(2)
Power of Legislature	159	(1)
Fellow-Servants	159	(1)
Common Law Doctrine Abrogated---Liability for Acts of Receivers---Power of Legislature	159	(1)
Passenger Fare	160	(1)
Repealed	160	(1)
Private Corporations	161	(1)
Creation or Licensing---Necessity of General Law	161	(1)
Restrictions on Issuance of Stock	161	(1)
Influencing Elections or Official Duty	161	(1)
Banks and Trust Companies---Restriction on Controlling Other Stock	162	(1)
Arbitration of Differences with Employees	162	(1)
Foreign Corporations---Designation of Resident Agent---Service---Place of Suit	162	(1)
Foreign Corporations Subject to Same Restrictions and Requirements as Domestic Corporations	163	(1)
Monopoly or Destruction of Competition---Discrimination Prohibited	164	(1)
Grants of Special or Exclusive Privileges	164	(1)
Power to Alter, Amend or Repeal Charters or Franchises	165	(1)
Penalties and Regulations	165	(1)
Revenue and Taxation	166	(64)
General Provisions	166	(1)
Fiscal Year	166	(1)
Tax to Defray State Expenses	167	(1)
Tax to Pay Deficiency	167	(1)
Levy to Pay State Debt	167	(1)
Surrender of Power of Taxation---Uniformity of Taxes	168	(1)
Property Exempt from Taxation---Exemptions under Territorial Laws---Exemption of Certain Property for Limited Time	169	(1)
Tangible Personal Property Moving through State---Situs [Version 1]	170	(1)
Intangible Personal Property Exempt from Ad Valorem or Other Tax [Version 2]	170	(1)
Qualifying Manufacturing Concern---Ad Valorem Tax Exemption	171	(1)
Tax Relief for Historic Preservation, Reinvestment, or Enterprise Areas---Economic Stagnation or Decline---Use of Local Taxes and Fees for Public Investments---Development or Redevelopment of Unproductive, etc., Areas	172	(1)
Assessments for Local Improvements	173	(1)
Valuation of Property for Taxation	174	(1)
Approval of Exemption of Household Goods of Heads of Families and Livestock Employed in Support of Family---Adjusted Millage Rate---Computation Procedure---Maximum Rate	175	(1)
Limit on the Percentage of Fair Cash Value of Real Property	176	(1)
Limit on Fair Cash Value on Homestead	177	(1)
Amount of Ad Valorem Tax	178	(3)
Additional County Ad Valorem Tax Levy for Department of Health	181	(1)
Area School Districts for Vocational and Technical Schools---Tax Levies	181	(2)
Emergency Medical Service Districts	183	(3)
Solid Waste Management Services	186	(3)
Increased Rate for Public Buildings or for Building Fund for School Districts---Permanent Levy	189	(1)
Tax Levy for Cooperative Country Libraries and Joint City-County Libraries	190	(1)
Municipally-Owned Hospitals---Operation and Maintenance---Tax Levy	191	(1)
Officer Receiving Interest, Profit or Perquisites	191	(1)
Special Forms of Taxation---Amounts---Reference to Federal Taxation	192	(1)
Common School Taxes on Property of Public Service Corporations	192	(1)
Independence of State Taxation	193	(1)
Levy and Collection by General Laws and for Public Purposes---Assumption of Debts	193	(1)
Pledge or Loan of Credit---Donation---Exceptions	194	(2)
Borrowing Money---Specification of Purpose---Use	196	(1)
Aid to Corporations, etc., by Counties, Cities, Towns, etc.	196	(1)
Repealed	196	(1)
Specification of Purpose of Tax---Devotion to Another Purpose	197	(1)
Taxes for County, City, Town or Municipal Purposes	197	(1)
State Board of Equalization---Assessment Levels	197	(1)
Classification of Property	198	(1)
Public Indebtedness	199	(1)
Balanced Budget---Procedures	199	(3)
Surplus Accruing to General Revenue Fund---Payment of Bonded Indebtedness---Investments---Appropriation of Surplus	202	(1)
Contracts for Incarceration of State Inmates with Counties and Municipalities	203	(1)
Debts in Case of Invasion, Insurrection, or War	203	(1)
Authorization of Debt---Annual Tax---Submission to Voters---Final Passage	204	(1)
Indebtedness of Political Subdivisions---Assent of Voters---Annual Tax---Computation of Amount of Indebtedness	204	(2)
Indebtedness for Purchase, Construction or Repair of Public Utilities	206	(1)
Municipal Water and Water Facilities---Financing	207	(1)
Political Subdivisions---Public Utilities Financing---Indebtedness	207	(2)
Revenue for Sinking Fund---Uses to Which Applied	209	(1)
Bonds and Evidence of Indebtedness---Certificates as to Compliance with Law	209	(1)
System of Accounting	209	(1)
Indebtedness for Construction, Equipment, etc., of State Buildings---Use of Part of Cigarette Tax for Payment	210	(1)
State Public Common School Building Equalization Fund	210	(1)
Indebtedness for Construction of Buildings and Other Capital Improvements---Restrictions---Term---Sources of Payment	211	(1)
State Industrial Finance Authority	212	(2)
Indebtedness for Capital Improvements to Institutions of Higher Education---School and Hospital for Mentally Retarded	214	(1)
Municipal and County Levy for Securing and Developing Industry	215	(2)
Indebtedness for Capital Improvements---University Medical Center	217	(1)
Bond Issue for Capital Improvements at State Institutions	218	(1)
Indebtedness for Capital Improvements at State Institutions	219	(3)
Water Resources and Sewage Treatment Programs---Funding---State Financial Assistance---State Liability	222	(1)
Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund	223	(2)
[Blank]	225	(1)
Economic Development Credit Enhancement Reserve Fund---General Obligation Bonds	225	(1)
State Construction, Remodeling, or Other Capital Improvements---Amount of Indebtedness---Payment and Discharge of Debt---Issuance of Bonds	226	(4)
State and School Lands	230	(5)
Acceptance of Grants and Donations---Pledge of Faith of State	230	(1)
Permanent School Fund---How Constituted---Use---Reimbursement for Losses	231	(1)
Interest and Income---Use and Apportionment	231	(1)
Sale of Lands for Charitable, Penal, Educational and Public Purposes	232	(1)
University and College Lands---Control of Institutions---Diversion of Funds	232	(1)
Investment of Permanent Common School and Other Educational Funds	233	(1)
Grants of Commercial and Agricultural Leases in Trust Property	234	(1)
Homestead and Exemptions	235	(3)
Extent and Value of Homestead---Rights of Indians---Temporary Renting	235	(1)
Exemption from Forced Sale---Consent of Spouse to Sale---Mortgages	236	(1)
Statutes Nullified---Exemption as to Purchase Price Restricted---Incumbering Personal Exemptions---Change or Amendment of Article	236	(2)
Homestead Exemption from Taxation	238	(2)
Exemption from Ad Valorem Taxation Authorized	238	(1)
Duration of Exemption---Increase of Homestead	238	(2)
Education	240	(4)
Establishment and Maintenance of Public Schools	240	(1)
Appropriation and Allocation of Funds for Support of Common Schools	240	(1)
Institutions for Deaf and Mute or Blind	241	(1)
Repealed	241	(1)
Compulsory School Attendance	241	(1)
Board of Education	242	(1)
Textbook System for Common Schools---Official Multiple Textbook Lists	242	(1)
Instruction in Agriculture, Horticulture, Stock Feeding and Domestic Science	243	(1)
Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma	243	(1)
Oklahoma State System of Higher Education	244	(2)
Oklahoma State System of Higher Education	244	(1)
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education---Establishment---Membership---Appointment---Terms---Vacancy---Powers as Co-ordinating Board of Control	244	(1)
Appropriations---Allocation	245	(1)
Co-ordination of Private, Denominational and Other Institutions of Higher Learning	245	(1)
Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges	246	(3)
Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges---Creation, Members, Terms, etc.	246	(1)
Powers and Duties of Board---Officers, Supervisors, etc.	247	(1)
Successor to Existing Governing Boards---Records, Papers, etc.	247	(1)
Salaries and Expenses---Allocation of Funds for Payment	248	(1)
Banks and Banking	249	(2)
Banking Department	249	(1)
Classification of Loans and Lenders---Licenses---Maximum Rates of Interests	249	(1)
Excessive Rate---Forfeiture of Interest---Recovery of Double Interest	250	(1)
Oath of Office	251	(2)
Officers Required to Take Oath or Affirmation---Form	251	(1)
Administration and Filing of Oath---Refusal to Take---False Swearing	251	(2)
Public Roads, Highways, and Internal Improvements	253	(2)
Powers of Legislature Respecting Highways	253	(1)
Acceptance of Lands Granted or Reserved for Highway	253	(1)
Levees, Drains, and Ditches	254	(1)
System of Levees, Drains, and Ditches and Irrigation	254	(1)
Counties	255	(25)
County and Township Government	255	(1)
Counties to Be Bodies Politic and Corporate	255	(1)
County and Townsship Offices	255	(1)
Provision for Persons in Need	256	(1)
Creating or Altering Counties	256	(1)
Legislature to Provide for Creation or Alteration---Submission to Vote---Area, Population and Taxable Wealth	256	(1)
Disorganization of County	257	(1)
Removal of County Seats	257	(1)
Procedure for Removal of County Seat	257	(2)
Bribery	259	(1)
Counties and County Seats	259	(1)
Description of Counties---Designation of County Seats	259	(21)
Municipal Corporations	280	(6)
Creation---General or Special Laws---Classification	280	(1)
Existing Municipal Corporations Continued---Rights and Powers	280	(1)
Charters	281	(1)
Framing and Adoption of Charter---Approval by Governor---Effect---Record---Amendment	281	(1)
Election of Board of Freeholders	282	(1)
Initiave and Referendum	282	(1)
Reservation of Powers	282	(1)
Petition---Signatures---Filing	282	(1)
Presentation of Petition to Legislative Body---Submission to Voters	283	(1)
Submission to Referendum Vote	283	(1)
Submission of Amendment to Charter	284	(1)
Franchises	284	(1)
Grant, Extension or Renewal---Approval by Voters---Term	284	(1)
Petition---Calling Election---Result of Election	284	(1)
Business or Enterprise---Right to Engage in	285	(1)
Control and Regulation Not Divested---Surrender of Powers---Exclusive Franchises	285	(1)
Insurance	286	(2)
Foreign Insurance Companies---Conditions of Doing Business	286	(1)
Entrance Fees---Annual Tax	286	(1)
Non-Profit Insurance Organizations	287	(1)
Fees Paid to State Treasurer	287	(1)
Manufacture and Commerce	288	(1)
Denaturized Alcohol---Manufacture and Sale	288	(1)
Kerosene Oil---Flash Test---Specific Gravity Test	288	(1)
Public Institutions	289	(1)
Establishment and Support	289	(1)
Alien and Corporate Ownership of Lands	290	(2)
Aliens---Ownership of Land Prohibited---Disposal of Lands Acquired	290	(1)
Corporations---Buying, Acquiring or Dealing in Real Estate	290	(2)
Miscellaneous	292	(6)
Labor	292	(1)
Hours of Labor on Public Work	292	(1)
Convict Labor	292	(1)
Contracting Prohibited	292	(1)
Child Labor	293	(1)
Children under Fifteen	293	(1)
Employment Underground---Hours of Labor Underground	293	(1)
Health and Safety of Employees	293	(1)
Contributory Negligence	294	(1)
Contributory Negligence---Assumption of Risk---Questions for Jury	294	(1)
Personal Injuries	294	(1)
Right of Action---Amount of Recovery---Exclusiveness of Remedy under Workers' Compensation Law	294	(1)
Waiver of Rights	295	(1)
Contracts Waiving Benefits of Constitution Invalid	295	(1)
Notice of Demand, Stipulation for	295	(1)
Change in Salary or Emoluments	296	(1)
Change of Salary during Term---Extension of Term---Continuance until Qualification of Successor	296	(1)
Definition of Races	296	(1)
Repealed	296	(1)
Retirement Systems	297	(1)
State-Administered Retirement Systems---Limitation on Use of Monies	297	(1)
Constitutional Amendments	298	(2)
Amendments Proposed by Legislature---Submission to Vote	298	(1)
Constitutional Convention to Propose Amendments or New Constitution	299	(1)
Right of Amendment by Initiative Petition Not Impaired	299	(1)
Social Security	300	(3)
Relief and Care of Needy, Aged and Disabled Persons---Co-operation with Federal Plan	300	(1)
Department of Public Welfare	300	(1)
Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission	301	(1)
Director of Public Welfare	302	(1)
Effect of Legislation Contemporaneously Adopted	302	(1)
Department of Wildlife Conservation	303	(3)
Creation of Department---Wildlife Conservation Commission---Membership---Appointment---Tenure---Vacancies---Oath and Bonds	303	(1)
Game and Fish Laws Not Repealed---Acquisition of Property	304	(1)
Director of Wildlife Conservation	304	(1)
Disposition of Funds	305	(1)
Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Board	306	(1)
Repealed	306	(1)
Alcoholic Beverage Laws and Enforcement	307	(8)
Creation of Commission---Appointment---Membership---Powers---Tenure	307	(1)
Transition from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission	308	(1)
Exclusion of Beer or Cereal Malt Beverages Containing Not More Than 3.2% of Alcohol by Weight	309	(1)
Enactment of Laws by Legislature---Indiscriminate Sales to Licensed Wholesale Distributors---Winemakers	309	(1)
Retail Sales by Package Stores and Wineries and by the Individual Drink	310	(1)
Prohibition of Sales on Certain Persons---Limitation on Advertising---Penalties	310	(1)
Prohibition of Sales on Certain Days---Penalties	311	(1)
Taxation and Licensing---Distribution of Funds	312	(1)
State and Political Subdivisions Prohibited from Engaging in Business	313	(1)
Occupation Tax	313	(1)
Restrictions on Issuance of Licenses	314	(1)
Repealer	314	(1)
Ethics Commission	315	(4)
Ethics Commission---Appointments---Qualifications---Terms---Vacancies---Quorum	315	(1)
Appropriation---Compensation---Staff	316	(1)
Ethics Rules	316	(1)
Investigation---Decision---Subpoena Power	317	(1)
Ethics Interpretations	317	(1)
Criminal Penalties	317	(1)
Removal	318	(1)
Schedule	319	(12)
Existing Rights, Actions, etc.---Process Previously Issued	319	(1)
Territorial Laws Continued in Force	319	(1)
Debts, Fines, Penalties and Forefeitures	320	(1)
Taking Effect of Constitution	320	(1)
Notaries Public---Continuance in Office	320	(1)
Female Notaries---Eligibility as Notaries and County Superintendent of Public Instruction	320	(1)
Property of Territory of Oklahoma	321	(1)
Judgments and Records in Indian Territory and Osage Reservation as Notice	321	(1)
Judgments and Records of Oklahoma Territory as Notice	321	(1)
Incorporated Cities and Towns---Continuance---Officers Ordinances	321	(1)
Taxes in Incorporated Cities and Towns	322	(1)
Local Improvements and Public Buildings in Cities and Towns	322	(1)
Acts of Congress as to Mining---Chief Mine Inspector to Be Oil Inspector	322	(1)
Dental Surgeons	322	(1)
State Officers---Compensation	323	(1)
Justices of Supreme Court---District Judges---Salaries	323	(1)
Other State Officers---Compensation as Provided by Law	323	(1)
County and Township Officers	323	(1)
Boards of Regents of Educational Institutions	324	(1)
Division of Property, Assets and Liabilities of Counties	324	(1)
Property, Assets and Liabilities of Day County	324	(1)
Official Seals	324	(1)
Probate Records and Causes	325	(1)
Seal of County Court	325	(1)
County, Township and Municipal Indebtedness	325	(1)
Transfer of Cases to Supreme Court of State	326	(1)
Transfer of Cases to District Court from Territorial Courts	326	(1)
Amendment of Enabling Act Accepted	327	(1)
Judge of District Court---Eligibility	327	(1)
Eligibility to State Office	327	(1)
Osage County---Taxation	327	(1)
School Districts---Division of Property, Assets and Liabilities	328	(1)
Attorneys---Eligibility to Practice	328	(1)
Newspapers---Legal Notices and Advertisements	328	(1)
Indebtedness of Constitutional Convention---Expenses of Election	328	(1)
Ordinance for Submission of Constitution---Ratification	329	(1)
Invalid Indebtedness Not Validated	329	(1)
Division of Property, Assets and Liabilities of Counties by Supreme Court	329	(1)
Superintendents of Public Instruction---Qualifications	330	(1)
State Officers---Beginning of Term	330	(1)
Qualification of Officers	330	(1)
Official Bonds	330	(1)
Filing and Preservation of Constitution	330	(1)
Prohibition Ordinance [Repealed]	330	(1)
Bibliography	331	(2)
Table of Cases	333	(14)
Index	347