Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-62
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Method of division - Agreements as to division
Official statutory text
For the purpose of this article, the property, assets and
liabilities of the counties, as referred to in the preceding
section, at the time of the admission of the state into the Union,
shall be deemed the property, assets and liabilities of the original
county or counties in Oklahoma Territory, and the new county or
counties created, in whole or in part out of such original county or
counties; and the decree of the Supreme Court in all such actions
shall be based, as near as may be, upon the fair and reasonable
value of such of the property and assets belonging to such counties,
and the taxable value of the property in the counties, or parts of
counties, affected by such divisions or distribution, so that each
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 50
county shall be charged with liability and awarded assets in the
proportion which the taxable value of its property bears to the
taxable value of other counties affected by and interested with it
in the divisions and distribution of property, assets and
liabilities, as shown by the tax rolls for the year 1907; and such
decree shall be so framed as to fix and describe the assets awarded
to each county and the liabilities which shall be borne by it, and
determine whether such liabilities shall be borne by any such county
separately or jointly with another county, and determine the amount
and proportion of liabilities. All property of a permanent and
fixed nature, as mentioned herein, shall be decreed to and the title
thereto be vested in the county in which the same shall be situated:
Provided, however, that the board of county commissioners in any
such county are hereby authorized to confer and agree upon such a
division of any and all such property, assets and liabilities as may
to them seem just and equitable, and when such agreement shall have
been reached it shall be reduced to writing, subscribed by a
majority of the members of the board of county commissioners of each
of the counties that is a party to such agreement; and the same
shall be entered at length upon the records of the proceedings of
the board of county commissioners of the respective counties; a
certified copy of such agreement shall thereupon be transmitted by
one or more of the county clerks of any such county or counties to
the Clerk of the Supreme Court, within thirty days of the date of
such agreement; and the Supreme Court shall, thereupon, render a
final judgment decreeing the division and distribution of any and
all such assets and the apportionment of such liabilities according
to the terms of such agreement, and vesting the title to any
property mentioned in such agreement as therein provided; and such
judgment shall be final and conclusive in law and equity, and no
rehearing shall ever be allowed in any such case.
R.L. 1910, § 1513.
liabilities of the counties, as referred to in the preceding
section, at the time of the admission of the state into the Union,
shall be deemed the property, assets and liabilities of the original
county or counties in Oklahoma Territory, and the new county or
counties created, in whole or in part out of such original county or
counties; and the decree of the Supreme Court in all such actions
shall be based, as near as may be, upon the fair and reasonable
value of such of the property and assets belonging to such counties,
and the taxable value of the property in the counties, or parts of
counties, affected by such divisions or distribution, so that each
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 19. Counties and County Officers Page 50
county shall be charged with liability and awarded assets in the
proportion which the taxable value of its property bears to the
taxable value of other counties affected by and interested with it
in the divisions and distribution of property, assets and
liabilities, as shown by the tax rolls for the year 1907; and such
decree shall be so framed as to fix and describe the assets awarded
to each county and the liabilities which shall be borne by it, and
determine whether such liabilities shall be borne by any such county
separately or jointly with another county, and determine the amount
and proportion of liabilities. All property of a permanent and
fixed nature, as mentioned herein, shall be decreed to and the title
thereto be vested in the county in which the same shall be situated:
Provided, however, that the board of county commissioners in any
such county are hereby authorized to confer and agree upon such a
division of any and all such property, assets and liabilities as may
to them seem just and equitable, and when such agreement shall have
been reached it shall be reduced to writing, subscribed by a
majority of the members of the board of county commissioners of each
of the counties that is a party to such agreement; and the same
shall be entered at length upon the records of the proceedings of
the board of county commissioners of the respective counties; a
certified copy of such agreement shall thereupon be transmitted by
one or more of the county clerks of any such county or counties to
the Clerk of the Supreme Court, within thirty days of the date of
such agreement; and the Supreme Court shall, thereupon, render a
final judgment decreeing the division and distribution of any and
all such assets and the apportionment of such liabilities according
to the terms of such agreement, and vesting the title to any
property mentioned in such agreement as therein provided; and such
judgment shall be final and conclusive in law and equity, and no
rehearing shall ever be allowed in any such case.
R.L. 1910, § 1513.
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