Okla. Stat. tit. 20, § 20-14
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Actions involving removal or location of state capital or
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educational or charitable institutions - Jurisdiction, powers and
procedure.
Exclusive original jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the
Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma, to hear and determine any
action that may be brought involving the legality of the removal or
location, or an attempt to remove or locate, the state capital or
any normal school or other educational or charitable institution of
the state, and in any such action the Supreme Court shall have the
same power and jurisdiction, including the power to appoint a
referee, which it now has under the laws of this state in contests
over the location of county seats, and all such actions shall be
governed by the same procedure which now prevails in county seat
contests.
Provided that any resident taxpayer of this state, shall have a
right to a hearing before the Supreme Court upon the execution of a
good and sufficient bond for cost, to be approved by the Clerk of
the Court. And, provided further that any and all actions brought
under the provisions of this act shall be commenced within ten (10)
days after the passage of any act for the removal or location of the
state capital or any normal school or other educational or
charitable institution of the state.
procedure.
Exclusive original jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the
Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma, to hear and determine any
action that may be brought involving the legality of the removal or
location, or an attempt to remove or locate, the state capital or
any normal school or other educational or charitable institution of
the state, and in any such action the Supreme Court shall have the
same power and jurisdiction, including the power to appoint a
referee, which it now has under the laws of this state in contests
over the location of county seats, and all such actions shall be
governed by the same procedure which now prevails in county seat
contests.
Provided that any resident taxpayer of this state, shall have a
right to a hearing before the Supreme Court upon the execution of a
good and sufficient bond for cost, to be approved by the Clerk of
the Court. And, provided further that any and all actions brought
under the provisions of this act shall be commenced within ten (10)
days after the passage of any act for the removal or location of the
state capital or any normal school or other educational or
charitable institution of the state.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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