Okla. Stat. tit. 27, § 27-5
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Local governments and cemeteries - Eminent domain
Official statutory text
Any county, city, town, township, school district, or board of
education, or any board or official having charge of cemeteries
created and existing under the laws of this state, shall have power
to condemn lands in like manner as railroad companies, for highways,
rights-of-way, building sites, cemeteries, public parks and other
public purposes.
R.L. 1910, § 3188.
education, or any board or official having charge of cemeteries
created and existing under the laws of this state, shall have power
to condemn lands in like manner as railroad companies, for highways,
rights-of-way, building sites, cemeteries, public parks and other
public purposes.
R.L. 1910, § 3188.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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