Okla. Stat. tit. 80, § 80-4
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Military reservation ceded - Rights reserved
Official statutory text
Exclusive jurisdiction be, and the same is hereby ceded to the
United States over all the territory now owned by the United States
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 80. United States Page 2
and comprised within the limits of the Military Reservation of Fort
Sill, in Comanche County, as declared from time to time by the
President of the United States, and over such lands as may hereafter
be acquired for the enlargement of said reservation; provided,
however, that the State of Oklahoma reserves the right to serve
civil or criminal process within said reservation in suits or
prosecutions for or on account of rights acquired, obligations
incurred, or crimes committed in said state but outside of such
cessions and reservation; provided, further, that the State of
Oklahoma reserves the right to tax railroad companies and other
corporations and their franchises and property on said reservation;
and provided, further, that the jurisdiction herein ceded shall
continue no longer than the United States shall own and hold said
reservation for military purposes.
United States over all the territory now owned by the United States
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 80. United States Page 2
and comprised within the limits of the Military Reservation of Fort
Sill, in Comanche County, as declared from time to time by the
President of the United States, and over such lands as may hereafter
be acquired for the enlargement of said reservation; provided,
however, that the State of Oklahoma reserves the right to serve
civil or criminal process within said reservation in suits or
prosecutions for or on account of rights acquired, obligations
incurred, or crimes committed in said state but outside of such
cessions and reservation; provided, further, that the State of
Oklahoma reserves the right to tax railroad companies and other
corporations and their franchises and property on said reservation;
and provided, further, that the jurisdiction herein ceded shall
continue no longer than the United States shall own and hold said
reservation for military purposes.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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