Chapter 3617. Granting to the Territory of Oklahoma, for the use and benefit of the University Preparatory School of the Territory of Oklahoma, section thirty-three, in township numbered twenty-six north of range numbered one west of the Indian meridian, in Kay County, Oklahoma Territory
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CHAP. 3617.— An Act Granting to the Territory of Oklahoma, for the use and benefit of the University Preparatory School of the Territory of Oklahoma, section thirty-three, in township numbered twenty-six north of range numbered one west of the Indian meridian, in Kay County, Oklahoma Territory. June 29, 1906. [[H. R. 17186](/us/bill/59/hr/17186).]. [[Public, No. 363](/us/pl/59/363).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That all of section numbered Oklahoma.
Land grant to, for use of University Preparatory School. *Ante*, p 273. thirty-three, in township numbered twenty-six north of range numbered one west of the Indian meridian, in Kay County, Oklahoma Territory, same being a portion of the lands reserved to said Territory for public building purposes, be, and the same is hereby, granted to the Territory of Oklahoma for the use and benefit of the University Preparatory School of said Territory of Oklahoma, to be and become the property of the said University Preparatory School for building purposes, but no indemnity shall be allowed for this section: *Provided*, *Proviso*.
Disposal of the land. That the board of regents of the said University Preparatory School may set apart any part of said section of land as a campus for said school, and may sell and dispose of and convey the residue of said section of land, either by proper subdivisions or platting the same into town sites as an addition to the said town of Tonkawa, or otherwise, and at public or private sale, as the said board of regents of the said University Preparatory School may deem best, and all money arising Use of proceeds. from the sale of any of said lands shall be used, and expended by the board of regents of said University Preparatory School only for the erection of buildings for the use of said school.
Sec. 2. That the leases to the present tenants thereon, made by the Leases. board for leasing school lands of the Territory of Oklahoma, shall remain in full force and effect until their respective expirations, and Appraisal of improvements. that the governor of the Territory of Oklahoma shall appoint, on the application of the board of regents of said University Preparatory School, three disinterested freeholders of said county to appraise the value of the improvements on said lands belonging to the lessees thereof, and such improvement shall be appraised at the fair, reasonable value thereof, and the said appraisers shall give ten days’ notice of the time when such appraisement shall be made by posting the same in a conspicuous place on each quarter section of said lands, and shall take an oath fairly and impartially to appraise the improvements of the said lessees on said lands at the fair, reasonable value thereof, and shall make report of such appraisement and file the same with the governor of Report. the Territory of Oklahoma with such oath, and the board of regents of said University Preparatory School shall immediately pay the amount Payment. so fixed to the treasurer of the Territory of Oklahoma for the use of such lessees and have immediate possession of said lands: *Provided *Provisos*. further*, That if either the board of regents of said University Preparatory Appeal.
School or said lessees shall feel themselves aggrieved by the valuation of such appraisers they may, within thirty days from the filing of such report with the governor of the Territory, appeal to the Notice. district court of said county by filing notice with the governor of said Territory and filing a bond to be approved by the governor, conditioned that such person or said board of regents will prosecute such appeal to effect and without unnecessary delay, and pay all costs and judgments Costs. that may be awarded against them in said proceeding.
And Damages. the governor of said Territory shall immediately cause a copy of the application of said board and the appointment and oath and report of said appraisers, together with the bond aforesaid, to be filed with the clerk of the district court of said Kay County, whereupon the question of the amount of damages sustained by such lessees shall be tried de novo by a jury: And provided further, That the board of regents of Adjustment of differences. said University Preparatory School are hereby vested with full authority on behalf of said Territory to settle and adjust the differences between said University Preparatory School-and the lessees of 624 such lands and make such settlements as the board of regents may Succession. deem just and proper: *And provided further*, That when said Territory shall become a State the governor of said State shall be the successor of the governor of said Territory under the provision of this Act.
Approved, June 29, 1906.