The Commission, acting for and on behalf of the State of Oklahoma, shall be the agency by and through which the State of Oklahoma may incur indebtedness to the extent of but not to exceed the sum of Thirty-six Million Dollars ($36,000,000.00), for the purpose of constructing, equipping, remodeling and repairing any and all buildings of the state, including those of its educational, recreational, penal and eleemosynary establishments, pursuant to and by the authority of Section 31, Article X, of the Constitution of Oklahoma and this act.¹ It is declared to be the intent and purpose of this act to vitalize said Section 31, and to invoke and exercise the powers conferred upon the Legislature of Oklahoma thereby.