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§ 23. Selection of permanent county seats

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 19. Counties and County Officers

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Title 19. Counties and County Officers
Chapter 2. Creation and Alteration of Counties
19 Okl.St.Ann. § 23
§ 23. Selection of permanent county seats
In all new counties, created since the admission of the State of Oklahoma into the Union, and to be hereafter created, wherein temporary, or original county seat, has been, or will be, located or designated, other than by a vote of the people, an election shall be called and held to locate the permanent county seat, which election shall be called and held under the laws now in force governing the permanent location of county seats, included in chapter thirty-one, article four, of the Session Laws of 1907 and 1908;1 Provided, that a majority of all the votes cast in the county, at such county seat election, shall be in favor of any town, such town shall thereafter be the county seat; Provided, however, that where the temporary county seat theretofore designated, is within six miles of the geographical center of the county (said geographical center to be determined by certificate from the Secretary of State, and said distance to be determined by measurement from said geographical center to the nearest corporate limits of such county seat) it shall require sixty percent of the total vote cast at such election by the competing town to effect the designation of such county seat, and unless such competing town be within six miles of the geographical center of said county, in which event a majority vote shall suffice; Provided, further, that those portions of Section 14, of article four of chapter 31 of the Session Laws of 1907-19082 in conflict herewith, applying to counties created by the Constitution, shall have no force and effect with reference to elections to locate the permanent county seat of counties created since the adoption of the Constitution and since the admission of the State of Oklahoma into the Union.

Credits

Laws 1910-11, c. 40, p. 80, § 12a.

Footnotes

Title 19, § 71 et seq.
Title 19, §§ 84, 85.
19 Okl. St. Ann. § 23, OK ST T. 19 § 23
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 106 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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