Larceny of SECTION 2. The taking of personal property of the kind defined in the foregoing section, accomplished by fraud or stealth, and with the intent to deprive another thereof, is bereby defined as larceny and punishable in the same manner and to the same degree as is larceny of other descriptions of personal property. The degree of such crime is to be determined by the amount for which such animal was listed for the purposes of taxation. SECTION 3. All Acts and parts of Acts, in so far as they are in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed. Approved March 10th, 1899. Medicinemen Mescal beans 2. Mescal beans. AN ACT relating to medicine men and the mescal bean. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oklahoma: SECTION 1. That it shall be unlawful for any so-called Indian Medicine Man to practice among the allotted Indians of the Territory, who is not legally authorized under existing Statutes to do so, or to hold incantations over the sick, or to maltreat, or in any manner whatso ever abuse the sick, or to commit immoral practices upon sick persons, or to demand payment for such services. SECTION 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person to introduce on any Indian reservation or Indian allotment situated within this Territory, or to have in possession, barter, sell, give, or otherwise dispose of, any "Mescal Bean," or the product of any such drug, to any allotted Indian in this Territory: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall prevent its use by any physician authorized under existing laws to practice his profession in this Territory. SECTION 3. Any person who shall violate the provi-Misdemeanor sions of this Act in this Territory, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars, or be confined in the county jail for not more than six months, or be assessed both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its approval. Approved March 11th, 1899. ARTICLE 3. EVIDENCE OF PUBLIC INDEBTEDNESS, UN- SECTION. SECTION. 1. Unlawful issuing or paying 2. Dealing in warrants, misde- warrants. AN ACT to prohibit Territorial officers from issuing or paying any warrants or order in excess of approprations of the Legislative Assembly and to prohibit public officers from purchasing or dealing in any manner in bonds, warrants or other evidence of public indebtedness. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oklahoma: SECTION 1. That it shall be unlawful for any Terri Unlawful issu ing or payin torial officer or deputy or employee of said officer to issue, warrants cause to be issued or consent to the issuing, or to pay, cause to be paid or consent to the paying of any Territorial warrant, order, or other evidence of public debt, in excess of the appropriation duly made or when no appropriation has been made by the Legislative Assembly, for the fund upon which the same may be drawn. SECTION 2. That it shall be unlawful for any public officer or deputy or employee of such officer to either directly or indirectly, buy, barter for, or otherwise engage in any manner in the purchase of any bonds, warrants or any other evidence of indebtedness against this Terri Dealing in warrants, misdemeanor Misdemeanor. tory, any subdivision thereof, or municipality therein, of which he is on officer. SECTION 3. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of the unlawful issuing of warrants or the unlawful purchase of warrants as the case may be, and shall be punished by a fine of not not exceeding 1,000 dollars. SECTION 4. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 5. This Act shall be in effect from and after its passage and approval. Council-Passed over veto March 9, 1899. House of Representatives-Passed over veto March 10, 1899. Held by District Court of the First Judicial District that Article 3 of Chapter 12 did not become a law. messenger. 28. Clerk's allowance; special 63. Canvass of returns. AN ACT concerning Elections and providing penalties for the violation of the provisions thereof. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Oklahoma: SECTION 1. General elections for the purpose of elect- When held. ing a Delegate to Congress, Members of the Legislative Qualified electors:town cincts; number of votes; inspector's report Assembly, and all county, township and district officers shall be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November, 1900, and biennially thereafter. SECTION 2. The term "qualified electors" within the sips and pre- meaning of this Act, shall include all male persons of the age of twenty-one years or upwards belonging to either of the following classes, who have resided in the Territory for the period of six months, in the township sixty days and in the voting precinct thirty days next preceding any election: First, Citizens of the United States; Second, Persons of foreign birth who shall have complied with the provisions of the laws of the United States on the subject of naturalization; Third, Civilized persons of Indian descent, not members of any tribe. That the county commissioners of each county in this Territory shall, at their first session after the taking effect of this Act, divide the townships of their respective counties into election precincts and establish the boundaries of the same. Each board of commissioners shall designate at least one place of holding elections in each township, and every township in which only one place of holding elections is designated shall constitute a precinct. There shall be but one voting place in a precinct. Each precinct shall contain as nearly as practicable two hundred electors, based on the number of votes cast at the last election; but no precinct shall contain more than two hundred and fifty electors. If at any election hereafter two hundred and fifty or more votes shall be cast at any voting place, it shall be the duty of the inspector in such precinct to report the same to the board of county commissioners, who shall at their regular meeting divide such precinct as equally as possible so that the new precincts formed thereof shall each contain two hundred electors as nearly as practicable; but no precinct shall contain more than two hundred and fifty electors, and shall report such division to the county clerk of such county, and to the Governor of the Territory, together with the estimated number of votes in each of the new |