Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-55: Sheriff may adjourn court, when

If the judge of a court fail to attend at the time and place

appointed for holding his court, the sheriff shall have power to

adjourn the court, from day to day, until the regular or assigned

judge attend or a judge pro tempore be selected; but if the judge be

not present in his court, nor a judge be assigned or a judge pro

tempore be selected, within two (2) days after the first day of the

term, then the court shall stand adjourned for the term. The

sheriff shall exercise the powers and duties conferred and imposed

upon him by the statutes of this state and by the common law.