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Okla. Stat. tit. 20, § 20-14: Actions involving removal or location of state capital or

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  2. Title 20

educational or charitable institutions - Jurisdiction, powers and

procedure.

Exclusive original jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the

Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma, to hear and determine any

action that may be brought involving the legality of the removal or

location, or an attempt to remove or locate, the state capital or

any normal school or other educational or charitable institution of

the state, and in any such action the Supreme Court shall have the

same power and jurisdiction, including the power to appoint a

referee, which it now has under the laws of this state in contests

over the location of county seats, and all such actions shall be

governed by the same procedure which now prevails in county seat

contests.

Provided that any resident taxpayer of this state, shall have a

right to a hearing before the Supreme Court upon the execution of a

good and sufficient bond for cost, to be approved by the Clerk of

the Court. And, provided further that any and all actions brought

under the provisions of this act shall be commenced within ten (10)

days after the passage of any act for the removal or location of the

state capital or any normal school or other educational or

charitable institution of the state.

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