§ 82.531

This act may be known and cited as the 'Conservancy Act of Oklahoma'; the bonds which may be issued hereunder may be briefly called 'conservancy bonds,' and shall be so engraved or printed on their face; the districts created hereunder shall be briefly termed 'conservancy districts.' The books and records provided for hereunder shall be termed 'Conservancy Books of Conservancy Record,' and such titles shall be printed, stamped or written thereon.Wherever the term 'publication' is used in this act and no manner specified therefor, it shall be taken to mean three insertions in a weekly paper or in one (1) issue a week for three (3) weeks in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties wherein such publication is to be made.Wherever the term 'person' is used in this act, and not otherwise specified, it shall be taken to mean person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation, other than county, city, town or other political subdivision. Similarly, the words 'public corporation' shall be taken to mean counties, cities, towns, school districts, road districts, ditch districts, park districts, levee districts and all other governmental agencies clothed with

public corporation' shall be taken to mean counties, cities, towns, school districts, road districts, ditch districts, park districts, levee districts and all other governmental agencies clothed with the power of levying general or special taxes or assessments.Wherever the term 'court' is used, and not otherwise specified, it shall be taken to mean the district court wherein the petition for the organization of the district was filed or assigned.Wherever the terms 'land' or 'property' are used in this act, they shall, unless otherwise specified, be held to mean real property, as the words 'real property' are used in and defined by the laws of the State of Oklahoma, and shall embrace all railroads, tramroads, roads, electric railroads, street and interurban railroads, streets and street improvements, telephone, telegraph, and transmission lines, gas, sewerage and water systems, pipelines and rights-of-way of public service corporations, and all other real property whether public or private.Laws 1923-24, c. 139, p. 161, § 1; Laws 1957, p. 552, § 1; Laws 1959, p. 374, § 1.