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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