Oklahoma Code § 72-221

Title 72. Soldiers And Sailors: Establishment - Site - Purpose - Administration and
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There is hereby established at Sulphur, Oklahoma, on the site of
the Oklahoma State Veterans Hospital, and at Ardmore, Oklahoma, on
the site of the Oklahoma State Veterans Home Facilities, and at
Norman, Oklahoma, on the site of the Veterans Ward of the Griffin
Memorial Hospital, further described as follows:
Starting at the Southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter (NE
1/4) of Section twenty-nine (29), Township nine (9) North, Range two
(2) West, of the Indian Meridian; thence North seventeen hundred
(1700) feet to a point on the East boundary of Section twenty-nine
(29), Township nine (9) North, Range two (2) West; thence West six
hundred (600) feet; thence South eight hundred fifty (850) feet;
thence West three hundred twenty-five (325) feet; thence South four
hundred (400) feet; thence in a Southwest direction five hundred
forty (540) feet to a point on the South boundary of the Northeast
Quarter (NE 1/4) of Section twenty-nine (29), Township nine (9)
North, Range two (2) West of the Indian Meridian; thence East a
distance of one thousand two hundred twenty-three (1,223) feet to
the point of beginning;
facilities to be known as the State Veterans Homes (for the purpose
of securing special treatment or hospitalization the adjoining
facilities of Griffin Memorial Hospital shall be considered an
integral part of the State Veterans Homes at Norman, and may be
utilized to care for eligible veterans), which shall be available
for care of war veterans discharged other than under dishonorable
conditions.  Further provided such centers shall be under the
administration and control of the Oklahoma Veterans Commission.
Added by Laws 1953, p. 402, § 1, emerg. eff. Feb. 19, 1953.  Amended
by Laws 1955, p. 457, § 1, emerg. eff. May 6, 1955; Laws 1969, c.
184, § 2; Laws 1990, c. 265, § 62, operative July 1, 1990; Laws
2014, c. 212, § 21, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2022, c. 83, § 10,
emerg. eff. April 25, 2022.

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