Carter Co. OK - Confederate Home of Ardmore,OK

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Submitted by: Verna L Williams   vernalwm@ardmore.com
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The Establishment of the Confederate Home by the Legislature

House Bill No. 41[by Gilmer, Maxey & Casteel, of the House & Allen,
an act of Senate

Providing for the erection of, and the taking over to the State of Certain 
Property for a Home, to be known as the Oklahoma Confederate Home, for 
Indigent and Disabled Confederate Soldiers and Sailors, Their Wives and
Widows: Providing for a Board of Trustees for the control and management 
of said Confederate Home and Be It Enacted by the people of the State of 
Oklahoma:

Section l. That the institution contemplated to be built as hereinafter 
provided and as provided for under the articles of incorporation of the 
Confederate Veteran Home Association and to be built within or near the 
corporate limits of the City of Ardmore,Carter County,Oklahoma, is hereby 
created and made a charitable institution of the State of Oklahoma, same 
to be known as the Oklahoma Confederate Home The Board of Trustees is to 
care for the indigent and disabled soldiers and sailors who enlisted,
served and participated as a soldier in the army or as a sailor in the 
navy of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War,and also 
for the aged wives and widows of such soldiers and sailors.

Section 2: The control and Management of said home, to be located as afore 
described, shall be vested in a Board of Trustees composed of Seven[7]
members, each residing in the State and participated in Civil War ,to be
appointed by the Governor with advice and consent of the Senate of Oklahoma

Section 3 : The said Board of Trustees shall biennially elect a President,
Treasurer and Secretary from their number and fix amount of bond which the 
Treasurer shall be required to give for upkeep of home. 

Section 4: The Secretary of State shall furnish a certificate to each 
member of the Board of Trustees within 10 days of his appointment.

Section 5: Said Board may solicit and receive money, gifts, donations,
endowments or other property in the name of the state for the use and 
benefit of said Oklahoma Confederate Home.

Section 6: The President of the Board shall upon confirmation of the 
Board of Trustees appoint an Executive Committee consisting of three [3]
members of the Board, to meet every 3 months and annually in March of each
year.

Section 7: The Board of County Commissioners of the counties or the 
friends of the applicants shall pay the expenses of sending the 
applicants to said home.

Section 8: All Money received by Treasurer, is to be immediately put 
in Oklahoma Confederate Home Fund 

Section 9: For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of 
this Act ,the sum of Twenty Thousand(20,000)Dollars is appropriated 
from the State of Oklahoma for the maintenance and support of said
Oklahoma Confederate Home for the fiscal year ending June 30,1911.

                   BEN F.WILSON  Speaker of the House of Representatives.
                   J. C.GRAHAM    President Pro Tempore of the Senate

Approved February 14, 1910

                   C. N. HASKELL Governor of the State of Oklahoma