Oklahoma § 72-165 - Union Soldiers Cemetery – Certification as State Veterans
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 72-165 — Union Soldiers Cemetery – Certification as State Veterans, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 72-165. Union Soldiers Cemetery – Certification as State Veterans
Cemetery – Transfer to Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs.
The veterans cemetery known historically as the Union Soldiers
Cemetery located on the corner of Northeast 36th Street and Martin
Luther King Avenue in Oklahoma City shall remain under the
supervision and care of the Adjutant General of the State of
Oklahoma until such time as the executive director of the Oklahoma
Department of Veterans Affairs certifies to the Oklahoma Veterans
Commission receipt of such funds and clear title to property as are
necessary to meet the standards established by the United States
Department of Veterans Affairs to designate the property as a State
Veterans Cemetery. The title to all property, real and personal
included in and with the Union Soldiers Cemetery owned by the
Military Department of the State of Oklahoma, being a tract of land
in the Northwest Quarter of Section 24, Township 12 North, Range 3
West of the Indian Meridian, Oklahoma County, being more
particularly described as: beginning at the northwest corner of the
Northwest Quarter; thence North 89°30'53" East, along the north line
of the Northwest Quarter, a distance of 510.00 feet; thence South
00"13'08" East, parallel with the west line of the Northwest
Quarter, a distance of 280.00 feet; thence South 89"30'53" West,
parallel with the north line of the Northwest Quarter, a distance of
510.00 feet to the west line of the Northwest Quarter; thence North
00°13'08" West, along the west line of the Northwest Quarter, a
distance of 280.00 feet to the point of beginning, containing an
area of 142,799 square feet or 3.2782 acres, more or less, shall be
transferred to the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs within
ninety (90) days after the certification provided for in this
section is executed by the Executive Director.
Laws 1939, p. 362, § 3, emerg. eff. May 10, 1939. Amended by Laws
2022, c. 76, § 1, emerg. eff. April 25, 2022.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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