Oklahoma § 25-110 - Affidavit as to suspension - Resumption of publication

§ 25-110. Affidavit as to suspension - Resumption of publication

When the owner or principal owner of any newspaper in this state

determines that he shall enter the Armed Forces of the United States

to serve in the war against Germany, Italy and Japan, or during a

state of national emergency as declared by the President of the

United States, and that by reason thereof it is determined that the

publication of the newspaper of which he is owner or principal owner

must suspend publication, such owner or principal owner may file

with the court clerk of the county in which said newspaper is

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 25. Definitions and General Provisions

located, an affidavit setting forth the fact, and said affidavit

shall be docketed and recorded by the court clerk in the manner of

cases filed in the district court; and any time such owner or

principal owner desires to resume publication of such suspended

newspaper, he may file an application with a district judge of the

county in which such newspaper is printed, which application shall

state the date when said newspaper was suspended and the reason

therefor and pray for an order of the district court authorizing

that said newspaper resume publication without loss of status as a

legal publication. Upon a hearing and proper showing of fact before

a judge of the district court of said county, the judge of the

district court may issue an order finding that said newspaper has

complied with the provisions of this act and ordering that said

newspaper upon resuming publication shall have the same legal status

as it possessed before such involuntary suspension of such

newspaper. The application and court order provided for herein

shall be docketed and recorded in the same manner as the affidavit

originally filed. The court clerk shall collect no fee for filing

and recording the papers required under the provisions of this act;

and providing further that when any newspaper resumes publication

upon the order of the court as provided herein, the original

subscription list and circulation list used by said newspaper shall

be used by said owner or principal owner in reestablishing its

publication.

Laws 1943, p. 86, § 5; Laws 1951, p. 65, § 2.