Oklahoma § 62-57.23 - Attorney General's certificate - Registration Signatures and seals

§ 62-57.23. Attorney General's certificate - Registration Signatures and seals

Within ten (10) days after the sale or sales of said bonds, the

Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma shall examine all of the

proceedings of the Commission and all resolutions passed and actions

taken by it in connection with the authorization, issuance and sale

of such bonds and shall, if he finds such bond proceedings and sale

to be constitutional and lawful, execute his certificate and file

the same of record in the office of the Secretary of State of the

State of Oklahoma, which said certificate shall read substantially

as follows: "I have examined all proceedings had in connection with

the issuance of the State of Oklahoma Building Bonds of 1955 in the

aggregate principal amount of $... Dated ......., authorized and

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 62. Public Finance

sold pursuant to Section 33, Article X, Constitution of Oklahoma,

and laws of the State of Oklahoma enacted pursuant thereto, and find

said proceedings and sale to be constitutional, lawful and regular

in all particulars and that said bonds will be valid legal general

obligations of the State of Oklahoma. Unless suit thereon shall be

brought in the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma within thirty

(30) days from the date of this certificate, said bonds shall be

incontestable for all purposes. Date ....... Attorney General of

the State of Oklahoma". Upon the filing of such certificate, bonds

issued pursuant to proceedings so examined by the Attorney General,

shall be incontestable for all purposes upon the expiration of

thirty (30) days from the date of such certificate, unless suit be

brought in the Supreme Court of Oklahoma prior to the expiration of

said period as provided herein.

A facsimile of such Attorney General's certificate shall appear

on each bond so issued. The Supreme Court of Oklahoma is hereby

vested with exclusive jurisdiction over any litigation involving the

validity of any bonds issued under this Act. All bonds shall bear

the signature of the Governor and of the Secretary of State and

shall bear the certificate required by Section 29, Article X, of the

Constitution of Oklahoma. Such bonds shall also be registered by

the Treasurer of the State of Oklahoma and a statement of such

registration shall appear on the back of each bond. The Commission

may, by resolution, prescribe that the seal of the State of

Oklahoma, or the seals of any of the officers thereof, and any or

all signatures required to appear on the bonds or coupons, with the

exception of the Governor's signature on the bonds, may be facsimile

seals and signatures.

Laws 1955, p. 342, § 9.