Oklahoma § 72-221 - Establishment - Site - Purpose - Administration and

§ 72-221. Establishment - Site - Purpose - Administration and

control.

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.