§62-373.

§62-373.
   
   Upon the refusal, failure, or neglect of the proper officers of the
   state or of any county, township, city, town, or school district,
   after written demand made upon them by ten resident taxpayers of the
   state or such county, township, city, town, or school district, to
   institute or diligently prosecute proper proceedings at law or in
   equity for the recovery of any money or property belonging to the
   state, or such county, township, city, town, or school district, paid
   out or transferred by any officer thereof in pursuance of any
   unauthorized, unlawful, fraudulent, or void contract made, or
   attempted to be made, by any of its officers for the state or any such
   county, township, city, town, or school district, or for the penalty
   provided in the preceding section, any resident taxpayer of the state
   or such county, township, city, town, or school district affected by
   such payment or transfer after serving the notice aforesaid and after
   giving security for cost, may in the name of the State of Oklahoma as
   plaintiff, institute and maintain any proper action which the proper
   officers of the State, county, township, city, town, or school
   district might institute and maintain for the recovery of such
   property, or for said penalty; and such municipality shall in such
   event be made defendant, and one-half (1/2) the amount of money and
   one-half (1/2) the value of the property recovered in any action
   maintained at the expense of a resident taxpayer under this section,
   shall be paid to such resident taxpayer as a reward.