Section XXVI-1: Creation of Department - Wildlife Conservation Commission - Membership - Appointment - Tenure - Vacancies - Oath and Bonds.

  There is hereby created a Department of Wildlife Conservation
of the State of Oklahoma and an Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation
Commission.  The Department of Wildlife Conservation shall be
governed by the Wildlife Conservation Director, hereinafter
created, under such rules, regulations and policies as may be
prescribed from time to time by the Oklahoma Wildlife
Conservation Commission.  Such rules and regulations and
amendments thereof shall be filed and recorded in the office of
the Secretary of State, and shall become effective on the tenth
(10th) day following such filing.
  Said Commission shall be composed of eight (8) members to be
appointed by the Governor by and with the consent of the Senate
and shall be removable only for cause, as provided by law for the
removal of officers not subject to impeachment; one (1) member
from each of eight (8) districts as the same are presently
defined by Title 29 O.S.1951, Section 104.  The term of office of
each such member shall be eight (8) years, except that the first
appointed members shall hold office for terms as follows:  the
member appointed from the first district shall hold office until
July 1st following his appointment, and the members appointed
from the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth
districts shall hold office until July 1st of the second, third,
fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth succeeding calendar
years, respectively.  In the event the Governor fails to fill a
vacancy within thirty (30) days following such vacancy, the
remaining members of the Commission may appoint a qualified
person to fill such vacancy for the unexpired portion of the
term.
  The members of the Commission shall receive no salary or other
compensation for their services, other than per diem and expenses
as may be authorized by the Legislature.
  Each member of the Commission shall take the oaths required of
other State officers, and each shall execute a good and
sufficient corporate surety bond in the sum of Ten Thousand
Dollars ($10,000.00) payable to the State of Oklahoma, and
conditioned upon the faithful performance of duty, and the
premium thereon shall be payable by the State.