The Union Soldiers' Room in the Oklahoma Historical Society is hereby set aside as a memorial to the soldiers and sailors and others who supported the side of the Union in the Civil War, and a custodian is hereby provided who shall be a Union Soldier, or the widow of a Union Soldier, or the descendant of a Union Soldier. And the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society are hereby authorized to enter into agreements with camps or agencies of the organization of Union Soldiers and Sailors and their sons and daughters as to matters to be placed within said Room and for the permanent retention of the same therein.
Okla. Stat. tit. 53, § 1.16