Before entering into any such contracts for such easements aforesaid, an application shall be duly filed in the court in which said proceedings are pending as to said estates, incompetents or minors, duly sworn and signed by the executor, administrator or guardian, as the case may be, and which application shall set forth in detail the nature and character of said contract and conveyance of said easement upon and across the lands of said estates, and the purposes for which the same are to be used and maintained, and under the terms and conditions thereof, and the consideration therefor, and also setting forth the reason showing same to be for the best interests of said estate; thereupon the court shall set said application for hearing and direct that notice thereof be given not less than five (5) days prior to the date of hearing by publication one time in some newspaper published in the county. At the time and place set for said hearing the court shall conduct a hearing upon said application and if, after due consideration of same, the court finds that the granting of said easement for the erection and maintaining of said pipeline, transmission line, upstream flood-control dam or lake, state or county highway upon or across said land, will not result in a material injury to the property of said deceased person, minor or incompetent, and further finds that the consideration therefor is adequate and proper, said court may approve the same and authorize and direct the executor, administrator or guardian to enter into such contract and to execute such grants or conveyances as to carry the same into effect, and authorize and direct said executor, administrator or guardian to deliver same to said persons, individuals, firms or corporations, conservancy districts or the State of Oklahoma or any subdivisions thereof, with whom said easement contracts are entered into and so direct the clerk of said court to enter said order upon the records of said courts. In all instances where the provisions of Section 512 of Title 58, as now or hereafter amended, are applicable, they shall prevail over the provisions of this section.

Laws 1941, p. 233, § 2; Laws 1963, c. 214, § 2; Laws 1969, c. 302, § 33, eff. Jan. 1, 1970.