Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-42
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No person or persons, or corporation, in this state shall be
permitted to maintain and operate a gin for the purpose of ginning
seed cotton of the general public, or of ginning seed cotton not
produced and owned by the person or persons, or the stockholders of
the corporation maintaining and operating said gin, without first
having secured a license for such purpose from the State Corporation
Commission, said license to be issued upon proper showing to be made
as prescribed by the rules and regulations promulgated by the
Commission. The fee for said license issued by the Corporation
Commission is hereby fixed at three cents ($0.03) per bale, based on
the number of bales ginned the previous year as shown by the final
report of said gin, on file, with the Corporation Commission. In
case of a new plant or gin that did not operate the preceding year,
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a license fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) per gin stand will be charged;
which sum shall be converted into the State Treasury of the State of
Oklahoma.
No person or persons, or corporation, in this state shall be
permitted to maintain and operate a gin for the purpose of ginning
seed cotton of the general public, or of ginning seed cotton not
produced and owned by the person or persons, or the stockholders of
the corporation maintaining and operating said gin, without first
having secured a license for such purpose from the State Corporation
Commission, said license to be issued upon proper showing to be made
as prescribed by the rules and regulations promulgated by the
Commission. The fee for said license issued by the Corporation
Commission is hereby fixed at three cents ($0.03) per bale, based on
the number of bales ginned the previous year as shown by the final
report of said gin, on file, with the Corporation Commission. In
case of a new plant or gin that did not operate the preceding year,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 17. Corporation Commission Page 24
a license fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) per gin stand will be charged;
which sum shall be converted into the State Treasury of the State of
Oklahoma.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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