Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-26
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Election expenses - How paid - Commissioners' compensation
Official statutory text
All special election commissioners, selected and commissioned as
provided herein, shall receive as compensation for their services,
the sum of Three Dollars ($3.00) per day for each and every day
necessarily employed in the work connected with the holding of such
election, including the time spent in going to and returning from
said county, and the actual and necessary traveling expenses, and
for maintenance in the performance of such duties. Such
commissioner shall prepare and file with the Governor a sworn
itemized statement of time employed and expenses incurred, which
said statement shall be by the Governor, forwarded to the county
clerk of the county holding such election. The expenses connected
with the holding of any such special election, including the per
diem and expenses of all such special election commissioners, shall
be borne and paid for by the county out of any funds in the hands of
the county treasurer. The expenses of holding said election shall
be paid, if the proposition is to create a new county, by the new
county so created, if the proposition is successful; if the
proposition is to detach territory from one county and add to
another, by the county to which said territory is added, if the
proposition is successful.
provided herein, shall receive as compensation for their services,
the sum of Three Dollars ($3.00) per day for each and every day
necessarily employed in the work connected with the holding of such
election, including the time spent in going to and returning from
said county, and the actual and necessary traveling expenses, and
for maintenance in the performance of such duties. Such
commissioner shall prepare and file with the Governor a sworn
itemized statement of time employed and expenses incurred, which
said statement shall be by the Governor, forwarded to the county
clerk of the county holding such election. The expenses connected
with the holding of any such special election, including the per
diem and expenses of all such special election commissioners, shall
be borne and paid for by the county out of any funds in the hands of
the county treasurer. The expenses of holding said election shall
be paid, if the proposition is to create a new county, by the new
county so created, if the proposition is successful; if the
proposition is to detach territory from one county and add to
another, by the county to which said territory is added, if the
proposition is successful.
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