Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 19-331
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May punish contempts and issue process
Official statutory text
The board of county commissioners shall have power to preserve
order when sitting as a board, and may punish contempts by fines not
exceeding Five Dollars ($5.00), or by imprisonment in the county
jail not exceeding twenty-four (24) hours; they may force obedience
to all orders made by attachment or other compulsory process, and
when fines are assessed by them the same may be collected before any
justice of the peace having jurisdiction, and shall be paid over as
other fines within ten (10) days after they are collected.
R.L. 1910, § 1592.
order when sitting as a board, and may punish contempts by fines not
exceeding Five Dollars ($5.00), or by imprisonment in the county
jail not exceeding twenty-four (24) hours; they may force obedience
to all orders made by attachment or other compulsory process, and
when fines are assessed by them the same may be collected before any
justice of the peace having jurisdiction, and shall be paid over as
other fines within ten (10) days after they are collected.
R.L. 1910, § 1592.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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