Okla. Stat. tit. 28, § 28-5
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Penalty for charging fees on pensions
Official statutory text
No person authorized to administer oaths, shall be allowed to
charge any discharged soldier or seaman, or widow, orphan or legal
representative thereof, any fee for administering any oath or the
giving of any certificate for the procuring of any pension, bounty,
or back pay, nor for administering any oath or oaths and giving the
certificate required upon any voucher for collection of periodical
dues from the pension agent for any services rendered in perfecting
any voucher; and any such officer who may charge any fee for any
such services shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined in
any sum not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than Twenty-five
Dollars ($25.00).
R.L. 1910, § 3222.
charge any discharged soldier or seaman, or widow, orphan or legal
representative thereof, any fee for administering any oath or the
giving of any certificate for the procuring of any pension, bounty,
or back pay, nor for administering any oath or oaths and giving the
certificate required upon any voucher for collection of periodical
dues from the pension agent for any services rendered in perfecting
any voucher; and any such officer who may charge any fee for any
such services shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined in
any sum not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) nor more than Twenty-five
Dollars ($25.00).
R.L. 1910, § 3222.
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