Okla. Stat. tit. 51, § 51-20
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Books turned over to successor before salary paid
Official statutory text
No officer who receives, for the use of his office, the
statutes, state reports, digests or other books, shall be entitled
to receive a warrant for the payment of his salary for the last
month of his term of service until he shall have filed with the
person issuing such warrant a receipt from his successor in office,
showing all of such books to be in said office.
R.L. 1910, § 4287.
statutes, state reports, digests or other books, shall be entitled
to receive a warrant for the payment of his salary for the last
month of his term of service until he shall have filed with the
person issuing such warrant a receipt from his successor in office,
showing all of such books to be in said office.
R.L. 1910, § 4287.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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