Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-174
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Investigation of state eleemosynary institutions
Official statutory text
At the request of the Governor, or with his sanction, the State
Department of Public Welfare shall investigate any state
eleemosynary institution against which complaint is made, and the
Department of Public Welfare shall have the power to summon any
person to appear and produce such books and papers as shall be
designated in the summons and to take testimony under oath
concerning the matter and institution under investigation. The
Department shall have the power to administer oaths to such persons
as may be summoned and to enforce such powers as are given to
notaries public when they are taking depositions. Evidence of
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 351
persons restrained in prisons or any other places of detention, if
deemed necessary or requested by the witness, shall be taken out of
the hearing of persons in authority about such institutions and be
preserved and kept secret, and be used only by the Department so far
as may be by him deemed necessary to correct or remedy any wrong
that is or may be disclosed.
Department of Public Welfare shall investigate any state
eleemosynary institution against which complaint is made, and the
Department of Public Welfare shall have the power to summon any
person to appear and produce such books and papers as shall be
designated in the summons and to take testimony under oath
concerning the matter and institution under investigation. The
Department shall have the power to administer oaths to such persons
as may be summoned and to enforce such powers as are given to
notaries public when they are taking depositions. Evidence of
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 74. State Government Page 351
persons restrained in prisons or any other places of detention, if
deemed necessary or requested by the witness, shall be taken out of
the hearing of persons in authority about such institutions and be
preserved and kept secret, and be used only by the Department so far
as may be by him deemed necessary to correct or remedy any wrong
that is or may be disclosed.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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