Oklahoma § 53-1.17 - Confederate soldiers' room - Purpose - Custodian Agreements as to contents

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§ 53-1.17. Confederate soldiers' room - Purpose - Custodian Agreements as to contents

The Confederate Soldiers' Room in the Oklahoma Historical

Society is hereby set aside as a memorial to the soldiers and

sailors and all who supported the side of the Confederacy in the

Civil War, and a custodian is herein provided who shall be a

Confederate Soldier, or the widow of a Confederate Soldier, or the

descendant of a Confederate Soldier. And the Board of Directors of

the Oklahoma Historical Society are hereby authorized to enter into

agreements with camps or agencies of the organizations of the

Confederate Soldiers and Sailors and of their sons and daughters as

to matters to be placed within said Room and for the permanent

retention of the same therein.

Added by Laws 1935, p. 65, § 9, emerg. eff. June 25, 1935.

Renumbered from Title 53, § 14 by Laws 1988, c. 217, § 15, emerg.

eff. June 21, 1988.

Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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