Oklahoma § 62-553 - Notice of ability to pay registered warrants Publication

§ 62-553. Notice of ability to pay registered warrants Publication

It shall be the duty of all such treasurers, whenever any money

comes into their hands by virtue of their respective office, to set

apart a sufficient fund to pay any or all warrants or orders they

may have registered in compliance with the provisions of Section 551

et seq. of this title, and to keep the same until called for; and

the State Treasurer shall make regular calls, at least every sixty

(60) days, by publishing notice in some newspaper of general

circulation published at the state capital, giving notice that he

has money in his hands with which to pay warrants, and give the

numbers and the several funds, and requesting that the same be

presented at the Treasury for payment and cancellation, and every

county treasurer, city or town treasurer and the treasurer of every

board of education, shall make calls for warrants or orders by

posting notices in the manner as provided by Section 475 of this

title or by publication of a like notice as that required of the

State Treasurer, in some paper of general circulation published in

the county, and the interest on any and all warrants or orders

called as above specified, shall cease on and after thirty (30) days

from the date of the publication of such notice: Provided, that

each county treasurer shall transmit to the State Treasurer all

state funds or warrants in his hands on the first day of each month:

Provided, further, that any treasurer who violates any of the

provisions of this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and

punished as provided in Section 552 of this title: And provided,

further, that each school district treasurer shall publish such

notice by posting printed or written notices of the same in two or

more public places in his district.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 62. Public Finance

R.L. 1910, § 6784; Laws 1993, c. 318, § 6, emerg. eff. June 7, 1993.