If any officer of any railroad company or other public service corporation, or of any other corporation or any other person, in violation of the provisions of Article 9, Section 28, of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, shall refuse to permit the Corporation Commissioners, or any person authorized thereto, to examine its books and papers, such officer or other person so refusing shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00), nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), and by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year; and each day such officers or other person shall fail or refuse to permit such examination or investigation, shall constitute a separate offense.
R.L.1910, § 1204.