Except as to official bonds for which the Governor of the State of Oklahoma is the approving officer, no official bond executed on or after the effective date of this act may be accepted by any State officer, board, commission, institution, or agency, until the said bond has been first approved as to form by the Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma. All official bonds executed on and after the effective date of this act shall be transmitted to the Attorney General, and if approved by him as to form shall be transmitted by him to the office of the Secretary of State, who shall file the same. The Attorney General shall notify the officer, board, commission, institution, or agency transmitting said bond that the bond has been so approved. If the Attorney General shall disapprove any bond so transmitted to him, he shall return the bond to the transmitting officer, board, commission, institution, or agency, with a statement that the same has been disapproved.
Laws 1953, p. 424, § 3.