Any person who shall purchase or receive a transfer of any pension claim or warrant issued or to be issued under the pension laws for the relief of needy widows of Confederate soldiers or sailors before the same is received by the county department of human resources, except as otherwise provided by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than $20 nor more than $50.
Ala. Code § 31-8-26 (1975)