A constable who shall fail to discharge any of the duties required of him, when no other penalty is provided for such failure, shall be liable to be fined, as for a contempt, not exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50.00) by the justice of the peace before whom the proceedings may be pending.Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 50, art 4 (8); 1857, ch. 6 art 182; 1871, § 286; 1880, § 395; 1892, § 774; 1906, § 836; Hemingway's 1917, § 642; 1930, § 637; 1942, § 3892.
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