Section 31-19-3 - Penalty on officials for violations

For failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter by any officer, any taxpayer may institute a suit for damages on the bond of such official who is required to give a bond; and in addition thereto, such official may be punished for such failure as for a misdemeanor, and on conviction be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned in the county jail for six (6) months, or both.Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. § 6662e; 1930, § 5981; 1942, § 4323; Laws, 1918, ch. 209.