15-998. Liability of treasurer for failure to
keep separate account or give notice; enforcement


If the county treasurer fails to keep a separate account for each school district
and for the special county school reserve fund or give the notice required by section
15-996, he is liable to the county in the amount of five hundred dollars, and the county
attorney shall, upon direction of the board of supervisors, bring an action in the name
of the county against the treasurer for the recovery of the five hundred dollars. Monies
collected are payable into the county school fund.