19-233.   Violation of law by commissioner; penalty; bond ofcommissioner, approval, filing.That every person who is either elected or appointed to the office ofcounty commissioner of any county in the state of Kansas, who shallwillfully violate any provision of law, or fail to perform any dutyrequired of him by law, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and uponconviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than fifty (50) normore than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the countyjail not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year, or by bothsuch fine and imprisonment; and shall, before entering upon the duties ofhis office, execute to the state of Kansas a good and sufficient corporatesurety bond, issued by a company authorized to do business in Kansas, inthe sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), conditioned for the faithfulperformance of the duties of his office. Said bond shall be approved by theregister of deeds of such county, and filed in his office.

      History:   L. 1875, ch. 40, § 1; L. 1876, ch. 65, § 1; R.S. 1923, 19-233; L.1963, ch. 155, § 1; June 30.