19-233. Violation of law by commissioner; penalty; bond of commissioner, approval, filing.
19-233
19-233. Violation of law by commissioner; penalty; bond of
commissioner, approval, filing.
That every person who is either elected or appointed to the office of
county commissioner of any county in the state of Kansas, who shall
willfully violate any provision of law, or fail to perform any duty
required of him by law, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than fifty (50) nor
more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the county
jail not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year, or by both
such fine and imprisonment; and shall, before entering upon the duties of
his office, execute to the state of Kansas a good and sufficient corporate
surety bond, issued by a company authorized to do business in Kansas, in
the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), conditioned for the faithful
performance of the duties of his office. Said bond shall be approved by the
register 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.