<br><br>61.230 Sheriff and collector not to be interested in public improvements or claims <br>against state or county -- Penalty. <br>Any sheriff or collector of taxes who becomes interested, directly or indirectly, in the <br>construction of any public works or improvements in which the county or state is directly <br>or indirectly interested, or on which he may be required to pay money, or who speculates <br>in any claim against the state or county shall be fined not less than five hundred ($500) <br>nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) for each offense. <br>Effective: October 1, 1942 <br>History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. <br>Stat. sec. 4144. <br><br>