Revised Statutes of 1846 (EXCERPT)
OF SHERIFFS.

51.72 Undersheriff; executing office of sheriff; effect of default or misfeasance.

Sec. 72.

If a vacancy occurs in the office of sheriff of a county, the undersheriff of the county shall in all things execute the office of sheriff, until a sheriff is elected and qualified. A default or misfeasance in office of an undersheriff in that capacity, shall be considered to be a breach of the condition of the bond given on behalf of or by the sheriff who appointed the undersheriff, and also a breach of the condition of the bond executed on behalf of or by the undersheriff to the sheriff by whom the undersheriff was appointed.


History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 14 ;--CL 1857, 413 ;--CL 1871, 554 ;--How. 582 ;--CL 1897, 2581 ;--CL 1915, 2445 ;--CL 1929, 1327 ;--CL 1948, 51.72 ;--Am. 1978, Act 635, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1979
Compiler's Notes: This section as originally enacted was numbered section 73.