The assessor and collector, with their sureties, shall be severally held liable on their bonds and bound to pay the county or state the full amount of all sums lost to the state or county, respectively, from the failure or neglect of the assessor to assess, return, or otherwise faithfully to complete his assessment, or from any neglect of the collector to collect the taxes assessed. Any taxpayer may cause suit to be instituted for the above, against the assessor and sureties, or the collector and sureties, on his official bond, the person causing suit to be instituted becoming responsible for the costs in the suit. But the failure of the assessor to assess the taxes, or of the tax collector to collect the same, shall not affect the liability of the person or property, who or which ought to have paid the taxes or been assessed.
The assessor and collector, with their sureties, shall be severally held liable on their bonds and bound to pay the county or state the full amount of all sums lost to the state or county, respectively, from the failure or neglect of the assessor to assess, return, or otherwise faithfully to complete his assessment, or from any neglect of the collector to collect the taxes assessed. Any taxpayer may cause suit to be instituted for the above, against the assessor and sureties, or the collector and sureties, on his official bond, the person causing suit to be instituted becoming responsible for the costs in the suit. But the failure of the assessor to assess the taxes, or of the tax collector to collect the same, shall not affect the liability of the person or property, who or which ought to have paid the taxes or been assessed.
The assessor and collector, with their sureties, shall be severally held liable on their bonds and bound to pay the county or state the full amount of all sums lost to the state or county, respectively, from the failure or neglect of the assessor to assess, return, or otherwise faithfully to complete his assessment, or from any neglect of the collector to collect the taxes assessed. Any taxpayer may cause suit to be instituted for the above, against the assessor and sureties, or the collector and sureties, on his official bond, the person causing suit to be instituted becoming responsible for the costs in the suit. But the failure of the assessor to assess the taxes, or of the tax collector to collect the same, shall not affect the liability of the person or property, who or which ought to have paid the taxes or been assessed.
