Printable Format19-243. Violation of K.S.A. 19-241, 19-242 or failure to perform duties; penalty. Any board of county commissioners, or any county commissioner, or county clerk, who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, or neglect or refuse to perform any duty herein imposed, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in a court of competent jurisdiction shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars, and shall, moreover, be removed from office.
History: L. 1862, ch. 157, § 3; G.S. 1868, ch. 25, p. 296, § 3; R.S. 1923, 19-243.
Attorney General's Opinions:
County commissioners; authority to terminate employment of deputy county appraiser. 89-142.
Powers of county commission to reduce county treasurer's salary. 91-65.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. County attorney may institute proper proceedings to enforce section. Kerby v. Clay County, 71 Kan. 683, 687, 81 P. 503.
2. Section cited in construing special act. Bank v. Reilly, 97 Kan. 817, 824, 156 P. 747.
3. Conviction of offense during previous term requires removal from office. State v. Millhaubt, 144 Kan. 574, 575, 584, 586, 61 P.2d 1356.
4. Considered in proceeding for ouster of county commissioner. State, ex rel., v. Schroeder, 199 Kan. 403, 409, 410, 430 P.2d 304.