Any person, being disqualified by law, who by election or appointment enters upon any public office must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100.00.
(Code 1852, §106; Code 1867, §145; Code 1876, §4168; Code 1886, §3968; Code 1896, §5153; Code 1907, §7446; Code 1923, §5038; Code 1940, T. 41, §6.)