19-17-19 - To report defaulting officers. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 19-17-19. To report defaulting officers.
 

If any justice of the peace, or other officer required by law to make report or furnish a list to the clerk of the board of supervisors, or to make payment of any money accruing to the county or state and payable into the county treasury, shall fail to make such report or furnish such list, or if the county depository shall fail to bring all moneys or certificates of deposit belonging to the county treasury to the board of supervisors to be counted by the board as required by law, it shall be the duty of the clerk, as county auditor, to report such delinquent in writing, to the grand jury, and also to the district attorney, for the institution of legal proceedings for the default. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1880, § 2172; Laws, 1982, § 338; 1906, § 359; Hemingway's 1917, § 3732; 1930, § 305; 1942, § 3013.