No officer shall receive any compensation for the receipt, handling or disbursement of said funds, and any officer who shall apply said funds to any other purpose than the purpose mentioned in this article and in the acts of congress referred to, shall forfeit treble the amount so misapplied and shall be immediately removed from office. History: Laws 1909, ch. 119, § 4; Code 1915, § 1353; C.S. 1929, § 33-5805; 1941 Comp., § 7-304; 1953 Comp., § 11-3-4. Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
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