Montana Code Annotated 2005

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     7-6-2117. Receipt of money from county attorney. (1) The county attorney must, on the first Monday of January, April, July, and October in each year file with the county clerk an account, verified by his oath, of all money received by him in his official capacity during the preceding 3 months and at the same time pay it over to the county treasurer.
     (2) If the county attorney refuses or neglects to account for and pay over money received by him as required by subsection (1), the county treasurer must bring an action against him for the recovery thereof in the name of the county and may recover in such action, in addition to the amount so received, 50% thereon by way of damages.

     History: (1)En. Sec. 4450, Pol. C. 1895; amd. Sec. 1, p. 76, L. 1899; re-en. Sec. 3052, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4819, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 4256; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 187, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 4819, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 17, L. 1965; Sec. 16-3101, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 4363, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 2999, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 4763, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 4157; re-en. Sec. 4763, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 16-2614, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 16-2614, 16-3101(5).

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