3808 - Forfeiture of amount of penalty where suit is neglected.

§ 3808. Forfeiture  of  amount  of  penalty  where  suit is neglected.  Where any penalty for the benefit  of  a  school  district,  or  of  the  schools  of  any  school district, town, supervisory district or county,  shall be incurred, and the officer, whose duty it is by law to  sue  for  the  same,  shall wilfully and unreasonably refuse or neglect to sue for  the same, such officer shall forfeit the amount of such penalty  to  the  same use, and it shall be the duty of his successor in office to sue for  the same.