Section 7-11-18 - Action against treasurer and sureties on failure to settle or pay over money.
7-11-18. Action against treasurer and sureties on failure to settle or pay over money. If any county treasurer shall fail to make return or settlement or to pay over all money with which he may stand charged at the time and in the manner prescribed by law, it shall be the duty of the county auditor, on receiving instructions from the state auditor or from the county commissioners, to cause suit to be instituted against such treasurer and his sureties or any of them in the circuit court of his county.
Source: SL 1868-9, ch 25, § 99; PolC 1877, ch 28, § 95; CL 1887, § 1656; RPolC 1903, § 2233; RC 1919, § 6949; SDC 1939, § 12.0802.