19-614. Penalty for corruptly allowing claim. If the auditor shall corruptly allow any claim before him, he shall be liable to the county in an amount four times as great as the amount so allowed by him, to be recovered in the name of the proper county; and such county auditor shall, in such case, be forever debarred from holding any office under the laws of this state.

History: L. 1872, ch. 67, § 13; R.S. 1923, 19-614; L. 1970, ch. 366, § 15; April 1.