Revised Statutes of 1846 (EXCERPT)
OF SHERIFFS.
51.72 Undersheriff; executing office of sheriff; effect of default or misfeasance.
Sec. 72.
If a vacancy occurs in the office of sheriff of a county, the undersheriff of the county shall in all things execute the office of sheriff, until a sheriff is elected and qualified. A default or misfeasance in office of an undersheriff in that capacity, shall be considered to be a breach of the condition of the bond given on behalf of or by the sheriff who appointed the undersheriff, and also a breach of the condition of the bond executed on behalf of or by the undersheriff to the sheriff by whom the undersheriff was appointed.
History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 14
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CL 1857, 413
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CL 1871, 554
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How. 582
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CL 1897, 2581
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CL 1915, 2445
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CL 1929, 1327
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CL 1948, 51.72
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Am. 1978, Act 635, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1979
Compiler's Notes: This section as originally enacted was numbered section 73.
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