Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 73-202

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

Any state officer, any county or city officer or any board composed of state officers, county or city officers, or any board who have been appointed and have charge of the penal and charitable institutions of the state, who shall knowingly and willfully disobey or neglect to obey the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined in a sum not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and in addition thereto subject to impeachment as provided by law, and prosecuted as other cases of misdemeanor; and in either of said cases, upon conviction, shall be adjudged to have forfeited his or her office.

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