1. Hereafter it shall be the duty of all court clerks to keep in their offices a catalogue of all reports belonging to their respective offices, and they shall deliver or account to their successors in office for all such reports.

2. And upon failure to so deliver the same, the prosecuting attorney of the proper city or county or the attorney general shall institute a suit, to the use of the state, against said clerk, or on the bond of said clerk, and in case of recovery in said suit, recovery shall be three times the value of said reports that said clerk shall have failed to deliver.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 483.160

  • hereafter: means the time after the statute containing it takes effect. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
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