In the event the tax assessor shall fail to comply with the requirements of Sections 40-7-37 through 40-7- 39 in any year, he shall forfeit to the State of Alabama the sum of $500, which may be collected by the state by an action upon his official bond.
History: (Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §69.)