Bond generally; liability for moneys collected or failing to do duties

A coroner shall give bond and surety in the sum of $12,500.00 at the same time as he takes the oath provided for in Code Section 45-16-3. He is liable for retaining moneys collected or for otherwise failing to do his duty as sheriffs are and is subject to the same proceedings. (Laws 1823, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 539; Code 1863, § 562; Code 1868, § 626; Code 1873, § 585; Code 1882, § 585; Civil Code 1895, § 494; Civil Code 1910, § 612; Code 1933, § 21-104; Ga. L. 1985, p. 843, § 2.)