[Failure to execute bond and oath; performing duties;

penalty.] Any person who shall enter upon or attempt to execute any official duty as sheriff or as ex-officio collector, without having first executed and filed his official bond and oath of office as above required, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in the district court, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding three hundred dollars [($300)], in the discretion of the court. History: Laws 1876, ch. 16, § 5; C.L. 1884, § 386; C.L. 1897, § 724; Code 1915, § 1250; C.S. 1929, § 33-4406; 1941 Comp., § 15-3806; 1953 Comp., § 15-40-6.