Section 45

Section 45. If it shall appear upon the trial of such issue, or upon investigation by the court as aforesaid, that such bridge is insufficient, or that it has been erected at an expense greater than its value, through the neglect or official misconduct of any one or more of the said commissioners, it shall be lawful for the county to recover, against such delinquent commissioner or commissioners, the damages sustained by reason of the default of them or either of them as aforesaid, respectively.