1874/75_public laws_185_25
CHAPTER CLXXXIV. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION OF TAXES BY THE STATE AND THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF THE STATE ON PRO- PERTY, POLLS, ETC... KNOWN AS THE MACHINERY ACT,
Penalty on Clerk for default: If any clerk shall make a default of any of the duties preseribed in the preceding section, or shall fail to deliver to the Auditor a copy of the sheriffs return, made, sworn to and subscribed as required in section thirty-five of this act, he shall forfeit and pay to the State one thousand dollars, to be recovered against him and the sureties of his bond in the Superior Court of Wake county at the term next after the default, on motion of the State Solicitor, and it shall be the duty of the Auditor to inform the Solicitor of such default. L5