79 - Fine in certain cases.

§ 79. Fine  in  certain cases. Where an officer or a member of a board  or other body has without just cause refused or neglected to  perform  a  public duty enjoined upon him by a special provision of law, a court may  impose a fine, not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars, upon the officer  or  member who has so refused or neglected, to be paid into the treasury  of the state.