Commonwealth v. Polk, Court Clerk

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Richardson

Reversing.

John W. Polk was elected clerk of the McCracken county court, on the 4th day of November, 1929, and on being inducted into office, executed bond to the commonwealth of Kentucky, required by section 373, Kentucky Statutes, conditioned that he “will faithfully discharge all and every duty of the office. ’ ’

Section 2739g-62, Kentucky Statutes, imposed upon him, as county clerk, the duty of collecting the fees due the state, as provided by the act of which this section is a part, and to report and remit each month to the State Tax Commission “all…