Missouri § 388.120 - Penalty for violation of section 388.110.
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§ 388.120. Penalty for violation of section 388.110.
If any person shall be elected to any office or appointed to any position in violation of section 388.110, and shall hold any such office or appointment, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every day that he shall exercise the functions of said office, which amount may be recovered at the suit of any stockholder of the company in which the office or appointment shall be unlawfully held. Such suit shall be in the name of the company, and one-half of the amount received shall go into the treasury of the company, and the other half to the stockholder prosecuting.
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(RSMo 1939 § 5147)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 4674; 1919 § 9864; 1909 § 3063
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