If any county treasurer, or other officer or person charged with the collection, receipt, safekeeping, transfer or disbursement of the public money, or any part thereof, belonging to the state or to any county, precinct, district, city, town or school district of the state, shall convert to his own use or to the use of any other person, body corporate or other association, in any way whatever, any of such public money, or any other funds, property, bonds, securities, assets or effects of any kind received, controlled or held by such officer or person by virtue of such office or public trust for safekeeping, transfer or disbursement, or in any other way or manner, or for any other purpose; or shall use the same by way of investment in any kind of security, stocks, loan property, land or merchandise, or in any other manner or form whatever; or shall loan the same, with or without interest, to any person, firm or corporation, except when authorized by law; or if any person shall advise, aid, or in any manner knowingly participate in such act, such county treasurer, or other officer or person shall be guilty of an embezzlement of so much of said money or other property, as aforesaid, as shall be converted, used, invested, loaned or paid out as aforesaid. Upon conviction thereof, such county treasurer or other officer or person shall be guilty of a felony and shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the State Penitentiary at hard labor for a term of not less than three (3) years nor more than twenty-one (21) years, and also to pay a fine equal to triple the amount in money or other property so embezzled as aforesaid; which fine shall operate as a judgment lien at law on all the estate of the party so convicted and sentenced, and shall be enforced by execution or other process for the use of the person whose money or other funds or property as aforesaid shall have been so embezzled; and in all cases such fines, so operating as a judgment, shall be released or entered as satisfied only by the person in interest, as aforesaid.

R.L. 1910, § 7437; Amended by Laws 1982, c. 87, § 1, emerg. eff. April 1, 1982; Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 151 (effective date amended to July 1, 1999, by Laws 1998, c. 2 (1st Extr. Sess.), §§ 23-26, eff. June 19, 1998 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, HB 1009X (1st Extr. Sess. 1999), c. 5, § 71, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available).