Any state officer, deputy or employee of such state officer, who shall divert any money appropriated by law from the purpose and object of such appropriation, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a period of not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years.

Laws 1913, c. 40, p. 78, § 1; Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 361 (effective date amended to July 1, 1999, by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., c. 2, §§ 23-26, effective June 19, 1998) (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, § 253, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available) .