Each and every person who embezzles, abstracts or willfully misapplies any of the monies, funds, security or credit of the Board or who misuses any of the funds or fees so collected, by virtue of this act, and any person who with like intent, aids or abets any person in violation of this section or any portion thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), nor exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), and imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a period of not less than three (3) years and not more than fifty (50) years. The principal offenders and those aiding and abetting same may be charged in the same count, and separate offenses may be charged, in separate counts, in the same indictment, and tried together.

Laws 1941, p. 242, § 26; Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 507 (effective date amended to July 1, 1999, by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., c. 2, §§ 23-26, eff. June 19, 1998 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, § 370, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available).