Section 17-15-5

Failure of officer to serve notices in contests of elections.

Any sheriff or constable who fails to give the notices necessary to be served in cases of contested elections, within the time and in the mode prescribed, if practicable for him to do so, must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00.

(Code 1876, §4280; Code 1886, §4179; Code 1896, §4686; Code 1907, §6783; Code 1923, §3901; Code 1940, T. 17, §297.)