It is the duty of the members of the county board of equalization, when it is known to or reasonably suspected by any one (1) of them that any assessor of property or deputy assessor has knowingly or willfully classified, valued or assessed any property in violation of the requirements of law, to report the same to the district attorney general or proper officer of the state, whose duty it shall be, upon receiving such information, to institute proceedings against the assessor upon the assessor's bond to recover the penalty prescribed in § 67-5-306.