New York Laws
Article 77 - Fines, Penalties, Forfeitures and Costs
3809 - Forfeiture of Amount of Moneys Lost by Neglect.

ยง 3809. Forfeiture of amount of moneys lost by neglect. Whenever the
share of school moneys or any portion thereof, apportioned to any school
district, or any money to which a town or school district would have
been entitled, shall be lost, in consequence of any wilful neglect of
official duty by any district superintendent, town clerk, trustees or
clerks of school districts, the officer guilty of such neglect shall
forfeit to the town, or school district so losing the same, the full
amount of such loss with interest thereon.