Undersheriff; executing office of sheriff; effect of default or misfeasance.

Sec. 72. If a vacancy occurs in the office of sheriff of a county, the undersheriff of the county shall in all things execute the office of sheriff, until a sheriff is elected and qualified. A default or misfeasance in office of an undersheriff in that capacity, shall be considered to be a breach of the condition of the bond given on behalf of or by the sheriff who appointed the undersheriff, and also a breach of the condition of the bond executed on behalf of or by the undersheriff to the sheriff by whom the undersheriff was appointed. History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 14; CL 1857, 413; CL 1871, 554; How. 582; CL 1897, 2581; CL 1915, 2445; CL 1929, 1327; CL 1948, 51.72; Am. 1978, Act 635, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1979