Section 36-2-9
Exercise of duties of office by state official without first obtaining commission.
Any state officer required by law to be commissioned who exercises any of the duties of the office to which he has been elected or appointed without having first obtained his commission must, on conviction, be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $20.00.
(Code 1852, §109; Code 1867, §148; Code 1876, §153; Code 1886, §3938; Code 1896, §5154; Code 1907, §7447; Code 1923, §5039; Code 1940, T. 41, §13.)