Section 36-22-14
Conveyance of money subject to further order or judgment of court to successor by sheriff upon expiration of official term.
The sheriff having in his hands at the expiration of his official term any money held by him subject to the further order or judgment of any court shall, on the demand of his successor in office, pay the same to him and on such payment shall be discharged from further liability therefor.
(Code 1876, §738; Code 1886, §818; Code 1896, §3748; Code 1907, §5880; Code 1923, §10206; Code 1940, T. 54, §26.)