If a district attorney fails to attend on the courts of his circuit as required, without just cause, he is liable to be fined $50.00 for each failure, to be retained out of his salary.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 353; Code 1868, § 414; Code 1873, § 379; Code 1882, § 379; Civil Code 1895, § 4394; Penal Code 1895, § 800; Civil Code 1910, § 4928; Penal Code 1910, § 800; Code 1933, § 24-2912; Ga. L. 1991, p. 135, § 3.)