Section 15-136. Refusal of officer to surrender his office

If a person who
  has been an officer of a village refuses or neglects to deliver  to  his
  successor  in  office,  within  ten  days after written notification and
  request sent by order of  board  of  trustees  all  the  moneys,  books,
  papers,  records,  property and effects of every description, which have
  come into his possession or under his control by virtue  of  his  office
  and  which  belong  to  the  village  or pertain to the office, he shall
  forfeit and pay to the village the sum of twenty-five dollars  for  each
  and  every  day he shall so neglect or refuse, and he shall also pay all
  damages, costs and expenses caused by such neglect or refusal.