New York Consolidated Laws, Education Law - EDN § 2127. Liability of collector for moneys lost

If by the neglect of the collector any moneys shall be lost to a school district, which might have been collected within the time limited in the warrant delivered to him for their collection, he shall forfeit to such district the amount of the moneys thus lost, and shall account for and pay over the same to the trustees of such district, in the same manner as if they had been collected.