Section 5 Responsibility of sheriff clerk for safe custody.

The sheriff clerk shall be responsible for the safe custody of all consignations made with him, whether lodged on deposit receipt or otherwise, and shall be bound to account for the same, with interest, if any, accrued thereon, to the person having right thereto, subject to the others of the F1sheriff principal, and he shall be bound to keep the same distinct from any other funds in his possession. The sheriff clerk shall not be liable for any loss resulting from the failure of any bank in which any consignation shall have been lodged as aforesaid.