140. Section 10. If any officer of the corporation shall, directly or indirectly, appropriate or convert any of the moneys, securities, evidences of value, or any property whatsoever, belonging to the corporation or any board thereof, to his own use, or shall directly or mdirectly and knowingly, appropriate or convert the same to any other purpose than that for which such moneys, securities, evidences of value or property may have been appropriated, raised or received, or to any purpose not authorized by law, he shall be deemed guilty of wilful and corrupt malfeasance in office, and may be prosecuted, tried and convicted therefor, and on conviction, may be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the state prison for a period not exceeding three (3) years, or both, in the discretion of the court.