All property offered for sale, distribution, or disposition, in violation of the provisions of this article,¹ is forfeited to the people of this state, as well before as after the determination of the chance on which the same was dependent. And it is the duty of the respective district attorneys, to demand, sue for, and recover, in behalf of this state, all property so forfeited, and to cause the same to be sold when recovered, and to pay the proceeds of the sale of such property, and any monies that may be collected in any such suit, into the county treasury for the benefit of common schools.