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.. Art1010 E340, ~emon*8 Hlaotatod Civil StntutoI,,

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** l ’ Eaoh o oalfs8Iollar shall cxrcate , a bond to be ripprcoed by the county Judge In the OUD

of t!wreo tfwusand 40Ua~s; payable to **tka oounty**  **trecmumr,** ooaditloard ror the faithrui prrior;uanou or the anti40 0r hlr 0rriO4, thtt he ~111 pay over. to hla county all aoaeys iii~~aiig 

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. '&oh jua.tio Oha: aiv4 bond psyible W thd oouaty .judgr IO the 8th ot OnbThoarend "uollrrr, oonditloned that he ~111 faIthfully and imIp36rtlally

dleohbrge the but148 required 0r blsaby law, 64d will promptly pap over to the jmty entltlcd to reoeire it, all wmeys that s&y 00~4 into hi8 biiada during hI8 term 0rdri00. * * ?*. ., _.,. ._. *. grovldset irtlolr 5680, Yernon~o ianotated Clvll 3tat2ter,

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. .: *&ioh pub110 telgbsi oleited'fot a praoldot ohal1 **execute i**  **bond** payable **to** the oouaty judgo Lo the 8uslof riv. Tho;lsand Dollar8 to be **rpprovod** br tti Oom~f8aIonorr~ Court, ooadltiamd upon tha faithful and iopartld perroraanor or the duties ok hia 0rfi00; The bona : or a wolghar of a proofnot err a*) ~YOP riY0 thoueand baler 

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**I** Article W381, Vernon’ **knnotbted** Civil jtatutes, ia’ 011followsr m!ktobperson who may be elected to the ofiloc, of Conetable ahall, bsioto entering upon the atitles of the otflCo, give a bond wltb two or rrore*gooa ana &wfTloleat surstles, to bo approved by the C;r+zilesionarr Court of hi6 county, for ash BU?L

ae msy be tlrsote6 by 13314 Court, not leea then Bivo mutr0a Dollar8 (~~00.00) nor mre than l’litern Huadr4 Dollsrr (61,500.00), payable td the.0ovornctr bna hls etiootwaor id ofrloe, oonaitioae4 tot the raf.thfuL perfomianoo of ell t5e duties r6QUiRd Of h&4 by iOf; and Oh011 also ta;ce ma eubsertbo the oath oi oftioe preeoribsd by the Constltutlon, wbioh shell be indoreed **on eaid**  bond, togetbar with the certffloste of the ofricer ad.tinieterine the ram;. nhlob bona and oath shall .be recorded in the office oi tho Clsrk or the county Cour$, ana deposltea in .sria 0ff10~;

said b ond l hhll not be void on tho first recovery, but “,ay be eced on from tl?le to time in the nati. of 

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. r,rtlolo 6000, Vernon’s Annotctod Civil Sthtutc8, ! providea t

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*Al orriofel **bond8** or county ofricer &et ere requlrea by lasr to be **eppxovod**by the ooadssloncret owuxt, aad nhioh hevo been eo opgrove4, r&U be e.de psysblo to the county &a&o, ml mroly l&optand.rsoordea by tho County Clerk in 3 book kept ror at ~'WOSO.~

.I mtlolo 5886, supra erpreesly provide8 t& tbe bona of the publlo rrigher elected for e preoinot ehmll **bo** pay- . ebie to t~heootity judge and ‘dust be npprovwl by ths oomisslonsrs*

. court. Therefore, tha **bond of**  **a** gublio nri&er OleotQd for a pre-

-’ Ginat muat be ssfely kept and XrOOrbd by the County Clerk in a boor icog for that purpose. . ‘-.‘. m?oio 608l;‘rupr~;.oxgreesiy provlde8 tlut thr

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bond’of a constable shall be approved by the 00~18BiOnarS’ court and rooorded in the office of the Clerk of the County -Court, and deposited in said otflce.

Artiols 2340, supra, regarding the bonds ot oounty oomissioners orprossly provides that such bonds shall be approved by the county judge. iiOV,QVQr, thle Statute dooe ILOt QSprQSSly require that the bonds ot oounty oomnissioqors must be recorded in the County Clerk’s orfloe.

Artiole 2373, supra, regarding bonds of justices of the peace, provides that suoh bonds shall be payable to the county judge but does not expressly provide that such bonds shall be recorded by the County Clerk; neither does said statute QXpressly provide who shall approve the bonds of justices bf the peace. Although the foregoing statutea regarding the offiolal bonds 0r county oommlsslonera ana justicea oi the pence do not expressly r6qulre suoh bonds to be reoorded by the County Clerk, it 1s our opinion that suoh bonds should be recorded for the protootlon of the publlo.

The recording oi the oifloial bonds required about are not for the benefit of the individual orflcere but are for the benefit of the general publio. The sam reasoning foll.owed in our Opinion No. O-5099 and the opinion OSthe Attorneys General, found in the 1906 imnual Report of the Attorney General, at page 370, la applicable to the questions under consideration. Theretore, it 1s our opinion that the County Clerk is not entitled to any rees ror recording the orricial bonds 0r the above no2a orf Polals.

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Of TTDXS 4LiwdA BY Ardsll William

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