The record-union., 1892-03-31
ARTICLE XVII.
Official Bonds.

SEC. 204. Every officer of the city the
amount of whose bond is named in this sec
Iloil, ana every other officer required to do
so by the Board of Trustees, shall, before en-
terlng upon the duties of his Office and within
twenty days after the mailing or delivery to
nun OF ms certificate of election or appoint
iIenl, HE MS otnclal bond, which bond shall
pc mace payable TO the City II sacramento
pe signed by at least two sufficient SUI les
anu oe conditioned for the faithful pelfJrm-
ance OF the duties of the Office.
All official bonds except those of members
OF the Board OF Trustees, shall e approved or
rejected by the Board of Trustees, by an order
entered on the minutes, and by the indOrSe-
ment' or the word approved" or the word
"rejec ed" on the bond, with the date of the
approval or re ection, signed by the President
Ihe othclal bonds of members Of the Board Of
trustees shall be approved by the Mayor The
City Auditor shall be the legal custodian of ali
ofhclal bonds, except his own, which shall be
| deposited with the City Treasurer and Shall
DE responsible on his Official bond for the safe
! Keeping of all such bonds intrusted 10 his
charge.
The Board of Trustees may, at any time, re-
qure an additional amount or new sureties
upon any official bond which it NAV deter
mine insufficient, and must require an addi-
tlonal bond or new suraties whenever surety
thereon shall die, or become insolYent or ceaSt;
to be resident of the State If such addi-
tionai bond or additional security be not given
| the board OF trustees must declare the Office
vacant: and soon as such declaration is
| made the office becomes vacant. No Official
| bonds shall be approved unless the sureties
| thereon shall justify in the manner pro Vded
for in the Political Code for the justification of
the sureties on official bonds of county officers:
and all persons offered as sureties on official
! bonds may be personally examined on oath as
| to their qualification by the officers whose
| duty 1t is TO approve the bond. No officer or
employe of the city shall be surety upOn the
! official bond of any other officer or employee OF
! the city.
! The amounts in which the respective officers
! Shall execute Official bonds shall be as follows:
Members of the Board of Trustees, five thou
! sand dollars each; Mayor, twenty-five thou
sand dollars; City Clerk, ten thousand dollars.
! City Auditor, fifteen thousand dollars: CITY
! Assessor, twenty-five thousand dollars: City
! Treasurer, one hundred and twenty-five thou
| sand dollars; City Attorney, five thousand
| dollars; City Superintendent of Common
| Schools, five thousand dollars; Clerk OF Police
+ Court, five thousand dollars; Chief of Police
| ten thousand dollars; Captain of Police 1--WE
! thousand dollars; Sergeants of Police and DO
| liceman, five hundred dollars each; Superin-
| tendent of Streets, ten thousand dollars; Chief
| Engineer of Fire Department five thousand
! dollars; Assistant Engineer of Fire DEPART
| ment, two thousand five hundred dollars:
| Chief Engineer of Water Works, five thou
sand dollars; City Taper five thousand dol
| lars; CITY Water Assessor five thousand dol
| lars; City Physician, five thousand dollars;
| sand dollars; Sanitary and Building Inspec-
| tor, two thousand dollars; Inspector Of Plumb
| ing and Drainage two thousand dollars; City
surveyor, nve thousand dollars.
The official bond ofany officer or employe
| of the city other than those named in this sec
| ton, shall be In such amount as the Board of
| Trustees shall fix.