The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-04-07
ARTICLE XVII.
Official Bonds.

! SEC. 204. Every officer of the city, the
amount OF whose bond is named in this sec
! uon, ana every other officer required to do
! SO by the Board of Trustees, shall before en-
! ter1ns upon the duties of his Office and within
twenty days after the mailing or delivery to
hlln OF MS certificate of election or appoint
ment, file his official bond which bond shall
/ De mace payable TO the City Of sacramento,
l be signed by at least two sufficient SUI les,
and be conditioned for the faithful peri )rm-
ance OF the duties of the Office.
! All oIllclal 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, ana by the indorse-
nent of the word approved or the word
! rejected, F" on the bond, with the date of the
! approval or rejection, signed by the President.
The Official bonds of members of the Board of
/ trustees shall be approved by the Mayor The
Cdty Auditor shall be the legal custodian of all
othclal bonds except his own, which shall be
| deposited with the City Treasurer, and shall
be responsible on his official bond fjr the safe
Keeping OF all such bonds intrusted to his
! charge.
| The Board of Trustees may, at any time. re-
qulre an additional amount or new sureties
upon any official bond which it may deter
mine insufficient, and must require an addi-
/ tlonal bond or new suretieS whenever q surety
/ thereon shall die, or become insolyent or cease
to be resident OF the State If such addi-
tlonal bond or additional security be not given
| the Board OF Trustees must declare the Office
! vacant; and as soon as such declaration is
i mace the once BECOMES vacant. No Official
! bonds snail be approved unless the suretieS
! thereon shall justify in the manner pro yided
for in the Political Code for the justification OF
the sureties on official bonds of county officers:
ana 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 employe of
the city.
The amounts in which the respective officers
| shall execute Official bonds shall as follows:
Members of the Board of Trustees, five thou
sahd 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
| Collector, one hundred 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, i've
| thousand dollars; Sergeants of Police and 30
| liceInan, i've 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 Assess or five thousand dol
lars; City Physician, i've thousand dollars;
! Superint ndent of Cemeteries, two thou
! sand dollars; Sanitary and Building Inspec-
/ Tor, two thousand dollars; Inspector of Plumb
ing and Drainage two thousand dollars; City
Surveyor, five thousand dollars
The official bond ofany officer or ernploye
| of the city other than those named in this sec
| ton, shall be in such amount as the Board of
| Trustees shall fix.