The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-04-05
ARTICLE XVII.
Official Bonds.

SEC. 204. Every officer of the city, the
amount OF whose bond is named in this sec
IIoI, 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 Gays after the mailing on delivery TO
nm OF his certificate of election or appoint
inent. lille his official bond which bond shall
be made payable to the City cf Sacramento.
pc signed by at least two sufficient SUI e.ies,
ana be conditioned for the faithful peri )rm-
ance OF the duties OF the office.
All otnclal bonds except those of members
OF the Board OF Trustees. shall lie approved or
rejected by the Board of Trustees. by an order
entered on the minutes and by the indorse-
ment of the word approved or the word
rejected on the bond, with the date of the
approval or rejection, signed by the President.
ne oHIclal bonds of members of the Board of
trustees shall be approved by the Mayor The
City Auditor shall be the legal custodian of all
oihclal bonds, except his own, which Shall be
deposited with the City Treasurer and shall
be responsible on his official bond for the safe
keeping OF all such bonds intrusted to his
charge.
The Board of Trustees may, at any time. re-
qure an additional amount or new sureties
upon any ofhcial bond which it may deter
mine lnsuthc ent, and must require an addi-
tIonal bond or new SuretieS whenever a surety
| thereon shall die, or become insOlyent or cease
TO bea resident OF the State. If such addi-
tional bond or additional security be not given
! the Board of Trustees must declare the Office
| vacant; and as 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 rovided
| for in the Political Code for the Justification of
the SuretleS on official bonds of county officers
and all persons offered as sureties on official
! bonds may be personally examined on oath as
| 10 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 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; Citv
| Assessor, twenty-five thousand dollars: CITY
| Collector, one hundred thousand dollars; CITY
! Treasurer, one hundred and twenty-five thou
sand dollars; City Attorney, i've thousand
! dollars; City Superintendent of Common
| Schools, five thousand dollars; Clerk of Police
Court, five thousand dollars; Chiefo Police
ten thousand dollars; Captain OF Police. five
thousand dollars, Serg eanis of Police and pO-
! liceman, five hundred dollars each: Superin-
! tendent OF Streets, ten thousand dollars: Chief
Engineer of Fire Department, i've Thousand
! dollars; Assistant Engineer OF Fire DauaFt-
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. I'VE thousand dollars;
| sand dollars; Sanitary and Building Inspac-
| tor, two thousand dollars; Inspector OF Plumb
ing and Drainage, two thousand dollars: CITY
surveyor. five thousand dollars.
The ofncial 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.