The record-union., 1892-03-22
ARTICLE XVII.
OfffCial Bonds.

SEC. 2O4. Every officer of the city, the
amount of whose bond is named in this see
tlon, and every other officer required to 90
SO py the Board of Trustees, shall, before
tering upon the duties OF his Office anu within
twenty days after the mailing or delivery TO
nm OF his certificate of election or appoint
oe made payable to the City Cf sacramento,
De signed by at least two sufficient sun e,ies,
and be conditioned for the faithful peif )rm-
ance OF tue 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 in dorse-
lnent OF the word approved or the word
"rejecoed,' on the bond, with the date of the
approval or rejection, signed by the President.
lhe ohclal bonds OF members of the Board of
Irus tees shall be approved by the Mayor The
City Auditor shall be the legal custodian of all
oflclal bonds, ept 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 TO his
charge.
The Board of Trustees may at any time. re-
quire an additional amount or new sureties
upon any official bond which it may deter
mine insufficient, and must require an addi-
tional bond or new sureties whenever surety
thereon shall die, or become insolvent 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
o4SiC SittiI lIlS DldntSr DFONlQGO
for in the Political Code for the Justification OF
the sureties on official bonds of fcountv officers:
ana all persons offered as Suretias on official
bonds may be personally exarnined 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
SnaH 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, five
thousand dollars; SergeantS Of Police and po-
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 Physician, t1ye thousand dollars:
Superinte ntendent 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 of any 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.