The record-union., 1892-03-24
ARTICLE XVII.
Official Bonds.

SEC. 2O4. Every officer of the city the
amount of whose bond is named in this sec
Iloh, ana every other officer required to do
so py The Board of Trustees, shall, before en-
terIng upon the duties of his Office, and within
twenty days after the mailing or delivery to
nm Oh ms certificate of election or appoint
be made payable TO the City sacramento
be signed by at least two sufficient suI o les
ana be conditioned for the faithful peTfJrm-
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, ana by the indGrte-
inent OF the word approved" or the word
rejected" on the bond, with the date of the
approval or rejection, signed by the President
lhe Official bonds of members of the Board of
Trustees shall be approved by the Mayor The
CITY Auditor shall be the legal custodian of all
oihclitI 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 10 his
charge.
The Board of Trustees may. at any time re-
quIre an additional amount or new sureties
upon any official bond which it NAV deter
mine insufficient. and must require an addi-
tiohal oond or new suraties whenever a surety
thereon shall die, or become inSolyent, or cease
10 be q resident of the State. If such addi-
tlOnal bond or additional security be not II ven
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
GleTeOn Shall JUSTLY IN the manner provided
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
| oonds 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
| othclal BOND OF any other officer or mploye OF
the city.
The amounts in which the respective officers
snail 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
Collector, one hundred thousand dollars; CITY
Treasurer, one hundred and twenty-hv We thou
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 DO
llceman, 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;
| superintendent 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 see
ton, shall be in such amount as the Board of
Trustees shall fix.