The record-union., 1892-04-11
ARTICLE XVI.
Official Bonds.

SEC. 204. Every officer of the City. the
amount of whose bond is named in this sec
tlon, ana every other officer required to do
SO Dy the Board of Trustees, shall, before ell
tefing upon the duties of his Office and within
twenty days after the mailing or delivery TO
nm or his certificate of election or appoint
1nent, nle his official bond. which bond shall
be made payable to the City sacramento
be signed by at least two sufficient slu les
ana be conditioned for the faithful pei t ,rni-
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-
lnenG OF the word approved" or the word
rejected, !" on the bond, with the date of the
approval or rejection, signed by the President.
nhe oiicial bonds OF members of the Board of
trustees shall be approved by the Mayor The
City 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 for the safe
Keeping of all such bonds intrusted 10 his
charge
The Board of Trustees may, at any time. re-
qulre an additional amount or new sureties
upon any official bond which it NAV deter
mine insufficient, and must require an addi-
t!ohai BOND or new sureties whenever q surety
thereon shall die, or become iusolVent or CEASE,
10 be u resident OF the state. If such addi-
tlonai 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 pro vided
Tor III 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
the city
The amounts in which the respective officers
Shau execute Official bonds shall be as follows:
Members of the Board of Trustees five thou
sand dollars each; Mayor, twenty-five thou
slnd 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, 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; oergeants of Police anu 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, I'VE thousand dollars;
sand dollars; Sanitary and Building Inspec-
tor, two thousand dollars; Inspector OF Plumb
Ing and Drainage, two thousand dollars; CITY
Surveyor, i've Thousand dollars
The Official bond ofany officer or efnploye
of the city other than those named in this see
ton, shall be in such amount as the Board of
Trustees shall fix.