The record-union., 1892-04-09
ARTICLE XVII.
Official Bonds.

SEC. 204. Every officer of the city the
amount Of whose bond is named in this Sec
ton, ana every other officer required to do
SO oy the Board of Trustees, shall, before en-
terng upon the duties of his once, and within
twenty days after the mailing or delivery to
MN OF ms certificate of election or appoint
oe mace payable to the City # sacramento,
be signed by at least two SUFFICIENT SUI e les
ana pe conditioned for the faithful peIfJrm-
ance OF the duties OF the office.
All official bonds. except those of members
OF the Board OF Trustees, shall 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.
The 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
ohclal bonds, except his own, which Shall be
deposited with the City Treasurer and shalt
be responsible on his Official bond f}r the safe
Keeping OF all such bonds intrusted TO his
charge.
The Board of Trustees NAV. at any time. re-
quire an additional amount or new sureties
upon any official bond which il NAV deter
NINE insufficient, and must require an addi-
tiohal pono or new sureties whenever surety
thereon shall die, or become insolvent, or cease
10 be a resident OF the State. If such addi-
tlonal bond or additional security be not given
the board OF Trustees must declare the Office
vacant: ana as soon as such declaration is
made the Office becomes vacant No Official
bonds snail be approved unless the sureties
tleFeon snail justify 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
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
ofhelal 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: CITY
Assessor, twenty-five thousand dollars: CITY
Collector, one hundred thousand dollars; CITY
Treasurer, one hundred and TWENTY-FIVE 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 po-
liceman, five hundred dollars each: Silperin-
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, 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.