The San Francisco call., 1898-04-04

excepting those of the Mayor ana Au-
 ditor, must be approved by the Mayor
 and Auditor; the bond of the Mayor
 must be approved by the Auditor, and the. bond of the Auditor must be ap- proved By the Mayor. The approval of
 every official bond must be indorsed
 thereon, and signed by the officers ap- proving the same, after examination
 of the sureties, as hereinafter pro- vided. Upon the approval of a bond It
 must be recorded at the expense of
 the party giving the bond, in the office
 of the Recorder in a book kept for that purpose, entitled Record of Official Bonds. The bond of the Auditor shall
 be filed and kept in the office of the
 County Clerk. T he bonds of all other officers shall be filed and kept in the
 office of the Auditor.
 Sec. 9 The following officers shall
 respectively execute official bonds to
 the City and County, with sureties, in
 the following sums:
 Mayor, twenty-five thousand dollars; Auditor, fifty thousand dollars; Treas
 urer, one hundred thousand dollars; Tax Collector one hundred thousand
 dollars; Assessor, fifty thousand dol- lars; County Clerk, fifty thousand dol lars; Recorder, ten thousand dollars;
 ten thousand dollars; City Attorney, ten thousand dollars. District Attor-
 ney, ten thousand dollars; Public Ad- ministrator, fifty thousand dollars; Su- perintendent of Public Schools, five
 thousand dollars; each Commissioner of Public Works, twenty-five thousand dollars; Clerk of the Supervisors, ten thousand dollars; each Supervisor, five thousand dollars; each School Director, five thousand dollars; each Fire Com l missioner, ten thousand dollars; each Police Commissioner, five thousand dol lars; each Election Commissioner, ten thousand dollars; Property Clerk of Police Department, ten thousand dol lars; the Warrant and Bond Clerk, ten thousand dollars.
 Sec. 3. City and County officers shall
 not be accepted as surety for each other on official bonds. Every bond shall contain condition that the prin- cipal will faithfully perform all official duties then, or that may thereafter be, imposed upon or required of him by law, ordinance, or this Charter, and that at the expiration of his term of
 office he will surrender to his successor
 all property, books, papers, and docu-
 ments that may come into his posses also be executed by two or more sure
 ties who shall each justify in the
 amount required for said bond; but when the amount of the bond is more than five thousand dollars, the sureties | may become severally liable for DOT tions of not less than twenty-five hun dred dollars When there are more than two sureties, such sureties may | Justify in an amount which in the az
 gregate shall equal double the amount of said bond.
 | Sec. 4. Every surety upon an official bond, other than lawfully authorized surety companies, must make an affi-
 davit, which shall be endorsed upon
 such bond, that he is resident and l freeholder in the City and County, and worth in property situated in the City and County, exclusive of membranes thereon, double the amount of his un- dertaking over and above all sums for which he is already liable or in any
 manner bound. whether as principal, indorser or surety, and whether such
 prior obligation or liability be condi- tional or absolute. liquidated, or un- | liquidated, due or to become due All
 bonds may be examined on, oath as to their qualifications by the officers whose 1 duty it is to approve the bond
 Sec. 5. When under any of the pro-
 visions of this Charter. or of any ordi-
 nance, an official bond shall be required | from an officer, the Supervisors may
 by resolution. require an additional | bond, whenever, in the opinion of such board, such bond or any surety
 thereto becomes insufficient; and such
 additional bond shall also be required when a surety to a bond shall die or
 cease to be a resident of the City and | County.
 Sec. 6. Every officer shall be liable on
 his official bond for the acts and omis-
 sions of his deputies, assistants, clerks
 and employees, appointed by him, and | of any and each of them and every of l ficial bond shall contain such a condi- 1 tion.
 Sec. z. Every board, department or
 officer may require of their deputies
 clerks or employees bonds of indemnity
 with sufficient sureties for the faithful | performance of their duties.
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