The San Francisco call., 1898-04-10

nance of the Supervisors. All bonds. excepting those of the Mayor and 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 bond 1t must be recorded, at the expense of the party giving the bond, in the office of the Recorder. in 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. The bonds of all other officers shall be filed and kept in the office of the Auditor.
 Sec. 2 The following officers shall respectively execute official bonds to the City and County, with sureties, in the following sums:
 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; Sheriff, fifty thousand dollars; Coroner, 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 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. B. City and County officers shall not be accepted as surety for each other on official bonds. Every bond shall contain a 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 possess sion as such officer Such bond must 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 ag- 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 a resident and 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 persons offered as sureties on official bonds may be examined on oath as to their qualifications by the officers whose duty it is to approve the bond.
 Sec. 5. When under any of the pro- visions of this Charter, or of any ordi- nance, dn OIilClal DOnQ snail De 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 bond shall die or cease to be resident of the City and County.
 Sec G. Every officer shall be liable on his official bond fryY. ha aofc and oyofv sions of his deputies, assistants, clerks. and employees, appointed by him, and of any and each of them, and every of ficial bond shall contain such a condi- tion.
 Sec. 7. 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.