19-3-5 - Bond to be executed by supervisor.
§ 19-3-5. Bond to be executed by supervisor.
Each member of the board of supervisors, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty equal to five percent (5%) of the sum of all the state and county taxes shown by the assessment rolls and the levies to have been collectible in the county for the year immediately preceding the commencement of the term of office of said member; however, such bond shall not exceed the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00). Furthermore, any taxpayer of the county may sue on such bond for the use of the county, and such taxpayer shall be liable for all costs in case his suit shall fail. No member of the board shall be surety for any other member.
Sources: Codes, 1880, § 2132; 1892, § 275; 1906, § 293; Hemingway's 1917, § 3665; 1930, § 197; 1942, § 2871; Laws, 1986, ch. 458, § 15; Laws, 1991, ch. 604, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 1991.