2013 Code of Alabama
Title 11 - COUNTIES AND MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.
Title 2 - PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ONLY.
Section 11-44-128 - Bond of commissioners; holding of offices of profit or trust, etc., by commissioners, etc.
Each commissioner shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, furnish a good and sufficient bond, which shall be executed by a surety company authorized to do business in the state and shall be payable to and for the use and benefit of the municipality in the sum of $5,000.00, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of his duties and upon compliance with a covenant which shall be included in such bond that he will save the municipality harmless from all loss caused by his neglect of duty or misfeasance in office or for the willful expenditure of any moneys of the municipality in violation of the law. Such bond shall be deposited with the city clerk of the municipality. No such bond shall be deposited until it shall be approved by the probate judge. The premiums on such bond shall be paid out of the general fund of the municipality.
No commissioner nor any person holding an office of profit under the board shall hold any office of profit or trust under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States or hold any county office, nor shall any commissioner ever be elected or appointed to any office created by the board or the compensation of which was increased or fixed by the board while he was a member thereof within two years from the time he ceased to be a commissioner.
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