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2025 Delaware Code
Title 7 - Conservation
Chapter 41. DRAINAGE OF LANDS AND MANAGEMENT OF WATERS; TAX DITCHES
Subchapter IV. Powers of Tax Ditch
§ 4164. Bond of secretary-treasurer.
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§ 4164. Bond of secretary-treasurer.
The secretary-treasurer shall, before assuming the duties of his or her office and within 15 days after his or her election, furnish a bond in favor of the tax ditch, in an amount satisfactory to the ditch managers and with a surety to be approved by the ditch managers, conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties and for the payment to his or her successor of all tax ditch funds. If any person elected secretary-treasurer neglects or refuses to give bond as aforesaid within the time specified, his or her right to hold such office shall be terminated, and the ditch managers shall call a special meeting of the taxables to elect a new secretary-treasurer who shall give bond and security as provided in this section.
48 Del. Laws, c. 151, § 53; 7 Del. C. 1953, § 4164; 58 Del. Laws, c. 240, § 4; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1;
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