2016 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 9 - MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
Chapter 09 - Commissioner Form Of Government
§ 9-9-5 Bond of mayor and commissioners.
9-9-5. Bond of mayor and commissioners. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties the mayor and each commissioner shall execute a bond payable to the first or second class municipality in the sum of two thousand dollars in municipalities of the second class and in the sum of five thousand dollars in municipalities of the first class.
Such bond shall be given and executed by a surety company authorized by law to transact business in this state and filed in and remain a permanent record of the Office of the Auditor. Such bond shall be conditioned that the principal thereof shall account for and pay over and deliver to his successor in office and to the municipality any and all money or property belonging to it or which shall come into his hands by reason of his office, and well and faithfully perform the duties of his office according to the laws of the state and the ordinances of the municipality.
Source: SL 1913, ch 119, § 13; RC 1919, § 6222; SDC 1939, § 45.0803; SL 1981, ch 44, § 18; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2.
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