29.030. Bond--approved and filed. - Missouri Statutes

Bond--approved and filed.

29.030. Immediately after his election or appointment, thestate auditor shall execute and deliver to the governor a bond tothe state in the sum of fifty thousand dollars, to be approved bythe governor, conditioned for the faithful performance of all theduties required or which may be required of him by law, whetheras state auditor or in any capacity in which he may be requiredto act ex officio by virtue of being state auditor; which bondshall be renewed every two years, and as much oftener as thegovernor may require. The state auditor's bond shall be a suretybond and entered into with a surety company or companiesauthorized to do business in this state. The cost of said bondsshall be paid by the state. If the governor be in doubt as tothe solvency of the surety company or companies on the bond ofthe state auditor, he may require further evidence of thesolvency of such surety company or companies. After the legalityof said bond shall have been passed upon by the attorney generalit shall be submitted to the governor for his approval. If thegovernor approve the bond, he shall endorse thereon such approvaland its date, and deliver the same to the secretary of state tobe filed and recorded in his office.

(RSMo 1939 § 13012, A.L. 1945 p. 584 § 2)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 11390; 1919 § 13287; 1909 § 11799