The sheriffs of the several counties shall give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law and in the same manner as other county officials, in a penalty equal to One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), the premium for which shall be paid by the county.Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 28, art 3 (2); 1857, ch. 6, art 113; 1871, § 219; 1880, § 324; 1892, § 4110; 1906, § 4662; Hemingway's 1917, § 3097; 1930, § 3308; 1942, § 4233; Laws, 1968, ch. 369, § 2; Laws, 1986, ch. 458, § 20, eff. 10/1/1986.
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