The assessor of each county, except in those counties wherein the office of assessor and the office of tax collector are combined as provided in Section 27-1-7, shall take and file the oath of office required by the Constitution and give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty equal to Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00).Codes, 1880, § 348; 1892, § 114; 1906, § 115; Hemingway's 1917, § 3459; 1930, § 100; 1942, § 9088; Laws, 1890, p. 36; Laws, 1986, ch. 458, § 32; Laws, 1992, ch. 400, § 1, eff. 7/1/1992.
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