The clerk of the circuit court, before he enters upon the duties of the office, shall take the oath of office, and give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in a penalty equal to three percent (3%) of the sum of all the state and county taxes shown by the assessment rolls and the levies to have been collectible in the county for the year immediately preceding the commencement of the term of office for such clerk. However, such bond shall not exceed the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00). And he may be required to give additional bond from time to time, for the faithful application of all moneys coming into his hands by law or order of the court; but such additional bonds shall be cumulative security, and the original bond shall likewise cover all moneys coming into the hands of the clerk by law or order of the court.Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 27, art. 2 (9); 1857, ch. 61, art. 16; 1871, § 550; 1880, § 1484; 1892, § 633; 1906, § 690; Hemingway's 1917, § 469; 1930, § 478; 1942, § 1416; Laws, 1986, ch. 458, § 11; reenacted, Laws, 1989, ch. 343, § 1; Laws, 1992, ch. 386, § 1, eff. 7/1/1992.
Mississippi Legal Code