8-6-1. Bond required of clerk.Any person elected or appointed to the office of township clerk shall, before the person enters the office and within the time prescribed by law for filing the oath of office, execute a bond, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of the office, paid for by the township, and with a surety company authorized to conduct business in this state or through a pool arrangement as provided in §§1-24-11 to 1-24-17, inclusive. The bond shall be for an amount set by and approved by the board of township supervisors and filed in the office of the county auditor. The bond shall be set for an amount approximately equal to the sum of money that the township is expected to receive in any one fiscal year or two hundred thousand dollars, whichever is less. Source: SL 1872-3, ch 51, §64; PolC 1877, ch 23, §61; SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §67; CL 1887, §779; RPolC 1903, §1073; SL 1913, ch 283, §1; RC 1919, §6093; SDC 1939, §58.0601; SL 1949, ch 430, §1; SL 1974, ch 55, §14; SL 2004, ch 73, §1; SL 2006, ch 33, §1; SL 2014, ch 48, §9.
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