Section 54-12-219 - Bonds required of trustee and county clerk

The trustee, before receiving the assessment book and proceeding to the collection of the assessments, and the county clerk, before receiving the funds from the trustee, shall, respectively, enter into a bond for double the amount that will come into their hands, respectively, payable to the state, and conditioned on the faithful paying over and accounting for the funds arising from the assessment.Acts 1919, ch. 193, § 59; Shan. Supp., § 1682a73; Code 1932, § 2887; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1419; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 22, 36.