The county clerk of each county shall, before entering upon the duties of his office and within ten days after the first day of January following his election, execute a bond to the state of New Mexico, in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars [($10,000)], with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the judge of the district court of said county, conditioned that he will well and faithfully perform all of his duties as such county clerk during his term of office.
History: Laws 1901, ch. 35, §§ 1, 2; Code 1915, § 1441; Laws 1919, ch. 10, § 1; C.S. 1929, § 34-425; 1941 Comp., § 15-3702; 1953 Comp., § 15-39-2.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Cross references. — For oath and bonds of county officers, see 10-1-13 NMSA 1978.
For bonds of public officers generally, see 10-2-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Section 4-40-2 - County clerk; bond.
Section 4-40-3 - [Duties; ex-officio clerk of board of county commissioners.]
Section 4-40-4 - [Duties as clerk of county commissioners.]
Section 4-40-5 - County clerk; duty regarding accounts.
Section 4-40-6 - [Duties as to orders for money.]
Section 4-40-7 - [Newspaper subscriptions.]
Section 4-40-8 - To keep file of newspapers.
Section 4-40-9 - [Newspapers; payment of expenses.]
Section 4-40-10 - [Newspapers; abstraction, mutilation or destruction; penalty.]