The county license commissioner shall recommend to the commission a chief clerk who, in the absence of the commissioner, shall exercise the same powers and authority herein granted to the commissioner. Such chief clerk before entering upon his or her duties, must take the oath directed to be taken by the constitutional officers of the state and give bond payable to the commissioner in such sum as he or she may prescribe conditioned upon the faithful performance of his or her duties. The surety on such bond shall be a bond issued by a bonding company authorized to do business in this state. Such bond shall be approved by the commissioner, filed and recorded in the office of the judge of probate. The premiums on this bond shall be paid out of the general fund of the county.