Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 121 – Clerk of Supreme Court; bond; duties generally
(a) Every Clerk of the Supreme Court duly appointed, shall, after being appointed and before entering upon the duties of the office, become bound to the State with sufficient surety by a joint and several obligation in the penal sum of $3,000 the condition of which shall be as follows:
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“That if the above named ________________ who has been duly appointed to be Clerk of the Supreme Court shall and do well and diligently execute the duties of the office of Clerk of the Supreme Court as aforesaid and duly and faithfully fulfill and perform all the trusts and duties to the said office appertaining, and truly and without delay deliver to his or her successor in office, the seal and all the books, records and papers belonging to such office, safe and undefaced, then this obligation shall be void and of no effect or else shall remain in full force and virtue.”
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Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 10 Sec. 121
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) The sufficiency of the surety and the form of the bond shall be subject to the approval of a Justice of the Court.
(c) The Clerk shall be custodian of the seal, the books, the records and the papers of the Court, and shall perform such duties as the Court may direct.
Code 1852, §§ ?441-443; 14 Del. Laws, c. 42; 16 Del. Laws, c. 24; 23 Del. Laws, c. 60, § ?3; Code 1915, § ?379; 30 Del. Laws, c. 43; Code 1935, § ?348; 10 Del. C. 1953, § ?121; 50 Del. Laws, c. 67, § ?3; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;