Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 2903 – Bond
(a) The Auditor, before entering upon office, shall with sufficient sureties become bound to the State by a joint and several obligation, to be with the sureties approved by the Governor in the penal sum of $2,000 with condition “that if the above named ____________________ who has been (duly appointed or duly elected) to be ________________________ shall do well and diligently execute the office of ____________________ and duly and faithfully fulfill and perform all the trusts and duties to the office appertaining and truly and without delay deliver to the successor in office the seal and all the books, records and papers belonging to the office, safe and undefaced, then this obligation shall be void and of no effect or else shall remain in full force and virtue.”
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 2903
- Auditor: means the Auditor of Accounts. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 2901
- 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 obligation shall be filed and recorded in the Recorder’s office of Kent County.
(c) If any person elected or appointed Auditor shall not, within 7 days next after the day of taking office, become bound as required under this section, the appointment or election shall be void, and another person shall be appointed.
Code 1852, §§ ?457-459; 11 Del. Laws, c. 17; 24 Del. Laws, c. 90; Code 1915, § ?385; 32 Del. Laws, c. 25; Code 1935, § ?359; 29 Del. C. 1953, § ?2903; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;