New bond and surety when surety relieved or insufficient

The Governor shall require a new surety and bond for the performance of any public duty by any officer under this chapter when, in the Governor’s discretion: (1) The surety gives written notice to the Governor of his desire to be relieved from future liability for good cause stated and sworn to; or (2) The surety becomes insufficient, based upon satisfactory evidence. (Laws 1845, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 1036; Code 1863, § 164; Code 1868, § 159; Code 1873, § 170; Code 1882, § 170; Civil Code 1895, § 266; Civil Code 1910, § 301; Code 1933, § 89-424.)