Title II, ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES (Ch. 39 - 79)

Any officer or board who has the approval of another officer’s bond, when of the opinion that the public security requires it, upon giving ten days’ notice to show cause to the contrary, may require the officer to give additional security by a new bond, within a reasonable time t…

If a requisition made under either section 65.1A or section 65.2 be complied with, both the old and the new security shall be in force; if not, the office shall become and be declared vacant, and the fact be certified to the proper officer, to be recorded in the election book or …

When any surety on the bond of a public officer desires to be relieved of obligation, the surety may petition the approving officer or board for relief, stating the grounds therefor. [C51, §421; R60, §652; C73, §775; C97, §1283; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1083; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 6…

The surety shall give the principal at least twenty-four hours’ notice of the presenting and filing of the petition, with a copy thereof. At the expiration of this notice the approving officer may hear the matter, or may postpone it, as justice requires. [C51, §422; R60, §653; C7…

The approving officer may issue subpoenas in the officer’s official name for witnesses, compel them to attend and testify, in the same way an officer authorized to take depositions may. [C51, §427; R60, §658; C73, §780; C97, §1288; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1085; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62…

If, upon the hearing, there appears substantial ground for apprehension, the approving officer or board may order the principal to give a new bond and to supply the place of the petitioning surety within a reasonable time to be prescribed, and, upon such new bond being given, the…

If the new bond is not given as required, the office shall be declared vacant, and the order to that effect entered in the proper election book. [C51, §425; R60, §656; C73, §778; C97, §1286; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1087; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §65.8 ] Ref…