Before any person appointed to the position of municipal clerk, city manager, municipal administrator or municipal chief administrative officer enters upon the discharge of his duties, he shall give bond, with sufficient surety, to be payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law, in an amount to be determined by the municipal governing authority (which shall not be less than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00)).
Miss. Code Ann. § 21-15-38
Surety bond
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 757 So. 2d 243 - Moore Ex Rel. City of Aberdeen v. Byars (2000)
Most recently applied in Bailey v. City of Starkville (September 2001)
Laws, 1986, ch. 458, § 30; Laws, 1988, ch. 488, § 8, eff from and after passage (approved April 30, 1988
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