The secretary of state shall not issue a commission to the director of administration, the clerk of any court, the sheriff of any county, or to any other officer holding or controlling the public moneys, until the bond required by law of such officer has been executed, approved and lodged with the officer required to receive the commission, the certificate of the officer, other than the secretary of state him or herself, being evidence of the fact.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-8-5
Bonds executed before commissions issued
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case McCabe v. Kane (1966)
Most recently applied in McCabe v. Kane (June 1966)
G.L. 1896, ch. 16, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 22, § 4; G.L. 1923, ch. 21, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 9, § 4; impl. am
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