Printable Format19-502. Condition of bond. The condition of such bond shall be in substance as follows: "Whereas, the above bounden ______ was elected to the office of county treasurer of the county of _________, on the ____ day of _______; now, therefore, the condition of this obligation is such, that if the said _________ and his deputy, and all persons employed in his office, shall faithfully and promptly perform the duties of said office, and if the said _________ and his deputies shall pay, according to law, all moneys which shall come to his hands as treasurer, and will render a just and true account thereof whenever required by said board of commissioners or by any provision of law, and shall deliver over to his successors in office or to any other person authorized by laws to receive the same, all moneys, books, papers and other things appertaining thereto or belonging to his said office, then the above obligation to be void; otherwise to be in full force and effect."
History: G.S. 1868, ch. 25, ยง 62; October 31; R.S. 1923, 19-502.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Unnecessary to prove special demand before suit on bond. Blake v. Comm'rs of Johnson County, 18 Kan. 266.
2. Liability of sureties. Doolittle v. A.T. & S.F. Rld. Co., 20 Kan. 329.
3. State is proper party plaintiff in suit on bond. Comm'rs of Harvey Co. v. Munger, 24 Kan. 205.
4. Forgery and misappropriation of checks held breach of bond. Cherokee County Comm'rs v. United States F. & G. Co., 141 Kan. 301, 302, 40 P.2d 371.
5. Failure to present check for payment within reasonable time held breach of bond. Amusement Co. v. Eddy, 143 Kan. 988, 990, 991, 57 P.2d 458.
6. Action on county treasurer's bond held barred by three-year limitation statute. Board of Education v. Jones, 151 Kan. 276, 278, 98 P.2d 120.
7. Action on bond to recover misappropriated funds by county treasurer accrued at end of each term; K.S.A. 60-512 applicable. State, ex rel., v. Masterson, 221 Kan. 540, 548, 549, 561 P.2d 796.