Section 2417. Bond of marshal  


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  • 1. No marshal shall be permitted to enter
      upon the duties of his office until he shall have given a bond as herein
      prescribed. The bond shall be executed by the marshal with a fidelity or
      surety company duly authorized by law to  act  as  surety  or  with  two
      sufficient  sureties,  who  shall be residents of the county and each of
      whom shall be the owner of real estate therein of the  value  of  double
      the  penalty  of  the  bond,  which shall be in such sum as the board of
      supervisors shall prescribe but not less than  three  thousand  dollars.
      The bond shall provide that the marshal and the surety or sureties shall
      jointly  and  severally  answer  to  the county and any persons that may
      complain, for the true and faithful execution by  such  marshal  of  the
      duties  of  his  office.  The  bond shall be submitted for approval to a
      judge of the court in the district in which the marshal  was  appointed;
      and  such  judge shall have power to require that the surety or sureties
      justify before him within five days  after  the  bond  shall  have  been
      submitted,  and  shall  approve  or  reject  the  bond  within five days
      thereafter. When so approved, the bond shall be filed  with  the  county
      clerk of the county.
        2.  The  bond  must be executed, approved and filed within thirty days
      after the appointment of the marshal or  he  shall  be  deemed  to  have
      declined  his  appointment  and another person shall be appointed in his
      place.