The secretary of state is hereby authorized to appoint his chief clerk to be assistant secretary. Such assistant secretary shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties give bond to the state in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), which bond shall be approved by the secretary of state and filed in his office, and shall take and subscribe an oath of office as required by law.
History: Laws 1903, ch. 75, § 1; Code 1915, § 5316; C.S. 1929, § 134-202; 1941 Comp., § 3-102; 1953 Comp., § 4-2-2.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Cross references. — For constitutional oath of office, see N.M. Const., art. XX, § 1.
Number of assistants. — This section does not allow the secretary of state to have more than two assistants who are not classified under the Personnel Act. 1966 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 66-109.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Statutory conditions prescribed for public officers' bond as part of bond which does not in terms include them, or which expressly excludes them, 109 A.L.R. 501.
Liability of sureties on bond of public officer as affected by fact that it was not signed by him, 110 A.L.R. 959.
Public officer's bond as subject to forfeiture for malfeasance in office, 4 A.L.R.2d 1348.
81A C.J.S. States § 127.
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