Collectors may appoint deputies, by an instrument in writing, duly signed, and may also revoke any such appointment at their pleasure, and may require bonds or other securities from such deputies to secure themselves; and each such deputy shall have like authority, in every respect, to collect the taxes levied or assessed within the portion of the county, town, district or city assigned to him, which, by law, is vested in the collector himself; but each collector shall, in every respect, be responsible to the state, county, towns, cities, districts and individuals, companies, corporations, as the case may be, for all moneys collected, and for every act done by any of his deputies whilst acting as such, and for any omission of duty of such deputy. Any bond or security taken from a deputy by a collector, pursuant to this chapter, shall be available to such collector, his representatives and sureties, to indemnify them for any loss or damage accruing from any act of such deputy.

(RSMo 1939 § 11067)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 9896; 1919 § 12888; 1909 § 11445