Every person elected or appointed to the office of township trustee and ex officio treasurer, before he enters on the duties of his office, and within ten days after his election or appointment, shall execute and deliver to the township clerk a bond with one or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the township clerk payable to the township board, equal to one-half the largest amount on deposit at any one time during the year preceding his election or appointment of all the township funds, including school moneys, that may come into his hands; and every such bond, when deposited with the township clerk as aforesaid, shall constitute a lien upon all the real estate within the county belonging to such trustee and ex officio treasurer at the time of filing thereof, and shall continue to be a lien until its conditions, together with all costs and charges which may accrue by reason of any prosecution thereon, shall be satisfied. The township collector shall before he receives the tax books give bond and security to the state, to the satisfaction of the county commission, in a sum for any one month equal to the average total monthly collection for the same month during the preceding four years, but not to exceed one-half the largest amount collected during any one year preceding his election or appointment, including school taxes. Such bond shall be executed in duplicate; one part thereof shall be deposited and recorded in the office of the clerk of the county commission, and the other part shall be transmitted by the clerk to the state tax commission. The conditions of such bond shall be that he, the said collector, will faithfully and punctually collect and pay over all state, county, township and other revenue, including school taxes, that may become due and collectible during the period for which such collector shall be elected or appointed; and that he will in all things faithfully perform all the duties of the office of township collector according to law; provided, the county commission or township board shall annually examine the collector's or trustee's bond as to form and sufficiency of surety and in case of any doubt shall require additional security.

(RSMo 1939 § 13956, A.L. 1945 p. 1968, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1464)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12279; 1919 § 13192; 1909 § 11680