Section 36-5-13
Attorneys not deemed sufficient sureties on official bonds of probate judges, sheriffs, constables, etc.
A practicing attorney-at-law must not be deemed a sufficient surety on the official bond of the judge of probate or of the clerk or register of any court of record or of any other officer of a court of record or of the sheriff or deputy sheriff or the coroner, or of any constable, general or special.
(Code 1886, §264; Code 1896, §3077; Code 1907, §1490; Code 1923, §2602; Code 1940, T. 41, §43.)