Section 36-5-2
When bonds to be filed.
In all cases, official bonds must be filed in the proper office within 40 days after the declaration of election or after the appointment to office, except bonds of tax assessors and tax collectors which shall be filed on or before September 1 next after their election or appointment.
(Code 1852, §124; Code 1867, §163; Code 1876, §174; Code 1886, §270; Code 1896, §3083; Code 1907, §1496; Code 1923, §2608; Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256, §154; Acts 1935, No. 328, p. 754, §1; Code 1940, T. 41, §45.)