Section 36-5-5
To whom bonds payable; sureties; conditions generally.
The bond of each public officer required by law to give bond must, unless it is otherwise provided, be made payable to the State of Alabama, with such sureties as the approving officer is satisfied have the qualifications required by law, with condition, in all cases in which a different condition is not prescribed, faithfully to discharge the duties of such office during the time he continues therein or discharges any of the duties thereof.
(Code 1852, §118; Code 1867, §157; Code 1876, §163; Code 1886, §257; Code 1896, §3070; Code 1907, §1483; Code 1923, §2595; Code 1940, T. 41, §35.)