When a coroner is required to act in the place of a sheriff, generally or specially, the judge of the probate court may require of him an additional bond in such sum and with such sureties as the judge, in his discretion, may think sufficient to meet the contingency.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 563; Code 1868, § 627; Code 1873, § 586; Code 1882, § 586; Civil Code 1895, § 495; Civil Code 1910, § 613; Code 1933, § 21-107.)
Cross references.- Duty of coroner to act as keeper of county jail when sheriff is imprisoned or absent from county, § 42-4-3.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 18 Am. Jur. 2d, Coroners or Medical Examiners, § 2.
C.J.S.- 18 C.J.S., Coroners, §§ 2, 5, 6, 32.