§ 18-2-213. Removal for Failure to Execute New Bond
Should any clerk or clerk and master fail to comply with the order of the clerk or clerk and master’s court, it shall be the imperative duty of the court to remove the clerk or clerk and master, and appoint some other person in the clerk’s or clerk and master’s place. If a clerk elected […]
§ 18-2-208. Examination of Witnesses and Records
The chancellors, whenever necessary to arrive at a correct knowledge of the respective bonds and their sufficiency, shall summon witnesses and examine them on oath, and shall examine all records in any of the county or state offices, and all records and papers in the offices of the clerks and masters.
§ 18-2-209. Orders to Correct Deficiencies in Bond
Whenever any chancellor in any manner determines that the bonds of any clerk and master of any court within the chancellor’s judicial district are, from any cause, insufficient, the chancellor shall forthwith make a record of the fact on the minutes of the court, and order the clerk and master, within thirty (30) days from […]
§ 18-2-210. Other Courts and County Legislative Bodies Also to Examine Bonds
Sections 18-2-207 — 18-2-209 shall apply also to the clerks of the other courts of this state, and it shall be the duty of the judges of the supreme, circuit, criminal and special courts, at each term of those courts, respectively, and of the county legislative bodies at every quarterly meeting, to inquire into the […]
§ 18-2-211. Time for Examination of Bonds
Nothing in §§ 18-2-207 — 18-2-210 is to be construed to prevent the examination of bonds on any other than the first day of any term or meeting, but the examination shall be made at each term and quarterly meeting, as respectively provided, and the examination may be continued from day to day until a […]
§ 18-2-212. Grand Jury Examination of Bonds
The grand jury in each county shall inquire into the correctness and sufficiency of the bonds of all the clerks within the county, including the clerk and master of the chancery court, and, for this purpose, they may send for witnesses and examine all necessary records and papers. Should they find any bond of any […]
§ 18-2-201. Official Bond
Every clerk of a court except the clerk of the supreme court and chief deputy clerks of the supreme court, before entering upon the duties of the clerk’s office, shall enter into an official bond, which shall be prepared in accordance with title 8, chapter 19, to the satisfaction of the clerk’s court, in the […]
§ 18-2-202. Commissioner and Receiver Bond
The several courts may also require their clerks to give bond, in accordance with § 18-2-205, in such sum as the court deems sufficient to cover property or funds that may at any time come to the hands of the clerks as special commissioners or receivers, by appointment of the court or any judge of […]
§ 18-2-203. Failure to Give Commissioner and Receiver Bond
The failure of the clerk to execute the special bond provided for in § 18-2-202 shall not subject the clerk to any penalty, but the court may confide the particular business to such other person as will give the required security, and, in the absence of the special bond, the clerk and the clerk’s sureties […]
§ 18-2-204. Special Bonds
The court may also require special bonds to meet particular exigencies, and in a suitable penalty, whenever, in its judgment, the interest of suitors render it necessary, subject to § 18-2-203. Code 1858, § 330; Shan., § 406; Code 1932, § 656; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 18-212.