§ 51-4. Re-election bond not approved until satisfactory accounting.

When the incumbent of any office is re-elected he shall qualify as above required; but his bond shall not be approved until he has produced or fully accounted for all public funds and property in his control under color of his office during the expiring term, to the person or authority to whom he should account, and the fact and date of such satisfactory exhibit shall be endorsed upon the new bond before its approval.

R.L. 1910, § 4272.