This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ...signatures to the bond need not be witnessed. The sureties must be men. The justification form on the back of the blank (reciting the value of the realty owned by the sureties free from encumbrance, etc.) should be filled up and sworn to before a notary public, justice of the peace, or other authorized officer. Each surety (bondsman) should swear that he is worth twice the amount of the bond in real estate free from encumbrance over and above the amount exempt by law from execution. No exceptions ought to be made to this rule. The sureties should not be men engaged in business likely to cause them to require favors from the employe. No officer or employe of the company should be accepted as surety. No inducement should be ofiered sureties to go on the bond of an employe; officials of the company should not suggest such a thing. To prevent error the date and amount of the bond should be inserted in the instrument when the blank is delivered to be executed. The first name of the sureties should be given in full. The name of each of the parties to the instrument should be duly entered in the body of the form before signing, in proper order, in the blank places provided. Particular care should be taken to see that the technical requirements of the blank are complied with in every respect, otherwise it will be necessary to reject the bond. Every efiort should be made by employes to detect and expose attempt to impose worthless or insufficient sureties on the company. The utmost diligence should be exercised by traveling auditors and others to ascertain whether bondsmen are worth the amounts which they profess, also whether they are honorable, upright men, who" in the event of loss will pay without seeking to evade the plain intent of the...