Except as otherwise provided in the municipal charter or in R.C. § 3.061, each officer required by law or ordinance to give bond shall do so before entering upon the duties of the office. Except as otherwise provided in the municipal charter or in R.C. § 3.061, the Legislative Authority may at any time require each officer to give a new or additional bond. Each bond, except that of the Auditor or Clerk, upon its approval, shall be delivered to the Auditor or Clerk, who shall immediately record it in a record provided for that purpose and file and carefully preserve it in the Auditor’s or Clerk’s office. The bond of the Auditor or Clerk shall be delivered to the Treasurer, who shall in like manner record and preserve it.
(R.C. § 733.69) (2000 Code, § 30.04)