Each person elected or appointed to the office of township clerk, assessor, or treasurer, within ten days after the person is notified of the person's election or appointment, and before entering upon the duties of the person's office, must be bonded for the faithful discharge of the person's duties in the same manner as other civil officers are bonded and in the following amounts:
Such bonds, or the certificates issued in lieu thereof, must be filed in the office of the township clerk.
N.D.C.C. § 58-05-05