§ 38-2-105 — Bonds of state, county and municipal officers; payment of premiums

Any state, county, municipal or district officer required by law
or the order of any state, county or municipal council, board or
organization to give a bond or other obligation, may include as
a part of the lawful expenses of executing and performing the
duties of his office, a reasonable sum paid a company authorized
under the laws of this state to become his surety on the bond or
obligation. He may pay the sum or expense from any contingent or
other fund furnished by the state, county, municipality or
organization for the payment of the lawful expenses of the
officer or may upon proper presentation of a claim for the sum
or expense, have it paid by any state, county or municipal
council, board or organization that ordered and directed the
bond or obligation to be furnished.