3,
154-5 and 154-6 of the General Code shall, before entering upon the
duties of his office, take and subscribe an oath of office as
provided by law and give bond, conditioned according to law, with
security to be approved by the governor in such penal sum as shall
be fixed by the governor, not less in any case than ten thousand
dollars. Such bond and oath shall be filed in the office of the
secretary of state.
The director of each department may, with the approval of the
governor, require any chief of a division created under the
authority of this chapter, or any officer or employe in his
department, to give like bond in such amount as the governor may
prescribe. The premium, if any, on any bond required or authorized
by this section may be paid from the state treasury.
Sec. 154-15. The director of each department may, with the approval
of the governor, establish and appoint advisory boards to aid in the
conduct of the work of his department or any division or divisions
thereof. Such advisory boards shall exercise no administrative
function, and their members shall receive no compensation, but may
receive their actual and necessary expenses.
Sec. 154-16. Each officer whose office is created by sections 154-3,
154-5 and 154-6 of the General Code shall devote his entire time to
the duties of his office, and shall hold no other office or position
of profit. In addition to his salary provided by law, each such
officer and each member of the boards and commissions in the
departments created by this chapter shall be entitled to his actual
and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his official
duties.
Sec. 154-17. Each department shall maintain a central office in the
city of Columbus. The director of each department may, in his
discretion and with the approval of the governor, establish and
maintain, at places other than the seat of government, branch
offices for the conduct of any one or more functions of his
department.
Sec. 154-18. Each department shall adopt and keep an official seal,
which shall have engraved thereon the coat of arms of the state as
described in section thirty of the General. Code, shall be one and
three-fourths inches in diameter, and shall be surrounded by the
proper name of the department, to which may be added the title of
any division, board or commission within the department, if the
director of the department shall so prescribe. Such seal may be
affixed to any wr
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