[1739-1  (a-d) , 12; 2436-1, 2.] SECTION  412 . Adjudication and Payment of Claims . — Any and all claims against the fidelity fund shall be made or forwarded to the Insular Auditor together with the evidence relating thereto, and if he shall recommend payment of the same, or a part thereof,  and such recommendation shall receive the approval of the Governor-General, the same shall be a legal claim against the fidelity fund and shall be paid, but not otherwise. aESIHT [2436-4.] SECTION  413 . Payment of Loss Occasioned to Private Party by Dereliction of Bonded Officer . — When any person whosoever suffers loss in money or property intrusted to an officer insured in the fidelity fund who receives such money or property by virtue of h is official position, the head of the Bureau or Office concerned and the Insular Auditor may, after ascertaining and fixing the amount of the loss, recommend that such loss be paid out of the fidelity fund, and the same shall be so paid upon approval by the  Governor-General, as in other cases. [1739-1  (d) .] SECTION  414 . Liability of Officer Primarily Accountable as Affected by Insurance of Subordinate . — When a person accountable to another who is primarily accountable is insured in the fidelity fund and a loss, chargeable to that fund, occurs by reason of th e dereliction of the former, the officer primarily accountable shall not be held liable to the Government, except for the excess, if any, of the loss over such insurance; and in no case shall he be required to answer over to the fidelity fund in respect of  such loss. IcSHTA SECTION  415 . Bond to be Given by Sheriff.  — A sheriff or a person exercising the functions of officer of court shall, before being qualified to perform the duties of his office, execute a bond, with approved sureties, in such form and amount as the Insular  Auditor shall prescribe, running to the Government of the Philippine Islands, for the benefit of whom it may concern. Such bond shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of himself and his deputies as sheriff and officer of court, an d for the delivery or payment to the Government, or the persons entitled thereto, of all property or sums of money that shall officially come into his or their hands. The failure to give bond as herein required before the expiration of the period of thirty  days from the date when the officer should enter upon the discharge of his duties shall constitute a renunciation of the office. The bond herein required shall in no case have less than two sureties, if they Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 132