The actions herein authorized to be brought by the sheriff or officer may be prosecuted by the plaintiff or under the plaintiff’s direction, upon the delivery by the plaintiff to the sheriff or officer of an undertaking, with two sufficient sureties, to the effect that the plaintiff will indemnify the sheriff or officer for all damages, costs, and expenses thereon not exceeding five hundred dollars in any one action. Such sureties shall, when required by the sheriff or officer, justify by making an affidavit that each is worth double the amount of the penalty named in the undertaking over and above all debts and exemptions.