Chap. 170.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 177 of the code in relation
to bonds taken by courts and officers.

Approved January 28, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
one hundred and seventy-seven of the code be amended and re-en-
acted so as to read as follows:

§ 177. Bonds, taken by courts and officers; their provisions and
conditions.—Every bond required by law to be taken or approved by
or given before any court, board or officer, unless otherwise pro-
vided, shall be made payable to the commonwealth of Virginia, with
surety deemed sufficient by such court, board or officer. Every such
bend required of any person appointed to or undertaking any office,
post or trust, and every bond required to be taken of any person by
an order or decree of court, unless otherwise provided, shall be with
condition for the faithful discharge by him of the duties of his
office, post or trust, and when required to be taken or approved by
or before the governor, a court or the clerk of a court, shall be
proved or acknowledged before the governor or court or clerk, as the
case may be, and recorded by the secretary of the commonwealth in
the first case, or by the clerk of the court in the other cases; and
where the bond is taken under an order or decree in a pending cause
a certified copy thereof shall be filed in the cause by the clerk and
charged as costs therein. Every such bond shall contain, as to the
respective obligors, such a waiver as is provided for in section
thirty-six hundred and forty-seven, and also of any claim or right
to discharge any liability to the commonwealth arising under said
bond or by virtue of said office, post or trust with coupons detached
from bonds of this state. In any such bond the liability of the surety or
sureties may be limited to such sum or sums as they may respectively
require.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.