Chap. 236.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1666 of the Code of Vir-
ginia as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 7, 1900, en-
titled an act to amend and re-enact sections 1660 to 1712, inclusive, of the
Code of Virginia, in relation to state hospitals for the insane and the com-
mitment of insane persons.

Approved February 15, 1901.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
sixteen hundred and sixty-six of the code of Virginia, as amended and
re-enacted by an act approved March seventh, nineteen hundred, entitled
an act to amend and re-enact sections sixteen hundred and sixty to seven-
teen hundred and twelve, inclusive, of the code of Virginia, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 1666. Depositaries of hospitals, penalty and condition of their
bonds.—The boards, before depositing said money in any bank, shall
take from it bond with sufficient surety in a penalty double the amount
likely to be deposited in such bank at any one time during the year, and
with the condition for the safe-keeping of all moneys that may thereafter
be deposited with it, and the payment and disbursement thereof accord-
ing to law. They shall annually examine the bond given by any bank
as to its sufficiency in all respects, and whenever in their opinion, such
bond is insuflicient, they may require the bank to execute a new bond or
an additional bond in such penalty as they may prescribe. If the bank
fails to execute such new bond or an additional bond within a reasonable
time, the board shall transfer all moneys so deposited to some other bank
in this state which will give proper bond. But if said depositary shall
elect to give as surety on its bond some guaranty or surety company
doing business in the state of Virginia, and admitted as sufficient by the
board, the penalty of said bond shall be such as the board may require,
but not less than the amount likely to be deposited in such bank at any
one time during the year.

2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

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