Chap. 218.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 848 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act of February 13, 1901, and as
amended and re-enacted March 12, 1906, in relation to the compensation of
supervisors.

: Approved March 12, 1908

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
eight hundred and forty-eight of the Code of Virginia, as amended and
re-enacted by an act of February thirteenth, nineteen hundred and one,
and as amended and re-enacted by an act of March twelfth, nineteen
hundred and six, and as heretofore amended, be amended and _ re-
enacted so as hereafter to read as follows:

§848. Compensation of supervisors——Each member of the board of
supervisors shall be allowed and paid out of the county levy a compen-
sation for his services in attending the meetings of the board and in dis-
charging such other duties as may be imposed upon him by law at a rate
of four dollars per diem for the time he shall be actually so employed,
and five cents for each mile of travel in going to and returning from the
place of meeting of said board, but no per diem allowance shall be made
for any time occupied in travelling where mileage is allowed therefor;
provided that but one mileage shall be allowed for any one term of meet-
ing of such board. Provided further, that no supervisors shall draw
pay for more than eighteen days in counties of ten thousand population
and less, nor shall he draw pay for more than twenty-five days in
counties of more than ten thousand and less than thirty thousand
population, nor shall he draw pay for more than thirty days in counties
of thirty thousand population and not over forty thousand, and in
counties of over forty thousand population, he shall draw pay for not
more than forty days in any one year, and provided further, that the
provisions of this act shall not prevent supervisors in the counties
which have special road laws from receiving additional compensation
for services in connection with road work done under said special road
laws now existing or as hereafter amended, provided, such compensation
be allowed in such special road law, and provided further, that nothing
in this act shall allow a member of the board of supervisors to draw
pay on the same day for services as supervisor and as inspector or com-
missioner of roads; provided that the supervisors of Henrico county
may receive as much as two hundred dollars each per annum.