Chap. 268.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 815 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, as amended by an act approved December 10, 1903, entitled an act
to amend and re-enact sections 812, 813, 814, 815, 817, 818, 819, &20, 821,
822 and S24 of the Code of Virginia, so far as the same relates to the
bond of the treasurer of the city of Norfolk.

Approved March 16, 1910.

8815. Bonds required of city treasurers.—Every city treasurer, at the
time he qualifies, shall, in addition to any bond required of him by his
city under its charter and ordinances, give a bond, with sufficient surety,
in a penalty not greater than the amount of the State revenue to be
received annually by him, nor less than seventy-five per centum thereof,
payable to the Commonwealth, and with condition for the faithful dis-
charge of his official duties in relation to the State revenue, and of such
other official duties as are imposed upon him by law otherwise than by
the charter and ordinances of his city: provided, that the penalty of the
bond of the treasurer of the city of Richmond shall be two hundred
thousand dollars, the penalty of the bond of the treasurer of the city of
Norfolk shall be eighty thousand dollars, the penalty of the bond of the
treasurer of the city of Petersburg shall be seventy-five thousand dollars,
and the penalty of the bond of the treasurer of the city of Lynchburg
shall be forty thousand dollars, as provided by acts of assembly, eighteen
hundred and eighty-seven and eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, chapter
four hundred and one, and subject to the provisions therein contained :
and, provided, that every such treasurer shall give as surety on his bond
some guaranty or security company doing business in this State, and
deemed sufficient by the court or judge before whom he qualifies, the
form of said bond to be prescribed by the attorney general, and such
blank forms shall be furnished by the auditor of public accounts to the
clerks of the several courts; but nothing herein contained shall be con-
strued as requiring or authorizing the Commonwealth to pay the cost of
said security: provided further, that no guaranty company doing busi-
ness in this State shall charge a greater rate of premium on the bonds
given under this section than they do on bonds of like character of eiu-
ployees and officials generally: and, provided further, that if no guar-
anty company doing business in this State shall agree to furnish such
bond for such rate of premium, then such official shall give such security
as may be approved by the corporation or hustings of his city in the pen-
alty of not less than double the amount to be annually received by him.