Chap. 190.—An ACT to prescribe the penalty of the bond of the treasurer of

Norfolk to secure the State revenue, and to require weekly settlements

of such treasurer. [H B 313]
Approved March 14, 1918.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
treasurer of the city of Norfolk, instead of the bond now required
by law, shall on or after January first, nineteen hundred and eigh-
teen, on qualifying before the judge of the corporation court of said
city (or whenever it shall be necessary for him to give a new bond)
execute a bond, with sufficient surety, payable to the Commonwealth,
and conditioned for the faithful discharge of his official duties as
are imposed upon him by law otherwise than by the charter and
ordinance of his city, in the penalty of eighty thousand dollars;
and he shall, on Monday, of each week, make up and render to the
auditor of public accounts a sworn statement of all moneys col-
lected by him on account of the State revenue, and at the same time
pay into the State treasury, or deposit in some bank designated by

aw as a State depository, ‘to the credit of the State of Virginia, the
amount shown to be due by such statement. When any deposit is
made in a State depository under this act the said city treasurer
shall forthwith send to the State treasurer the receipt of said de-
pository for the amount so deposited, and a duplicate thereof to the
auditor of public accounts. For his failure to make such weekly
statement and remittance, at any time, upon being notified of that
fact by the auditor of public accounts, the judge of the corporation
court of said city shall, upon notice, remove the said treasurer from
office, and the said treasurer shal] forfeit his commission on the
amount collected and not accounted for as hereinbefore provided.

2. Owing to the fact that it is necessary for the treasurer of the
city of Norfolk to give bond, an emergency is declared to exist under
section fifty-three of the Constitution, and this act shall go into effect
from its passage.