Chap. 452.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2698 of the Code of Vir-
ginia. | [H B 412]
Approved March 27, 1922.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion twenty-six hundred and ninety-eight of the Code of Virginia be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 2698. Bonds of officers——Every county treasurer, sheriff of
a county, sergeant of a city, county clerk, clerk of a city court, clerk
of a circuit court, commissioner of the revenue, superintendent of the
poor, county surveyor, supervisor, constable, and overseer of the poor
shall, at the time he qualifies, give such bond as is required by section
two hundred and seventy-nine. The penalty of the bond of each
officer shall be determined by the court, judge, or clerk before whom
he qualifies, within the limits hereinafter prescribed. The county
treasurer shall give as surety on his bond some guaranty or security
company doing business in the State of Virginia and deemed sufficient
by the court, judge or clerk before whom he qualifies, and he may
execute such bond on a form prescribed by the attorney general and
to be furnished by the auditor of public accounts to the clerks of the
several courts. The penalty of said bond shall be such as the court or
judge or clerk may require, but not less than fifty per centum of the
amount to be received annually by him. The penalty of the bond of
a sheriff of a county, or sergeant of a city, when he gives personal
security, shall be not less than ten nor more than sixty thousand
dollars, but if said sheriff or sergeant shall elect to give as surety
on his bond a guaranty or surety company, the penalty of such bond
shall not be less than five thousand nor more than thirty thousand
dollars. The bond of the county clerk or clerk of a city or circuit
court shall not be less than three thousand dollars, and the bond of
such clerk shall bind him and his sureties, not only for the faithful
discharge of his duties as clerk of said court, but also for the faithful
discharge of such other duties as may be imposed upon him by law
in like manner and with the same effect as if it were so expressed in
the conditions of his said bond. The bond of the commissioner of
the revenue shall not be less than one thousand nor more than three
thousand dollars. The bond of the superintendent of the poor shall
not be less than one thousand nor more than four thousand dollars.

The bond of supervisor shall not be less than one thousand dollars
nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars. The bond of a
constable shall not be less than five hundred dollars. The bond of an
overseer of the poor shall not be less than double the amount that
will actually pass through his hands as such overseer.

Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the Com-
monwealth or any county in this State to pay the cost of said security
when given by such guaranty or security company,