Chap. 455.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2698 of the Code of Virginia
as amended by an act approved March 27, 1922. [Ho 165}

Approved March 21, 1924.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
twenty-six hundred and ninety-eight of the Code of Virginia, as
amended by an act approved March twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred
and twenty-two, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 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 quali-
fies, within the limits hereinafter prescribed. The county treasurer
may 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, or he
may give such personal surety or security as may be deemed sufficient
by the court or judge before whom he qualifies, provided, however, that
upon information, or upon motion of any taxpayer after ten days’ no-
tice to such treasurer, the said court, or the judge of such court in vaca-
tion, may at any time require additional surety or sureties, or security,
for good cause shown. The penalty of said bonds shall be such as the
court or judge 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 guar-
anty 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 bond 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
bm poor shall not be less than one thousand nor more than four thousand
dollars.

The bond of the supervisor shall not be less than one thousand dollars
nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars. The bond of a con-
stable shall not be less than five hundred dollars. The bond of an over-
seer 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 Common-
wealth or any county in this State to pay the cost of said security when
given by such guaranty or security company.