Chap. 14.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2777. of the Code of Virginia,
in relation to bonds of treasurers of counties and cities. [H B 3]

Approved February 8, 1926.

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
twenty-seven hundred and seventy-seven of the Code of Virginia, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 2777. Examination of treasurer’s bond; when court to re-
quire new bond.—Each circuit and corporation court shall enter an
order at some spring and fall term in each year, requiring the com-
missioner of accounts of such court, or if it be improper for such com-
missioner to act, or if there be no commissioner of accounts of such
court, then the commissioner of accounts of some other court to be
designated in said order, to examine the official bonds of the treas-
urer of such county or city, except where the surety upon the said
bond is such a surety company as is provided for in section two hun-
dred and eighty-two of the Code of Virginia, and report to the said
circuit or corporation court at its next term thereafter, whether the
said bond is sufficient in all respects, and at the same time certify a
copy of such report to the auditor of public accounts. If the bond be
reported insufficient, the court shall make an order requiring the
treasurer, within thirty days after he shall have been served with a
copy of the order as a notice is required by law to be served, to execute
a new bond, which bond may be given before said court, or the judge
thereof in vacation. .If the bond- required be not given within the
time prescribed, the office shall be deemed vacant. The commis-
sioner’s fees shall be paid out of the county or city funds.