Chap. 537.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2698 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to bonds of officers. {H B 267]

Approved March 25, 1926,

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
twenty-six hundred and ninety-eight of the Code of Virginia, as here-
tofore amended, 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 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 judgeor 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 bonds 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
thous: nd ncr more than four thousand dollars.

The bend of supervisors 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.