CHAPTER 16

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-258 of the Code of Virginia relating to
audit and allowance of claims against counties so as to provide al-
ternative methods.

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Approved February 8, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 15-253 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 15-253. Audit and allowance of claims against counties.—The
board of supervisors shall receive and audit all claims against the county,
except those required to be received and audited by the county school
board, and shall, by resolution or recorded vote, approve and order war-
rants issued in ‘settlement of those claims that are found to be valid;
provided that in counties governed under Chap 11 of this title the
county manager or county executive may sign and issue warrants under
such conditions as the county board may prescribe. Every warrant issued
pursuant to the provisions of this section shall bear the date on which
the board of supervisors orders it to be issued and shall be made payable
on demand, signed by the clerk of the board of supervisors or his deputy,
countersigned by the chairman or acting chairman of the board of super-
visors, and recorded in, the form and manner prescribed by the Auditor
of Public Accounts; and the warrant may be converted to a negotiable
check by the treasurer, or appropriately designated deputy treasurer,
by affixing his signature thereto in conformity with the provisions of
§ 58-951 and by designating thereon the bank by which it is to be paid.

The Board may, in its discretion, destroy the papers constituting
any or all claims allowed and paid, at any time after five years from
the date of payment thereof.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.