CHAPTER 436

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-290 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to departments of public welfare in certain counties.
[S 384]

Approved April 1, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

Ae That § 15-290 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 15-290. The superintendent of public welfare, who shall be head
of the department of public welfare, shall be chosen from a list of eligibles
furnished by the State Commissioner of Public Welfare. He shall have
charge of poor relief, charitable and correctional institutions and may, at
the discretion of the board of supervisors, have charge of parks and
playgrounds, and shall exercise all the powers conferred and perform
all the duties imposed by general law upon the county board of public
welfare, not inconsistent herewith. He shall also perform such other
duties as may be imposed upon him by the board of county supervisors.

The board of county supervisors may select two qualified citizens of
the county, who shall serve without pay, and who, together with the head
of the department, shall constitute the county board of public welfare.
Such board shall advise and cooperate with the department of public
welfare and shall have power to adopt necessary rules and regulations
not in conflict with law concerning such department. The board may at
any time be abolished by the board of county supervisors.