CHAPTER 183

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-258 as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to audit and allowance of claims against counties.
[H 417]

Approved March 6, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 15-253 as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:
§ 15-253. 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 warrants issued in settlement of those claims that are found
to be valid; provided that in counties governed under Chapter 11 of this
title the county manager or county executive may sign and issue warrants
under such conditions as the county board may prescribe and in counties
governed under Chapter 12, Article 8 of this Title, the county manager
may sign and issue orders or warrants under such conditions as the
county board may prescribe. Every warrant issued pursuant to the pro-
visions of this section shall bear the date on which the board of super-
visors 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 supervisors, 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.

Notwithstanding the preceding requirement the governing body of
the county may provide, by resolution, for the drawing of special war-
rants on the county treasurer, payable out of county funds, in payment
of compensation, when such compensation has been earned or is due for
(1) all employees and officers under written contract, and (2) upon
receipt of certified time sheets or other evidence of service performed,
the payment of all other employees whose rates of pay have been estab-
lished by such governing body or its properly designated agent, and (3)
for payment on contracts for construction projects according to the terms
of such contracts. All such special warrants so authorized shall be signed
by the clerk of such governing body and countersigned by the chairman
of such governing body. Any special warrant may be converted into a
negotiable check in the manner herein provided. All such payrolls and
contracts so paid shall be reviewed and approved by the governing body
at its next regular meeting.

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.