Chap. 71.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6 of chapter 12 of
the Code of 1873, with regard to Official Bonds.

Approved February 2, 1875.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That tho sixth
section of chapter twelve of the Code of cightcen hundred
and seventy-three, be amended and re-enacted so as to read
as follows: °

§ 6. Every bond required by law to be taken or approved
by, or given before any court, board, or officer, unless other-
wise provided for, shall be made payable to the common-
wealth of Virginia, with surety deemed sufficient by such
court, board or officer. Every such bond required of any
person appointed to or undertaking any office, post or trust,
and every bond required to be taken of such person by an
order or decree of court, unless otherwise provided for, shall
be with condition for the faithful discharge by him of the
duties of his office or trust; and when required to be taken
or approved by, or before the governor, or a court, or the
clerk of a court, shall be proved or acknowledged before the
governor, or court, or clerk, as the case may be, and recorded
by the secretary of the commonwealth in the first case, or
by the clerk of the court in the other cases. And where
the said bond is taken under any order or decree in a pending
cause, a certified copy thereof shel be filed in the said cause
by tbe said clerk, and charged amongst the costs of the
cause. All bonds taken in pursuance of any of the require-
ments and provisions of law aforesaid, or of any order of
court, shall contain a waiver of the homestead exemption as
to the obligation of such bond on the part of the obligors
executing the same.