Chap. 375.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 814 of the code of Virginia,

as to bonds of officers, touching the bond of a supervisor in Northampton
county.

Approved February 23, 1804.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
eight hundred and fourteen of the code of eighteen hundred and
eighty-seven, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 814. Bonds of officers—Every county treasurer, sheriff of a
county, clerk of county or corporation court, who is also ex officio
the clerk of the circuit court of the county or corporation, every
separate clerk of a county, corporation or circuit court, the clerk of
the hustings court of the city of Richmond, the clerk of the
chancery court of the said city, and every commissioner of the reve-
nue, superintendent of the poor, county surveyor, supervisor, con-
stable and overseer of the poor, shall, at the time he qualifies, give
such bond as is prescribed by section one hundred and seventy-
seven. The penalty of the bond of each officer to be determined
within the limits herein prescribed by the court or judge be-
fore whom he qualifies shall be as follows: Of the bond of the
county treasurer, not less than double the amount to be received
annually by him; of the bond of asheriff of a county, not less than
ten thousand nor more than sixty thousand dollars; of the bond of
a clerk of acounty or a corporation court, who is also ex officio clerk of
the circuit court of the county or corporation, not less than three
thousand nor more than ten thousand dollars, and the bond of such
clerk of the county or corporation court shall bind him and his sure-
ties, not only for the faithful discharge of his duties as the clerk of
said court, but also for the faithful discharge of his duties as the
clerk of the said circuit court in like manner and with the same
effect as if it was so expressed in the condition of his said bond;
of the bond of the separate clerk of a county, corporation or circuit
court, of the clerk of the hustings court of the city of Richmond,
and of the clerk of the chancery court of the said city, each not less
than three thousand nor more than ten thousand dollars; of the
bond of a commissioner of the revenue, three thousand dollars;
of the bond of the superintendent of the poor, not less than four
thousand dollars; of the bond of a county surveyor, not Jess than
two thousand dollars; of the bond of a supervisor, not less than one
thousand nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars; except
as to the county of Northampton, where the penalty of the bond of
& supervisor may, in the discretion of the judge of the county court,
be fixed in a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars; of the bond
of a constable, not less than two thousand dollars; of the bond of
an overseer of the poor, double the amount that will annually pass
through his hand as such overseer, not less, in any case, than five
hundred dollars.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.