Chap. 820.—An ACT to provide that the district boards of school trustees in the
county of Franklin shall not contract to expend in any one vear an amount In
excess Of the approximate amount certified to them by the county superin-
tendent.

Approved March 3, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it shall be
unlawful for the board of district school trustees in the county of Frank-
lin to make contracts involving for any one year the expenditure in that
district of any greater amount of funds than the amount shown by the
superintendent in the approximate statement which he is required by
law to furnish the said board.

2, Any trustee concerned in making a contract providing for the ex-
penditure of a larger amount than that permitted by this act shall, on
proof thereof, be removed by the county superintendent of his county
from the position of school trustee, and in addition shall be personally
liable to the person or persons with whom the contract of expenditure is
made as to that portion of the money contracted to be paid which is in
excess of the prescribed amount aforesaid.

3. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby, to that
extent, repealed.

4, This act shall be in force from its passage.