Chap. 180.—An ACT amending the eighteenth section of chapter one
hundred and twenty-eight of the Code of Virginia (edition of 1873),
in relation to sureties on fiduciary bonds.

Approved March 11, 1878.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the eigh-
teenth section of the one hundred and twenty-cighth chapter
of the Code of Virginia be amended and re-enacted 80 as to
read as follows:

§ 18. The court under the order of which any such fiduciary
derives his authority, on the application of any surety or
his personal representative, or' when it appears proper, on
such report of the clerk or a commissioner, or on evidence
adduced before it by any party interested, may at any time,
whether such fiduciary shall or shall not have before given
any bond, or whether he shall have given one with or with-
out suretics, order him to give before such court a new bond
in a reasonable time, to be prescribed by it, in such penalty,
and with or without sureties, as may appear to it to be pro-
per, and may, if such order be not complied with, or when-
ever from any cause it appears proper, revoke and annul his
powers; but no such order shall be made unless reasonable
notice appears to have been given to such fiduciary by the
commissioner who made the report, or by the surety desiring
to be released, or by the service of a rule or otherwise; and
no such order or revocation shall invalidate any previous act
of such fiduciary.

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