Chap. 280.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section thirteen, chapter
forty-seven of the Code of 1873, in relation to the duties and powers
of county supervisors.

Approved March 14, 1878.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section thirteen, chapter forty-seven of the Code of eighteen
hundred and seventy-three, in relation to the duties and
powers of county supervisors, be amended and re-enacted so
as to read as follows: . |

§ 13. That the clerk of the board, upon any appeal being
taken, shall immediately give notice to the atturney of the
commonwealth, and shall make out a brief return of the
proceedings in the case before the board, with their decision
thereon, and shall file the same, together with the bond and
all the papers in the case in his possession, with the clerk of
such court; and such appeal shall be entered, tried, and
determined, the same as appeals of right from an order of a
county court in a controversy concerning a will, and costs
shall be awarded thereupon in like manner: provided that
the amount of said claim shall not be below ten dollars: and
provided further, that if the claim be not of greater value
than twenty dollars (exclusive of interest), then the decision
of the county court shall be final.

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

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