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Volume 1968 Law 99
Volume | 1883/1884 |
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Law Number | 533 |
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Chap. 533.—An ACT to provide for the keeping of certain accounts in
the office of the treasurer of the state, in order to secure the prompt
payment of moneys into the treasury, and to protect the sureties of
certuin collecting officers.
Approved March 19, 1884.
1. Beit enacted by the general assombly of Virginia, That,
in addition to the accounts now required by law to be kept
by the treasurer of the state, he shall keep an account with
the auditor of public accounts, in order to show, at the end of
each fiscal year, the balance due the treasury of the state
from the collecting officers of each county and corporation of
the commonwealth, on account of all taxes due from such offi-
cers.
2. The clerk of every court charged with the duty of ex-
amining the land and property books, shall, at the same time
that he is required to certify copies of said books to the audi-
tor of public accounts, and upon the receipt by him from the
commissioner of the revenue of the classified list of licenses,
furnish the treasurer of the state a certified abstract from
such books, showing the aggregate amount of all taxes as-
sessed in said county or corporation, and an abstract show-
ing the aggregate amount assessed on licenses in his county
or corporation, and it shall be the duty of the clerk of ever
court, and every notary public, making report of taxes col-
lected by them, to furnish the treasurer of the state a certifi-
cate showing the aggregate amount of taxes collected by
them ; and the treasurer, upon receiving such abstracts and
certificates, shall charge the auditor of public accounts with
the amount of such taxes, and upon the receipt into the
treasury of any part of such taxes, in the mode now pre-
scribed by law, the treasurer shall credit the auditor with
such payments on account of such taxes. And every court,
whose duty it is to examine and certify delinquents, or order
the correction of any erroncous assessment, shall, at the time
of making any order in such cases, certify, by its clerk, the
amount of such delinquent list allowed, and also the amount
of any correction ordered to be made on account of any
erroneous assessment, where the money has not been paid in-
to the treasury, to the treasurer, who shall also credit the
auditor of public accounts with such amounts.
3. It shall be the duty of the treasurer, at the end of each
fiscal year, to ascertain the balance due from the auditor of
public accounts, on account of taxes assessed on all subjects
and licenses in each county and corporation of the common-
wealth; and the annual report of the treasurer, required to be
made by section forty of chapter forty-three, of the Code of
eighteen hundred and seventy-three, shall show the amount
due on account of each county or corporation separately, as
wellas the aggregate due in all the counties and corporations
of this commonwealth.
4. The auditor of public accounts shall have prepared, and
shall furnish to the officers of this state required by this act
to certify abstracts to the treasurer of the state, blank forms,
better to enable such officer to make the returns required by
this act.
5. Any officer failing to perform any duty required of him
by this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty dol-
lars nor more than one hundred dollars.
6. This act shall be in force from its passage.