Chap. 397.—An ACT concerning the offices of the second auditor and
treasurer of the commonwealth.

Approved May 23, 1887.

Whereas the special joint committee, appointed under the
joint resolution approved February eighth, eighteen hundred
and eighty-six, in their report to the general assembly, makes
certain recommendations concerning the offices of auditor
r

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the sheets, submitted with the report of said committee,
showing the classes and amounts of bonds and securities sur-
rendered in funding, under the act of February fourteenth,
eighteen hundred and eighty-two, together with such addi-
tional blank sheets as may be necessary to complete the
statement to May first, eighteen hundred and eighvy-seven,
be bound and made part of the public record in the office of
the treasurer of the commonwealth, who shall with his
present clerical force, cause the statement in said book to be
continued to May first, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.

2. It shall be the duty of the treasurer to provide a book
similar to the book now in use in the second auditor’s office,
showing the different classes of securities surrendered under the
act of February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.
He shall cause to be entered upon said book on the first day
of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, the total shown
on the book in the office of the second auditor, of the securi-
ties surrendered to that period, and shall cause to be entered
thereafter the amounts surrendered under each funding
transaction before any bonds shall be delivered from his
office. It shall also be the duty of the treasurer to verify all
statements or transactions passing through his office, and to
compare daily the amounts shown as the total surrender in
his office, with the totals shown in the office of the second
auditor.

3. It shall be the duty of the second auditor and treasurer
of the commonwealth, to cause to be kept in books made for
that purpose, a daily record of every bond issued, cancelled,
or exchanged, which have been or may be hereafter entered
on the bond registers in their respective offices, and to make
a monthly summary of the bonds issued, cancolled, or ex-
changed, keeping each class separate: provided however, that
in making the daily record or monthly summary, all consecu-
tive numbers may be entered as of a single entry, provided
the first and last numbers are stated, both inclusive, with the
total amounts respectively. It shall also be the duty of the
second auditor and treasurer, to cause to be made a monthly
comparison of the bond registers in their respective offices,
and to observe that all changes in the registers are recorded
in the books showing the summaries.

4, This act shall be in foree trom its passage.