Chap. 807.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 832 of the code of Virginia
in regard to board of supervisors sitting with open doors; sheriff to attend
&e.

Approved March 8, 1894.

Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
eight hundred and thirty-two of the code of Virginia, eighteen hun-
dred and eighty-seven, be amended and re-enacted so as to read ag
follows:

They shall sit with open doors, and all persons conducting
themselves in an orderly manner may attend their meetings.

They may require the sheriff of the county in person, or, at his
option, one of his deputies, to attend their meetings and preserve
order, or discharge such other duties as may be necessary to the pro-
per dispatch of the business before them; and such officer for his
services shall be entitled to compensation, to be ascertained by the
board and paid out of the county levy, not exceeding two dollars per
day or ten dollars per annum.

All questions submitted to the board for decision, under the pro-
ceedings of this chapter, or any law of the state, shall be determined
by a vote of a majority of the supervisors present, but in any case
in which there shall be a tie vote of the board upon any question, it
shall be the duty of the clerk of the board to certify that fact to the
judge of the county court, who shall thereupon attend the meeting
of the board, and the vote of the board shall be again taken upon
such question, and if again there be a tie, it shall be the duty of the
judge to give the casting vote and thereby decide the question; but
should the judge of the county court be interested in the decision of
the question, or for any cause deem it improper for him to act, then
it shall be the duty of the clerk of the board to certify these facts
to the circuit judge of the county, who shall thereupon attend the
meeting of the board, and the vote of the board shall be again taken
upon such question, and if there again be a tie, it shall be the duty
of the judge of the circuit court to give the casting vote, and thereby
decide the question, |_
Whereupon the proper order in execution of such decision shall
be entered by the clerk.

Every decision and order so made shall be binding and valid as if
same were determined and entered upon the vote of all, or a major-
ity of such board.

This act shall be in force from the date of its passage.