Chap. 290.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 812 of the code of Virginia,
1887, in regard to the superintendent of the poor of Lee county.

Approved February 11, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion eight hundred and twelve of the code of Virginia, eighteen
hundred and eighty-seven, in regard to the superintendent of the
poor of Lee county, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
tollows:

§ 812. When and how officers qualify.—Every county and district
officer elected by the people, every city officer mentioned in section
eighty-eight, and every county surveyor and superintendent of the
poor appointed for a term shall, on or before the first day of July,
next succeeding his election or appointment (provided that the super-
intendent of the poor of Lee county shall enter upon the duties of his office
on the first day of January succeeding his appointment, and shall hold hts
office for the term of four years, as now provided for by law), qualify by
taking the oath prescribed by section one hundred and sixty-eight,
and the oath prescribed by section one hundred and sixty-nine or
section one hundred and seventy, as may be proper, and give the
bond, if any, required by law, before the county or corporation or
hustings court of the county or corporation for which he is elected
or appointed, or for the district for which he is elected, or before the
judge of the circuit, county, corporation, or hustings court of said
county or corporation in vacation. When the officer qualifies and
gives the bond before a judge in vacation, the judge shall certify the
fact, and the bond and certificate shall be returned to the clerk of
the said county or corporation or hustings court, and the certificate
shall be entered by him in the order book of the said court on the
law side side thereof, and such bond, and also any bond given be-
fore the court, shall be recorded by the clerk; provided the clerk of
the chancery court of the city of Richmond may qualify and give
bond before the said court, or if he qualify and give bond before
a judge in vacation, as hereinbefore provided, his bond and certifi-
cate of qualification shall be returned to and recorded in the said court.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.