Chap. 621.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 814 of the code, as amended
by acts of assembly 1893-’94, in relation to bonds of officers.

Approved March 3, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion eight hundred and fourteen of the code of Virginia, as amended
by the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-three and ninety-four,
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 814. Bonds of officers.—Every county treasurer, the sheriff of a
county, clerk of a county or corporation court who is also ex-officio
the clerk of the circuit court of the county or corporation, every
separate clerk of a county, corporation, or circuit court, the clerk of
the hustings court of the city of Richmond, the clerk of the chancery
court of the said city, and every commissioner of the revenue, super-
intendent of the poor, county surveyor or supervisor, constable, or
overseer of the poor, shall, at the time he qualifies, give such bond
as is prescribed by section one hundred and seventy-seven. The
penalty of the bond of each officer to be determined within the
limits herein prescribed by the court or judge before whom he
qualifies shall be as follows: Of the bond of the county treasurer,
not less than double the amount to be received annually by him, but
provided that if said county treasurer shall elect to give as surety
on his bond some guaranty or security company doing business in
the state of Virginia and deemed sufficient by the court before whom
he qualifies, the form of said bond to be prescribed by the auditor of
public accounts, the said bond shall not exceed the amount to be
received annually by him: provided that nothing inthis act shall be
construed as requiring the commonwealth or any county in the state
to pay the cost of said security when given by such guaranty or
security company ; of the bond of a sheriff of a county, not less than
ten nor more than sixty thousand dollars; of the bond of the clerk
of a county or a corporation court who is also ex-officio clerk of the
circuit court of the county or corporation, not less than three thou-
sand nor more than ten thousand dollars, and the bond of such clerk
of the county or corporation court shall bind him and his sureties
not only for the faithful discharge of his duties as the clark of said
court, but also for the faithful discharge of his duties as the clerk of
the said circuit court in like manner and with the same effect as if
it was so expressed in the condition of his said bond; of the bond
of the separate clerk of a county, corporation, or circuit court; of
the clerk of the hustings court of the city of Richmond, and of the
clerk of the chancery court of the said city, each not less than three
thousand nor more than ten thousand dollars; of the bond of the
commissioner of the revenue, three thousand dollars ; of the bond of
the superintendent of the poor, not less than four thousand dollars ;
of the bond of a county surveyor, not less than two thousand dol-
lars; of the bond of a supervisor, not less than one thousand nor
more than two thousand five hundred dollars, except as to the county
of Northampton, where the penalty of the bond of a supervisor may,
in the discretion of the judge of the county court, be fixed in a sum
not exceeding five thousand dollars; of the bond of a constable, not
less than two thousand dollars; of the bond of an overseer of the
poor, double the amount that will actually pass through his hands as
such overseer, not less, in any case, than five hundred dollars.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.