Chap. 697.—An AOT to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly
of Virginia, approved January 30, 1896, entitled an act requiring the auditor
of public accounts to make a statement annually showing an accounting
of the county and city treasurers with the state who are in arrears, and pre-
scribing the manner in which the same shall be made public.

Approved March 8, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved January thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and ninety-six, entitled an act requiring the audi-
tor of public accounts to make a statement annually, showing an ac-
counting of the county and city treasurers with the state who are in
arrears, and prescribing the manner in which the same shall be made
public, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Whereas during every session of the general assembly it 1s devel-
oped that some of the county or city treasurers are in arrears to
the state on account of collection of taxes, thereby depriving the
commonwealth of its just dues which should be promptly turned into
her coffers; and

Whereas it is right and proper that the sureties of all such treasu-
rers, a8 well as tax-payers of the state, should be apprised of the
true facts in connection therewith; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
auditor of public accounts be, and he is hereby, required to have
made from the books in his office annually, at the end of the fiscal
year, commencing with the thirtieth day of September, eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-six, a statement, showing the condition of the ac-
counts of every county or city treasurer of the commonwealth, who
is in arrears to the state in his collections therefor, giving the year
of such delinquency; and it shall be the duty of the said auditor to
transmit, within thirty days thereafter, a copy of such statement to
the clerk of each county or city wherein such treasurer resides or
holds his office, respectively, and it shall be the duty of every such
clerk to make a copy of the same without delay and post upon the
front door of his court-house, and place the original on file in his
office, where it may be conveniently examined by any tax-payer so
desiring, and he shall allow any newspaper desiring to publish the
same to make a copy of it.