Chap. 280.—An act to amend and re-enact section 814 of the code of Virginia
as ame nded bet an act approved March 4, 1506, prescribing the penalties of
bonds of county officers.

Approved February 9, 1898.

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
eight hundred and fourteen of the code of Virginia, as amended and
re-enacted by an act approved the fourth day of March, eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-six, to amend and re-enact section eicht hundred and
fourteen of the code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved
February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, prescribing
the penalties of bonds of county officers, be amended and re-enacted so
as to read as follows :

S814. B “very county treasurer, the sheriff of a
eons, clerk of a county” or corporation court, who is also ex-ofticio
the clerk of the circuit court of the county or corporation: every sepa-
rate clerk of a county, corporation or circuit court, the clerk of the
hustines court of the city of Richmond, the clerk of the chancery court
of the said citv, and every commissioner of the revenue, superintendent
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 oflicer to be determined within the limits herein prescribed by the
court or Judge before whom he qualifies, shall be as follows: of the
hond of the county treasurer, not less than double the amount to be
received annually by him; the penalty of the bond of a sheriff of a
county, not less than ten nor more than sixty thousand dollars; 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 suflicient by the court before whom he quali-
fies, the form of ‘said bond to be prescribed by the attorney-general, and
such blank forms shall be furnished by the auditor to the clerks of the
several courts, and the penalty of said bond shall be such as the court
or judge may require, but not less than the amount to be received annu-
ally by him, and that if said sheriff of a county shall clect to give as
surety on his bond such guaranty or security company, the penalty of
such bond shall not be less than five thousand nor more than thirty

thousand dollars ; of the bond of the clerk of a county or corpuration
court, who is also ex-ollicio clerk of the circuit court of the county or
corporation, not less than three thousand nor more than ten thousand
dollars, and the bond of such clerk of the county or corporation court
shall bind him and his sureties nut only for the faithful discharge of his
duties as the clerk 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 conditions 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 Rich-
mond, 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 thou-
sand dollars; of the bond of a county surveyor, not less than two
thousand dollars; 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 asum not exceeding five thousand dollars ; of the bond of a
constable, not less than two thousand dollars; of the bond of an_ over-
seer 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:
provided, that nothing in this 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 : and provided, that
nothing contained in this act shall apply to the penalty of the bond of
the treasurer of Rockbridge county, as fixed by an act approved Febru-
ary twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.