Chap. 1140.—An ACT to authorize and empower the county and corporation
courts of the commonwealth, to suspend any treasurer of any county or
city, whenever it shall appear from the report of the auditor of public
accounts, the board of supervisors, or otherwise, the said treasurer, clerk,
or other officer has failed to make settlement or pay over the amount found
by such auditor, board of supervisors, &c., to be due from such treasurer,
clerk, or other officer, as the law directs; and to authorize and empower
said court, or the judge thereof in vacation, to appoint some person to
discharge the duties of such treasurer, clerk, or other officer, until settle-
ment and payment aforesaid is made.

Approved March 7, 1900.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
auditor of public accounts shall, annually, on the fifteenth day of August,
report to the judge and commonwealth’s attorney of each county and
citv of the state whether the treasurers of said counties and cities have
settled for and paid in full the funds due by them to the commonwealth,
and if not paid, then said auditor shall report the amounts, respectively,
due and owing by said treasurers.

2. The auditor of public accounts shall likewise report to said judge
and commonwealth’s attorneys any clerk or other officer who has failed
for thirty days to report and pay over, as required by law, any money
due by them, respectively, to the commonwealth.

3. If it shall appear that any treasurer, as aforesaid, has failed or
refused to settle for or pay over, as required by law, any funds due or
owing bv him to the commonwealth, then the said court shall suspend
such treasurer until he shall make settlement and payment in full of the
funds due by him as such treasurer to the commonwealth, and said court,
or the judge thereof in vacation, may, if deemed necessary, appoint some
suitable person to discharge the dutics of such treasurer until settlement
aud payment as aforesaid. The person so appointed shall give bond and
qualify as treasurers are now required by law to do; but before the said
court shall suspend such officer the said court or judge thereof in vaca-
tion shall issue a rule against said officer, returnable after not less than
ten days’ notice to the first day of the next term of said court, to show
case, if any he can, why the court should not suspend him as aforesaid.

if it appear that any clerk or other officer of any court of any
county or city, charged with the collection of public moneys, has failed
for thirty days to report and pay over, as required by law, to the auditor
or any proper person authorized by law to receive the same, any funds
collected by such clerk or other officer, then said court shall in like man-
ner and after service of rule, as prescribed by section three of this act,
suspend said clerk or other officer until such settlement and payment
have been made by such clerk or other oflicer; and if said court, or the
judge thereof in vacation, deem it necessary, it shall appoint some com-
petent person in like manner to discharge the duties of such clerk or
other officer until settlement and payment as aforesaid.

5. The treasurers of the several counties of this state shall settle with
the board of supervisors and school boards by the first day of October of
each year, and shall, on said first of October, exhibit to said judge and
commonwealth’s attorney the cash to balance their accounts, if any is
due, with the county levy and the county school fund. If any treasurer
fail to produce said cash to balance his said account, then said Court shall,
after service of rule, as prescribed by section three of this act, suspend
said treasurer and appoint some competent person to discharge his duties,
as provided in section three of this act.

6. This act shall be in force from its passage.