Chap. 309.—An ACT to provide for the appointment of an auditing commit-
tee and -to appropriate money to pay the expenses of same.

Approved March 17, 1906.

Whereas section sixty-eight of the Constitution of Virginia makes it
mandatory that the general assembly shall, at each regular session, ap-
point a standing committee consisting of two members of the senate
and three members of the house of delegates, which shall be known as the
auditing committee; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That at each
regular session of the general assembly the president of the senate shall
appoint two members of the senate and the speaker of the house of dele-
gates shall appoint three members of the house of delegates, who,
together, shall constitute an auditing committee, whose duty it
shall be to examine annually, or oftener, in its discretion, the books
and accounts of the first auditor, the State treasurer, the secretary of the
Commonwealth, and other executive officers at the seat of government,
whose duties pertain to auditing or accounting for the State revenue, and
to report the result of its investigations to the governor, and to cause the
same to be published in two newspapers of general circulation in the State.

The committee may sit during the recess of the general assembly, and
may adjourn from time to time until its work is completed. Each mem-
ber of the committee shall receive the same pay per day that a member of
the general assembly receives, except that he shall be paid only for the
actual number of days on which he is employed in attending the commit-
tee meetings, or is doing work authorized by the committee.

Members shall be allowed their actual necessary expenses in attending
meetings of the committee. The committee shall have power to employ
one or more expert accountants to assist in its investigations.

The sum of two thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be neces-
sary, is hereby appropriated out of the funds of the State not otherwise
appropriated to pay the expenses of the aforesaid auditing committee.

An emergency existing, in that this committee shall be appointed dur-
ing the present session of the general assembly, therefore this act shall
take effect from its passage.