CHAP. 209.—An ACT to require the county road board of Charlotte county,
Virginia. created by an act of the general assembly of Virginia, ap-
proved March 12, 1908, as amended by an act approved March 13,
1912, to render before the board of supervisors of Charlotte county a
full, complete and final account of all funds expended by the said
county road board arising from the sale of Charlotte county bonds
issued and sold under the provisicns of the said act, approved March
12, 1908, as amended by an act approved March 13, 1912 B. 982)

Approved March 16, 1916.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the county road board of Charlotte county, created by an act of
the general assembly of Virginia, approved the twelfth of March,
nineteen hundred and eight, as amended by an act approved the
thirteenth of March, nineteen hundred and twelve, shall render
before the board of supervisors of Charlotte county, whenever
required so to do by the said board of suvervisors, a full, com-
plete and final account of all funds expended by it arising from
the sale of the bonds of the said county issued and sold under
the act approved March twelfth, nineteen huvdred and eight,
as amended by the act approved March thirteenth, nineteen hun-
dred and twelve. The said board of suvervisors is hereby
authorized and empowered to employ such clerical assistance
as they may deem necessary, or to emnloy some comp2tent ac-
countant to settle the said accounts, the same, when made by
any clerical assistant or competent eccountant, shall be re-
turned to and submitted to the board of supervisors of Charlotte
county.

2. The said county road board in their said account shall
show how much of the said sum each of the magisterial districts
of Charlotte county was entitled to under the ninth section of
the act approved March twelfth, nineteen hundred and twelve;
how much of the said sum has been expended by it in each of
the mag’‘sterial districts, and what part of the said fund is still
due to each of the said districts, and how much is due by each
of the said magisterial districts. The said board is hereby
authorized to sell the equipment purchased by said board in
such manner as may be deemed proper, and the sums arising
from such sale shall be included in the final settlement, and ap-
portioned to such magisterial districts as are entitled to same
under section nine, act approved March twelfth, nineteen hun-
dred and twelve to be used by the board of supervisors, as pro-
vided for in said act.

8. Should the said county road board fail or refuse to ren-
der to the board of supervisors the said account mentioned here-
in, in that event the board of supervisors is hereby authorized
to apply to the circuit court of Charlotte, or to the judge tner--
of in vacation, for such an order as the court or the judge
thereof in vacation, may deem necessary and proper to compz2l
the said county road board to render the said account mentioned
herein, and to make final settlement of all of its affairs.

4. It being necessary for the said county road board to
render a full, complete and final account to the board of super-
visors at once of the funds expended by the said county road
board arising from the sale of the county bonds issued and «ld
under an act of the general assembly, approved March twelfth,
nineteen hundred and eight, as amended by an act approved
March thirteenth, nineteen hundred and twelve, an emergency
is declared to exist, therefore this act shall be in force from its
passage.