Chap. 213.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 848 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, as heretofore amended, in retation to the compensation a aa

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Approved March 14, 1918.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion eight hundred and forty-eight of the Code of Virginia, as
amended by an act approved March twenty-fourth, nineteen hun-
dred and fourteen, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:

Section 848. Compensation of supervisors.—Each member of the
board of supervisors shall be allowed, and paid out of the county
levy, a compensation for his services in attending the meetings of
the board and in discharging such other duties as may be imposed
upor him by law at a rate of four dollars per diem for the time he
shall be actually so employed, and five cents for each mile of travel
in going to and. returning from the place of meeting of said board,
but no per diem allowance shall be made for any time occupied in
traveling where mileage is allowed therefor; provided, that but one
mileage shall be allowed for any one term of meeting of such board;
provided, further, that no supervisor shall draw pay for more than
eighteen days in counties of ten thousand population and less, except
that supervisors in the county of Dickerson may dray pay for not
more than twenty-five days, nor shall he draw pay for more than
twenty-five davs in counties of more than ten thousand and less than
thirty thousand population, nor shall he draw pay for more than
thirty days in counties of thirty thousand population and not over
forty thousand, and counties of over forty thousand population he
shall draw pay for not more than forty days in any one year; pro-
vided, further, that the provisions of this act shall not prevent su-
pervisors in the counties which have special road laws from receiv-
ing additional compensation for services in connection with road
work done under said special road laws now existing, or as here-
after amended; provided such compensation be allowed in such spec-
ial road law; and provided, further, that nothing in this act shall
allow a member of the board of supervisors to draw pay on the same
day for services as supervisor and as inspector or commissioner of
roads or construction of bridges; provided, the supervisors of Hen-
rico county, with the consent of the circuit court of the said county,
may receive as much as three hundred dollars each per annum, and
the supervisors of Chesterfield county, with the consent of the circuit
court of said county, may receive as much as two hundred dollars
each per annum, and mileage as above provided; provided the super-
visors of the county of Rockingham, with the consent of the cir-
cuit court of the said county, may receive as much as one hunared
and seventy-five dollars each per annum and mileage as above pro-
vided and the supervisors of the county of Shenandoah, with the
consent of the circuit court of the said county, may receive as much
as one hundred and seventy-five dollars each per annum, and mileage
as above provided; provided further, that each member of the board
of supervisors of Stafford, King George, Isle of Wight, Nansemond,
Prince Edward, Prince William, Northampton, James City, New
Kent, Hanover, Gloucester, Culpeper, Scott, and Russell counties
may be paid as compensation for his services in the supervision of
the opening and repair of the public roads or construction of bridges
of said counties not exceeding three dollars per diem for the time he
shall be necessarily so employed; provided that no supervisor shall
receive for such services compensation to exceed one hundred dollars
per annum in addition to the amount allowed by law for other ser-
vices. .

Provided, that any supervisor of Orange county may act as road
commissioner for his district and shall be paid for his services not
exceeding one dollar and fifty cents per day, but the entire com-
pensation shall not exceed three hundred dollars per annum and this
shall apply only to districts having a road fund which does not ex-
ceed two thousand dollars.

2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are here-
by repealed.