CHAP. 141.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2769 of the Code of
Virginia, as amended by acts approved March 20, 1920, and March 10,
1922.

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Approved March 29, 1923.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section twenty-seven hundred and sixty-nine of the Code of Vir-
ginia, as amended by acts approved March twentieth, nineteen
hundred and twenty and March tenth, nineteen hundred and
twenty-two, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 2769. 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 upon him by law at a rate of not exceeding six
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 allow-
ance shall be made for any time occupied in traveling where
mileage is allowed therefor, and only one mileage shall be al-
lowed for any one term of meeting of such board; provided, that
on and after January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-four,
the rate of compensation for such services of members of the
board of supervisors of the county of Floyd shall not be more
than four dollars per day and mileage, instead of six dollars per
day and mileage, as aforesaid. No supervisors shall draw pay
for more than eighteen days in counties of ten thousand popula-
tion and less, except that supervisors in the county of Dickenson
may draw pay for not more than twenty-five days; nor shall he
draw pay for more than twenty-five days 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; provided, that the pro-
visions of this.section shall not prevent supervisors in the coun-
ties which have special road laws from receiving additional com-
pensation for services in connection with road work done under
said special road laws now existing, or as hereafter amended, if
such compensation be allowed in such special road law. But
nothing in this act shall allow a member .of the board of super-
visors to draw pay on the same day for services as supervisors
and as inspector or commissioner of roads or construction of
bridges. The supervisors of Henrico and Alexandria counties,
however, 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 the counties of Chesterfield and Henry,
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; and the supervisors of the county of Rock-
ingham, with the consent of the circuit court of said county,
may receive as much as one hundred and seventy-five dollars
each per annum and mileage as above provided, and the super-
visors of the county of Shenandoah, with the consent of the cir-
cuit court of the said county, may receive as much as one hun-
dred and seventy-five dollars each per annum, and mileage as.
above provided. Furthermore, each member of the board of
supervisors of Stafford, King George, Isle of Wight, Nansemond,
Price Edward, Prince William, Northampton, James City, New
Kent, Charles City, York, Warwick, Hanover, Gloucester, Scott,
Russell, Surry and Prince George and Craig counties may be paid
as compensation for his services in the supervision of the open-
ing and repair of the public roads or construction and repair of
bridges of said counties not exceeding five dollars per diem for
the time he shall be necessarily so employed; provided, that the
supervisors of Culpeper county may receive three dollars per
day when so engaged; but no supervisor shall receive for such
services compensation to exceed one hundred and fifty dollars
per annum in addition to the amount allowed by laws for other
services. In the county of Augusta any supervisors may, with
the consent of the circuit court, be paid as compensation for his
services as assistant to the superintendent of roads in the super-
vision or construction and repair of public roads or bridges, or
for any special duties imposed upon him by the board of super-
visors, at the rate of four dollars per diem for the time actually
engaged, with mileage, as provided for regular service, but this
extra compensation shall not exceed the sum of three hundred
dollars per year for any one supervisor, and the supervisors of
the county of Norfolk may receive an amount not exceeding five
hundred dollars each per annum and mileage as herein provided.

Any supervisor of Orange county may act as road commis-
sioner for his district and shall be paid for his services not ex-
ceeding 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 exceed two thousand dollars. Each supervisor of the coun-
ties of Buchanan, Mecklenburg and Sussex may in addition to
mileage receive the sum of eight dollars per day during the time
the board of said counties are in actual session, and each super-
visor of Pittsylvania county may act as road commissioner for
his magisterial district in supervising road construction and
maintenance and may receive as such six dollars per day for
not exceeding fifty days in any one year, and for his services as
supervisor while the board is in actual session, he shall receive
six dollars per day for not exceeding fifteen days for any one
year and mileage as herein provided.