Chap. 17.—An ACT to establish the office of county road engineer for the county
of Southampton; to provide for his appointment, compensation, and remova
and to prescribe his powers and duties. [H B 10]

Approved February 13, 1924.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
board of supervisors of Southampton county may not later than April
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and every four years
thereafter, recommend to the judge of the circuit court of said county
the name or names of one or more persons for appointment as county
road engineer, and the judge shall thereupon appoint one of the per-
sons so recommended county road engineer, who shall hold office for
four years beginning July first, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, at
an annual salary not to exceed twenty-four hundred dollars, to be
paid out of the county treasury in equal monthly installments. He
shall qualify as other county officers are required by law to qualify,
and shall enter into and acknowledge a bond in such penalty as the
board of supervisors may prescribe, not less than one thousand dollars,
and failure to qualify and give bond as aforesaid prior to the commence-
ment of his term shall vacate his office. Such bond shall be with con-
dition for the faithful discharge of his duties and a recovery on such
bond shall be for the benefit of the road fund of said county. The
circuit court of Southampton county shall have the same power to
remove from office the county road engineer so appointed as is provided
for the removal of State, county, city, town or district officers..
2. The county road engineer so appointed shall have and possess all
the powers, and perform all the duties, in the county of Southampton,
which are now or may be hereafter conferred or imposed by general
law upon county superintendents of roads in their respective counties
and shall make a report to each monthly meeting of the board of super-
visors.

3. An emergency existing, this act shall be in force from its pas-

sage.