Chap. 344.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2769 of the Code of Virginia,
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Approved March 20, 1924.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
twenty-seven hundred and sixty-nine of the Code of Virginia, as hereto-
ia amended, be further amended and re-enacted so as to read as fol-

ows:

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
allowance shall be made for any time occupied in traveling where mile-
age is allowed therefor, and only one mileage shall be allowed 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; and provided, further,
that on and after January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, the
rate of compensation for such services of members of the board of super-
visors of the county of Botetourt shall not be more than five dollars per
day and actual expenses while attending meetings of the board, 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 population 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 popu-
lation 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 provisions of this section shall not prevent su-
pervisors in the counties which have special road laws from receiving ad-
ditional compensation 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 supervisors to draw pay
on the same day for services as supervisor and as inspector or commis-
sioner of roads or construction of bridges. With the consent of the cir-
cuit court of their respective counties, the supervisors of Henrico county
may receive as much as three hundred dollars each per annum and the
supervisors of Arlington county may receive as much as six hundred
dollars each per annum, and the supervisors of the counties of Chester-
field and Henry, with the consent of the circuit court of said county,
may receive as much as two hundred dollars each per annum, and mile-
age as above provided; and the supervisors of the county of Rockingham,
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 supervisors of the county of Shenandoah,
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. Furthermore, each member of the board of super-
visors of Stafford, King George, Isle of Wight, Nansemond, Prince
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 compensa-
tion for his services in the supervision of the opening 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 re-
ceive three dollars per day when so engaged; but no supervisor shall re-
ceive 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 supervisor may, with the con-
sent of the circuit court, be paid as compensation for his services as
assistant to the superintendent of roads in the supervision or construc-
tion and repair of public roads or bridges, or for any special duties im-
posed upon him by the board of supervisors, 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 super-
visors 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 commissioner for
his district and shall be paid for his services not exceeding one dollar
and fifty cents per day, but the entire compensation 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 counties of Buchanan, Mecklenburg, and Sussex may,
in addition to mileage, receive the sum of eight dollars per day during
the time the boards of said counties are in actual session, and each su-
pervisor of Pittsylvania county may act as road commissioner for his mag-
isterial 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 fif-
teen days for any one year and mileage as herein provided.