Chap. 379.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 340 of the Code of Virginia
as heretofore amended. [S B 370]

Approved March 20, 1924.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
three hundred and forty of the Code of Virginia as heretofore amended
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 340. When first clerk to perform duties of chief: When
governor to have notice of absence.—The two auditors and the treas-
urer shall appoint for their respective offices a first clerk, who shall have
authority to act for and perform the duties of the chief in such office
under his direction, supervision and control, and in the absence of the
chief to perform all the duties of the office. Of such absence, the others
shall be informed. When the absence of the chief is to be for more than
five days at a time, notice thereof shall be given to the governor.

The treasurer, the auditor of public accounts and the second auditor
may also, in their discretion, appoint any other clerk in their respective
offices to assist the first clerk, who shall have the same power and author-
ity as is given by this section to the first clerk.