Chap. 431.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2698 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, as amended, in relation to bonds of officers. [H B 68]

Approved March 26, 1928

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion twenty-six hundred and ninety-eight of the Code of Virginia.
as amended, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 2698. E very county treasurer, sheriff of a county, ser-
geant of a city, county clerk, clerk of a city court, clerk of a circuit
court, commissioner ofthe revenue, superintendent of the poor,
county surveyor, supervisor, constable, and overseer of the poor
shall, at the time he qualifies, give such bond as is required by sec-
tion two hundred and seventy-nine. The penalty of the bond of
each officer shall be determined by the court, judge, or clerk beiore
whom he qualifies, within the limits hereinafter prescribed; pro-
vided that the board of supervisors of any county and the council
of any city or town in this State may pay the costs of the premium
of said surety, when given by such surety or guaranty company.
The county treasurer may give as surety on his bond some guaranty
or security company doing business in the State of Virginia and
deemed sufficient by the court, judge or clerk before whom he
qualifies, and he may execute such bond on a form prescribed by
the attorney general and to be furnished by the comptroller to the
clerks of the several courts, or he may give such personal surety or
security as may be deemed sufficient by the court or judge before
whom he qualifies; provided, however, that upon information, or
upon motion of any taxpayer, after ten days’ notice to such treas-
urer, the said court, or the judge of such court in vacation, may at
any time require additional surety or sureties, or security, for good
cause shown. The penalty of said bonds shall be such as the court
or judge may require, but not less than fifty per centum of the
amount to be received annually by him. The penalty of the bond
of a sheriff of a county, or sergeant of a city, when he gives per-
sonal security, shall be not less than ten nor more than sixty thou-
sand dollars, but if said sheriff or sergeant shall elect to give as
surety on his bond a guaranty or surety company, the penalty of
such bond shall not be less than five thousand nor more than thirty
thousand dollars. The bond of the county clerk or clerk of a city
or circuit court shall not be less than three thousand dollars, and the
bond of such clerk shall bind him and his sureties, not only for the
faithful discharge of his duties as clerk of said court, but also for the
faithful discharge of such other duties as may be imposed upon him
by law in like manner and with the same effect as if it were so
expressed in the conditions of his said bond. The bond of the com-
missioner of the revenue shall not be less than one thousand nor
more than three thousand dollars. The bond of the superintendent
of the poor shall not be less than one thousand nor more than four
thousand dollars.

The bond of the supervisor shall not be less than one thousand
dollars nor more than two thousand five hundred dollars. The bond
of a constable shall not be less than five hundred dollars. The bond
of an overseer of the poor shall not be less than double the amount
that will actually pass through his hands as such overseer.

Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the Com-
monwealth or any county in this State to pay the cost of said
security when given by such guaranty or security company.
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