Chap. 305.—An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new
section, numbered 2725-a, in relation to powers of boards of supervisors to
require reports from and to inquire into official conduct of officers, and
providing penalties. [S B 127]

Approved March 24, 1932

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
Code of Virginia be amended by adding thereto a new section,
numbered twenty-seven hundred and twenty-five-a, so as to read as
follows:

Section 2725-a. The board of supervisors is vested with full
power to require monthly financial reports from any officer or office
of the county or of any district thereof and to investigate bills and
receipts of any county or district officer, and for these purposes may
subpoena witnesses, administer oaths and require the production of
books, papers and other evidence; in case any witness fails or refuses
to obey any such lawful order of the board of supervisors, he shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. , ,