Chap. 370.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2769 of the Code of Virginia,
as heretofore amended, relating to pay of supervisors, | . [H B 208]

Approved March 28, 1932

1 Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That-section
twenty-seven hundred and sixty-nine of the Code of Virginia, as here-
tofore amended, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 2769. Each member of the board of supervisors shall be
allowed, and paid out of the county levy, a compensation for his serv-
ices 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 return-
ing from the place of meeting of said board, but no per diem allowance
shall be made for any time occupied in traveling where mileage is
allowed therefor, and only one mileage shall be allowed for any one
term of meeting of such board; provided, that on and after July first,
nineteen hundred and thirty, the rate of compensation for such services
of members of the board of supervisors of the county of Floyd shall
not be more than five dollars per day and mileage; and provided, fur-
ther that on and after January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight,
the rate of compensation for such services of members of the board of
supervisors 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 supervisor shall draw pay for more than eighteen days in
counties of ten thousand population and less, except that in Clarke
county they may be compensated for their services at six dollars per
diem, for not more than fifty days in any one year, and in addition
thereto, they may be paid five cents per mile for each mile necessarily
traveled in attending such meetings, and except that supervisors in the
counties of Dickenson and Westmoreland 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 population and not over forty thousand,
and counties of over forty thousand population he shall draw pay for
not more than forty days 1 in any one year ; provided, that in the county
of Pulaski each supervisor shall be paid one hundred dollars per annum.
and in addition thereto, he mav draw pay and mileage for not to exceed
fifteen days in any year, for attendance upon board meetings, provided,
that the provisions of this section shall not prevent supervisors in the
counties which have special road laws from receiving additional com-
pensation for services in connection with road work done under special
road laws now existing, or as hereafter amended, if such compensation
be allowed in such special road law. But nothing i in this act shall allow
a.member of the board of supervisors to draw pay on the same day
for services as stipervisor and as inspector or commissioner of roads
or construction of bridges. With the consent of the circuit court of
their respective counties, the supervisors of Henrico, Chesterfield and
Nansemond counties may receive as much as four hundred dollars each
per annum and the supervisors of Roanoke and Brunswick counties,
with the consent of the circuit court of said counties, may receive as
much as two hundred and fifty dollars each per annum, and mileage
as above provided, and the supervisors of the county of Henry, with
the consent of the circuit court of said county may receive as much as
two hundred dollars each per annum, and mileage as above provided,
and the supervisors of the county of Alleghany, with the consent ot
the circuit court of said county, may receive as much as six hundred
dollars each per annum and mileage, as above provided, and the super-
visors of the county of Rockingham, with the consent of the circuit
court of said county, may receive as much as three hundred 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; and the supervisors
of the county of Loudoun with the consent of the circuit court of said
county, may receive as much as two hundred dollars each per annum
and mileage as above provided; and the supervisors of Elizabeth City
county may with the consent of the circuit court of said county, receive
as much as three hundred and fifty dollars each per annum, in addi-
tion to the compensation they would be entitled to receive under the
general provisions of this section, the same to be paid upon warrants
issued by said board on the general county fund of said county, and
the supervisors of Fairfax county may receive as much as four hundred
dollars each per annum.

Furthermore, each member of the board of supervisors of Cumber-
land, Stafford, King George, Isle of Wight, Nansemond, Prince Ed-
ward, Prince William, Northampton, James City, New Kent, Charles
City, York, Warwick, Hanover, Gloucester, Scott, Russell, Surry,
Sussex and Prince George and Craig, Madison and Rockingham and
Westmoreland counties may be paid as compensation 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. Each
member of the board of supervisors of Rockbridge county, for their
services in the supervision of the opening and repair of the public roads
or construction and repair of bridges in their several districts, shall
receive six dollars per diem for the time necessarily so employed, and
for their services in the supervision of the general county affairs, they
shall, each receive the sum of six dollars per diem, and in addition
thereto five cents for each mile necessarily traveled in connection with
the supervision of the general county affairs; provided, that the super-
visors of Culpeper county may receive three dollars per day when so
engaged; but no supervisor shall recetve for such services compensa-
tion to exceed one hundred and fifty dollars per annum, in addition to
the amount allowed by laws for other services, except that the super-
visors of Rockingham county may receive not exceeding two hundred
and fifty dollars for such services; except, further, that the super-
visors of Rockbridge county may receive as much as five hundred
dollars for their services, in the supervision of the opening and repair
of the public roads or construction and repair of the bridges and for
their services in the supervision of the general county affairs, in any
one year, and may receive more than -five hundred dollars for such
services with the consent and approbation of the circuit court of said
county, in addition to the amount allowed by law for other services.
In the county of Augusta any supervisor may, with the consent of the
circuit court, be paid as compensation for his services as assistant to
the superintendent of roads in the supervision or construction and
repair of public roads or bridges, or for any special duties imposed
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
supervisors 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, or of Middlesex county may act
as road commissioner for his district and shall be paid for his services
not more than three hundred dollars per annum. Each supervisor of
the counties of Buchanan, Mecklenburg, Sussex, Russell and Greens-
ville 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 supervisor of Pittsylvania county and Halifax county may
act as road commissioner for his magisterial 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 fifteen days for any one
year and mileage as herein provided. But nothing herein shall be con-
strued to prevent the members of the board of supervisors of Franklin
county from receiving compensation for their services, as provided by
an act approved March fourteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four,
as amended. Each supervisor of Amherst, Grayson and Alleghany
counties may, in addition to the duties now imposed upon them by law,
inspect, direct and supervise the locating, altering, building, construc-
tion, repairing and keeping in order the roads and bridges in his magis-
terial district, and shall be allowed and paid therefor, in addition to his
compensation as supervisor as fixed by this act, the sum of six dollars
for each day he shall be actually and necessarily so employed, not to
exceed sixty days in any one year, payable out of the county road
levy fund.

In the county of Madison, each supervisor shall receive three hun-
dred dollars and in the county of Dinwiddie two hundred dollars per
annum, in lieu of a per diem allowance, exclusive of any amount he
may be entitled, as now provided by law, for services rendered in con-
nection with the opening, and repair of the public roads, or the con-
struction and maintenance of the bridges in his county. And the mem-
bers of the board of supervisors of Pittsylvania countv mav receive
as their compensation an annual salary not to exceed the sum of four
hundred and fifty dollars, payable monthly, quarterly or in semi-annual
instalments, which salary shall be in lieu of all other compensation for
their services as such and as road commissioners.

Each member of the board of supervisors of Bland and Floyd
counties, in addition to his regular compensation as provided for in
this section, shall receive compensation at the rate of three dollars per
day, not to exceed thirty days in any year, in Bland county, and not to
exceed forty-five days in any year in Floyd county for time actually
employed by him in supervising, opening and repairing public roads
and the construction and repair of bridges, such compensation to be
paid each supervisor out of the road funds of his district; the time
spent by each member of the board of supervisors of Carroll county
shall be limited to ten days per year for, inspecting county roads.

Each member of the board of supervisors of Wise county shall also
be entitled to receive the sum of four hundred and eighty dollars per
annum as compensation for his services in connection with the estab-
lishment, construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of the roads
and bridges in said county, the same to be paid out of the general road
funds of the county, provided, however, that no such payments shall
be made for any period during which the county has the county en-
gineer or county manager. Each member of the board of supervisors
of Lunenburg county may also serve in the capacity of road commis-
sioner for his district and for such services shall be entitled to receive
compensation not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars per annum,
to be paid out of the road fund, of his district, this compensation to be
in addition to compensation allowed him by law including per diem
and mileage.

2. An emergency existing, this act shall be in force from its
passage.