Chap. 44.——An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 2707 of the Code of Virginia,
in relation to supervisors not being interested in certain contracts. [H B 93]

Approved February 19, 1936

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
twenty-seven hundred and seven of the Code of Virginia be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 2707. Supervisors, et cetera, forbidden to have interest in
contracts with, or claims against, their counties-—No supervisor, super-
intendent of the poor, or overseer of the poor, constable, special police,
or any paid officer of the county, shall become interested, directly or
indirectly, in any contract, or in the profits of any contract, made by
or with any officer, agent, commissioner, or person acting on behalf of
the supervisors or superintendent of the poor of the county, or any
overseer of the poor therein, or in the sale or furnishing of supplies
or materials to such county, and shall not become interested, directly
or indirectly, in any contract, or in the profits of any contract, made
by or with any officer, agent, commissioner, trustee, or overseer for
working and keeping in repair the public roads of the county.
And no supervisor shall, except by descent or devise, marriage, or
as a personal representative, committee of an insane person, or guardian,
become interested, directly or indirectly, in any claim against his county,
whether the same shall have been passed upon by the board of super-
visors or not. The amount embraced by any such contract, the value
of any such supplies or materials, and the amount of any such claim
shall never be paid; or, if paid, may be recovered back, with interest,
by the county, in the circuit court of the county, by action or motion,
within two years from the time of payment. Provided, however, in
a county having a population of not less than twenty-one thousand
inhabitants, nor more than twenty-three thousand inhabitants, exclu-
sive of the towns in said county, in which county is located a town
having a population of not less than thirty-seven hundred inhabitants,
this section shall not be construed to prohibit a physician living in
such county from receiving compensation from the county for medical
services rendered the poor in the rural sections of such county when
employed for such purpose by the proper legal authorities, or from
receiving the statutory fee for serving on a commission to examine a
person alleged to be insane, epileptic or feeble-minded, when duly
summoned for such purpose, notwithstanding the fact that such phy-
sician may be a member of the board of supervisors of such county.