Chap. 338.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 2707 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, as amended, in relation to supervisors not being interested in certain
contracts. [H B 226]

Approved March 31, 1938

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion twenty-seven hundred and seven of the Code of Virginia, as
amended, 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,
superintendent of the poor, or overseer of the poor, constable, special
police, or any paid officer of the county, shall become interested,
directly or idirectly, in any contract, or in the profits of any con-
tract, 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 of
furnishing of supplies or materials to such county, and shall not be-
come 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 the 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 supervisors 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, exclusive 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 physician may be a member of the board of super-
visors of such county; provided further, that in any county having an
area of more than five hundred square miles and a population of less
than fifteen per square mile according to the United States census
of nineteen hundred and thirty, this section shall not be construed to
prohibit an undertaker living in such county from furnishing caskets
for, and preparing for burial and embalming, and burying, paupers
of such county and receiving compensation therefor from the county,
when requested so to do by the proper legal authorities, notwith-.
standing the fact that such undertaker be a member of the board of
supervisors of such county.