An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-299, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to devices signalling intention to turn or stop and rules therefor.
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Volume | 1938 |
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Law Number | 380 |
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Chap. 380.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 2850 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the appointment of notaries public,
their residence, terms and bonds, their removal by the Governor for cause,
and the certification of their commissions. [S B 174]
Approved March 31, 1938
1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
‘wenty-eight hundred and fifty of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore
amended, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:
Section 2850. Appointment of Notaries of Public; Their Term
und Bonds; Removable by the Governor for Cause; What to Vacate
Their Offices; Clerks to Inform the Governor of Vacancies.—The
xovernor shall appoint in and for the several counties and cities of
he State as many notaries as to him may seem proper, who stall
iold office for the term of four years, and who shall exercise the
yowers and functions of conservators of the peace, and who shall be
‘emovable by the Governor at will for misconduct, incapacity or
neglect of official duty; but in every case where the Governor shall
-ermove a notary public from office, he shall report such action with
nis reasons therefor, to the next session of the General Assembly. He
may appoint the same person to serve for two or more counties and
cities, in which case only one commission shall be issued and the fee
for issuing the same shall be three dollars for the first county or city
and five dollars for each additional county or city, for which such notary
is appointed to serve. Notaries in cities and counties in which cities
or parts thereof are located, shall have authority to act as such in each
of said localities. Each notary shall give bond with surety in the
circuit court of the county, or corporation court of the city, for which
the said notary is appointed, or if the appointment be for more than
one county or city, then in one of such courts, or before the judge
of such court in vacation, or before the clerk thereof, within four
months from the date of said notary’s commission, in a penalty of not
less than five hundred dollars, with condition for the faithful discharge
of the duties of his office; and the clerk of said court shall immediately
forward a certified copy of said bond to the Secretary of the Common-
wealth. If any person appointed shall fail to qualify within four
months from the date of his appointment the clerk of the court shall
return his commission to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. A
notary public may or may not be a resident of any county for which
he is appointed. It shall be duty of the Secretary of the Commonwealth
when a commission is ordered by the Governor, to send the same to
the clerk of the circuit court of the county or corporation court of
the city in which, or in one of which, the notary public is required tc
qualify, to be delivered by him to the notary public after said notary
public has given bond, and taken oath of office; and the clerk of the
court in which this is done shall forthwith report the fact to the
Secretary of the Commonwealth, who shall keep a book, stating the
names and numbers of notaries public, when appointed and wher
qualified. |
The appointments and commissions of all notaries public heretofor
made for counties or cities in which said notaries public did not or d
not reside are hereby approved, confirmed and ratified as of th
date of their appointments and all acknowledgments and other officia
acts of said notaries public heretofore taken are hereby validated.
2. An emergency existing this act shall be in force from its pas
sage.