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.
Volume 1968 Law 99
Volume | 1942 |
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Law Number | 35 |
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Chap. 35.—An ACT to authorize and direct the payment to the County of Henrico,
from the special fund in the Treasury to the credit of the Commission of Game
and Inland Fisheries, of a certain portion of certain commissions on collections
upon sales of hunting and fishing licenses made by the Clerk of said County;
and to authorize and direct the transfer of a certain other portion of said com-
missions from said special fund to the general fund of the Treasury. [H B 43]
Approved February 17, 1942
Whereas, it appears, from a report of the Auditor of Public Ac-
counts, dated October eight, nineteen hundred and forty-one, that the
Clerk of the County of Henrico did fail to make timely reports of the
collection of hunting and fishing license fees, for the periods of July,
August and September, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, November,
nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, and July, August and September, nine-
teen hundred and forty, with the consequence that commissions were
forfeited in the gross amount of seven hundred and one dollars and sixty
cents, and the County of Henrico thus failed to receive four hundred and
sixty-seven dollars and seventy-three cents which it would have received,
in due course, had timely reports been made, and the general fund of the
treasury failed to receive two hundred and thirty-three dollars and eighty-
seven cents which would have been covered, in due course, into said
general fund if timely reports had been made ; and
Whereas, it appears that the said amount of seven hundred and one
dollars and sixty cents is in the special fund in the treasury allocated to
the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries, that it justly belongs, in
the amount of four hundred and sixty-seven dollars and seventy-three
cents, to the County of Henrico, and that it should properly be credited to
said general fund to the extent of two hundred and thirty-three dollars
and eighty-seven cents thereof, in view of the fact that said clerk, who
alone should suffer any forfeiture on account of his defaults, would not
be affected in the instant case because he had excess fees for the operation
of his office for the periods involved, all of which appears in detail in the
said report of the Auditor of Public Accounts ; Therefore,
1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That the
Comptroller is authorized and directed (1) to draw his warrant on the
State Treasurer, chargeable against the special fund in the treasury to
the credit of the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries, in the amount
of four hundred and sixty-seven dollars and seventy-three cents, in favor
of the County of Henrico, (2) to deliver said warrant to the Treasurer of
the County of Henrico, and (3) to transfer the amount of two hundred
and thirty-three dollars and eighty-seven cents from said special fund to
the general fund of the treasury.
2. An emergency exists, and this act is in force from its passage.
Chap. 36—An ACT to amend ‘and re-enact Section 364 of the Code of Virginia,
as heretofore amended, relating to the establishment and maintenance of free
public libraries and reading rooms by cities and towns, and Section 365 of the
Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, relating to the establishment, opera-
tion and maintenance of county free library systems and regional free library
systems. {H B 67]
Approved February 17, 1942
1. Beit enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That sections
three hundred and sixty-four, and three hundred and sixty-five, as here-
totore amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and re-enacted, as
ollows:
Section 364. To authorize cities and towns to establish and maintain
free public libraries and reading rooms.—The council of any city or town,
under regulations to be prescribed by such council, shall have power to
establish and maintain a public library and reading room for the use and
benefit of the inhabitants of such city or town, and may levy a tax there-
for, either by special levy or as a fund of the general levy of said city or
town. The city council or other governing body of any city of less than
twenty-five thousand population in which no such free library system as
provided herein shall have been established, may, in its discretion, con-
tract for library service with an adjacent city, town, or State-supported
institution of higher learning, or with a library not owned by a public
corporation but maintained for free public use, may appropriate such
sums of money as it deems proper for providing library service to the
city, and may, as a part of such contract, receive representation on the
board of trustees or other governing body of the library contracting to
give such library service.
The board of trustees or other governing body of any free public
library, established as provided herein, may, in its discretion, contract to
provide library service to an adjacent county or counties on such terms as
shall be mutually acceptable, and may, as a part of such contract, provide
in its membership for the representation of such county or counties. Any
county or counties thus contracting for library service shall be entitled to
the rights and benefits of county or regional free library systems estab-
lished in accordance with the provisions of section three hundred and
sixty-five of the Code of Virginia.
Section 365. To authorize the establishment of county free library
systems and regional free library systems and to provide for their opera-
tion and maintenance.—The board of supervisors of any county shall have
the power to establish a county free library system for the use and benefit
of the residents of such county; or, upon petition of one hundred tax-
payers of the county shall submit to a vote of the qualified voters of the
county at the next general election held therein whether a county free
library system shall be established ; and if a majority of the electors voting
on the question vote in favor of the establishment of a county free library
system, the board of supervisors shall forthwith establish one.
Two or more counties, by action of their boards of supervisors, may
join in establishing and maintaining a regional free library system under
the terms of a contract between the said counties; provided that in the
case of established county free library systems the boards of trustees shall
agree to such action. The expenses of the regional free library system
shall be apportioned between or among the counties concerned on such
basis as shall be agreed upon in the contract. The treasurer of one of the
counties, as shall be provided in the contract, shall have the custody of the
funds of the regional free library system; and the treasurers of the other
counties concerned shall transfer quarterly to him all moneys collected or
appropriated for this purpose in their respective counties. The withdrawal
of any county from a regional library contract may be effected by petition
and vote in the manner prescribed above and the county shall be entitled
to a division of property in the same proportion as expenses were shared.
Where such county free library system or regional free library
system is established, the board of trustees shall have the power to enter
into contracts with adjacent cities, towns, or State-supported institutions
of higher learning in the county or region to provide library service on
such terms and conditions as shall be mutually acceptable, or they may
contract for library service with a library not owned by a public corpora-
tion but maintained for free public use. The board of trustees of a county
free library system or regional free library system may enter into con-
tracts with county or city school boards and boards of school trustees to
provide library service for schools.
The management and control of a county free library system or a
regional free library system shall be vested in a board of five trustees. In
a county free library system they shall be appointed by the judge of the
circuit court of such county, chosen from the citizens at large with refer-
ence to their fitness for such office, one of whom shall be the superintend-
ent of public schools of said county. In a regional free library system they
shall be appointed by the judge or judges of the circuit court or courts in
such region, one member being a superintendent of public schools. Said
trustees, other than the superintendent of public schools, shall be ap-
pointed in the beginning for terms of two, three, four and five years,
respectively, and thereafter for terms of five years; but in the case of a
regional library, the judge or judges may provide for the service in rota-
tion of each of the several superintendents of public schools. Vacancies
shall be filled for unexpired terms as soon as possible in the manner in
which members of the board are regularly chosen. A trustee shall not
receive a salary or other compensation for services as trustee but neces-
sary expenses actually incurred shall be paid from the library fund. A
library trustee may be removed for misconduct or neglect of duty by the
judge or judges making the appointment. Said trustees shall, immediately
after appointment, meet and adopt such by-laws, rules and regulations for
their own guidance and for the government of the county free library
system or regional free library system as may be expedient. They shall
have control of the expenditures of all moneys credited to the county free
library fund or the regional free library fund. The said board of trustees
shall have the right to accept donations and bequests of money, personal
property or real estate for the establishment and maintenance of such
county free library systems or regional free library systems or endow-
ments for same.
After a county free library system or regional free library system
shall have been established or library service contracted for, the board or
boards of supervisors, or other governing bodies of the governmental
subdivision or subdivisions for which the library was established or the
service engaged shall appropriate money annually for the support of the
library. All funds appropriated or contributed for library purposes shall
constitute a separate fund and shall not be used for any but library
purposes.
The board of supervisors or other governing body of any county in
which no such free library system as provided herein shall have been
established, may, in its discretion, appropriate such sums of money as to
it seems proper for the support and maintenance of any free library or
library service operated and conducted in such county by a company,
society or association organized under the provisions of chapter one
hundred and fifty-one of the Code of Virginia. ;
The board of supervisors or other governing body of any county in
which no such free library system as provided herein shall have been
established, may, in its discretion, contract for library service with an
adjacent city, town, or State-supported institution of higher learning, or
with a library not owned by a public corporation but maintained for free
public use, may appropriate such sums of money as it deems proper for
providing library service to the county, and may, as a part of such con-
tract, receive representation on the board of trustees or other governing
body of the library contracting to give such library service. Any county or
counties thus contracting for library service shall be entitled to the rights
and benefits of county or regional free library systems established as
provided herein.