Chap. 153.—An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section
numbered 2773-1 1 so as to authorize the governing bodies of certain counties
to appoint a civil service commission charged with the establishment of a classi-
fied civil service system for county employees. [H 244]

Approved March 7, 1944

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a new section
numbered twenty-seven hundred seventy-three-i one, as follows:

Section 2773-11. The board, in addition to any other powers granted
by general or special law, is empowered to appoint a civil service com-
mission, hereafter designated as the commission, to be composed of three
persons who shall receive such compensation as the board prescribes.
The terms of office of members of the commission shall be four years
from date of appointment.

The commission, subject to the control of the board, shall establish
and operate a classified civil service system for any or all classes of county
employees, as designated by the board, which system shall provide for
appointment, promotion, demotion, transfer, suspension, reinstatement,
retirement and discharge of such employees ; to this end it may establish
a personnel administration and promulgate rules and regulations for the
furtherance of the matters herein set out so far as not inconsistent with
other statutes and acts.