Chap. 49.—An ACT to amend and reenact Section 6 of Chapter 396 of the Acts
of Assembly of 1940, approved April 1, 1940, relating to the powers, duties
and compensation of members of boards of county supervisors in certain
counties. [H 57]

Approved February 27, 1948

Re it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section six of chapter three hundred ninety-six of the
Acts of Assembly of nineteen hundred forty, approved April one,
nineteen hundred forty, be amended and reenacted as follows:

Section 6. (a) The board of county supervisors shall, except
as otherwise provided in section ten, and except as the board may
authorize any officer or the head of any office to appoint employees
under such officer or in such office, appoint all officers and em-
ployees, including deputies and assistants, in the administrative
service of the county. Any officer or employee of the county ap-
pointed pursuant to this section may be suspended or removed from
office or employment either by the board of county supervisors or
the officer or head of the office by whom he was appointed or
employed. ,

(b) In the event of the absence or disability of any officer
except those named in section ten, the board of county supervisors
or other appointing power may designate some responsible person
to perform the duties of the office.

(c) The board of county supervisors shall, subject to such
limitations as may hereafter be prescribed by general law, and
except as herein otherwise provided, fix the compensation of all
officers and employees of the county, including deputies and assis-
tants, except as it may authorize any officer or the head of any
office to fix the compensation of employees, including deputies
and assistants, under such officer or in such office ; the compensation
of the attorney for the Commonwealth, the commissioner of the
revenue, the county clerk, the sheriff, and the treasurer of the
county, and the deputies, assistants and employees of such officers,
shall be determined and paid in the manner which is or may here-
after be provided for the determination and payment of the salary
of each such officer, respectively, by other provisions of general law.

(d) The chairman of the board of county supervisors shall
receive as compensation for his services not in excess of nine
hundred dollars per annum, and each of the other members of the.
board shall receive for his services not in excess of seven hundred
and twenty dollars per annum.