CHAPTER 246

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 15-481 of the Code of 1950, relating
to bonds of city treasurers so as to lower the minimum which
may be prescribed. ,

[S 211]
Approved April 3, 1950

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 15-481 of the Code of 1950 be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 15-481. Bonds required of city treasurers.—Every city
treasurer, at the time he qualifies, shall in addition to any bond
required of him by his city under its charter and ordinances, give
a bond with sufficient surety, in a penalty not greater than one-
half of the amount of the State revenue to be received annually
by him or lesg than * fifteeen per centum thereof, payable to the
Commonwealth, and with condition for the faithful discharge of
his official duties in relation to the State revenue, and of such
other official duties as are, or may be, imposed upon him by law
otherwise than by the charter and ordinances of his city. Every
such treasurer shall give as surety on his bond some guaranty or
security company doing business in’ this State and deemed suf-
ficient by the court or judge before whom he qualifies. The form
of the bond shall be prescribed by the Attorney General, and such
blank forms shall be furnished by the Comptroller to the clerks of
the several courts.