CHAPTER 112

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-485 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to appointment, duties, qualification and removal of deputies of certain

officers.
[H 339]
Approved February 23, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

Ls That § 15-485 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 15-485. The treasurer of any county or city, the sheriff of any
county, the sheriff or sergeant of any city, any commissioner of the
revenue, any county surveyor, any county clerk and the clerk of any
circuit or city court may at the time he qualifies as provided in § 15-475
or thereafter appoint one or more deputies, who may discharge any of the
official duties of their principal during his continuance in office, unless it
be some duty the performance of which by a deputy is expressly forbidden
by law. The officer making any such appointment shall certify the same
to the court in the clerk’s office of which the oath of the principal of such
deputy is filed and a record thereof shall be entered in the order book of
such court. Any such deputy at the time his principal qualifies as provided
in § 15-475 or thereafter, and before entering upon the duties of his office,
shall take and prescribe the oath now provided for county officers. The
oath shall be filed with the clerk of the court in whose office the oath of
his principal is filed and such clerk shall properly label and file all such
oaths in his office for preservation. Any such deputy may be removed from
office by his principal. Such deputy may also be removed by the court as
provided by § 15-500.