CHAPTER 462

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section num-
bered 14-77.1, relating to the manner of payment of certain items con-
tained in the budgets of county and city treasurers and commissioners
of the revenue.

[H 564]

Approved March 29, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding thereto a section
numbered 14-77.1 as follows:

§ 14-77.1. Manner of payment of certain items contained in the
budgets of countty and city treasurers and commissioners of the revenue.—
Whenever a county or city treasurer or a county or city commissioner of
the revenue purchases office furniture, office equipment, office appliances,
tax tickets for State and local taxes collectible by county and city treas-
urers, stationery, office supplies, printing, advertising, telephone or tele-
graph service, or repairs to office furniture and equipment in conformity
with and within the limits of allowances duly made and contained in the
then current budget of any such officer under the provisions of articles
seven and eight of this chapter, the invoices therefor, after examination as
to their correctness, shall be paid by the county or city directly to the
vendors, and the State shall monthly pay the county or city the State’s
proportionate part of the cost of such items on submission by such officer
to the Compensation Board of duplicate invoices and such other information
or evidence as the Compensation Board may deem necessary. This section
shall also apply to the payment of the premiums on the official bonds of
such officers, their deputies and employees, and to the premiums on bur-
glary and other insurance, except the premium on the bond of a treasurer
the payment of which is governed by other provisions of law. Duly author-
ized postage necessary for any such officer shall be purchased by the county
or city for his official use on certification by him of his need therefor to
the appropriate county or city authorities from time to time, and the State
shall monthly reimburse the county or city for the State’s proportionate
part of the cost of such postage on submission of satisfactory evidence to
the Compensation Board. This section shall not apply to any city treasurer
whose city is not required to pay any part of the cost of such items.

2. This act shall be in force on and after July 1, 1958.