CHAPTER 513

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 15-285 and 15-290 as amended, of the
Code of Virginia, relating, respectively, to the duties of the county
executive and to the department of public welfare in certain counties.

(H 455]
Approved March 31, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 15-285 and 15-290 as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be
amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 15-285. The county executive shall be the administrative head of
the county. He shall attend all meetings of the board of county supervisors
and recommend such action as he may deem expedient. He shall be re-
sponsible to the board of county supervisors for the proper administration
of all the affairs of the county which the board has authority to control.

He shall also:

(1) Make monthly reports to the board of county supervisors in re-
gard to matters of administration, and keep the board fully advised as to
the financial condition of the county.

(2) Submit to the board of county supervisors a proposed annual
budget, with his recommendations, and shall execute the budget as finally
adopted.

(3) Execute and enforce all resolutions and orders of the board of
county supervisors and shall see that all laws of the State required to be
enforced through the board of county supervisors or some other county
officer subject to the control of the board of county supervisors are faith-
fully executed.

(4) Examine regularly the books and papers of every officer and de-
partment of the county and report to the board of county supervisors the
condition in which he finds them.

(5) Perform such other duties as may be required of him by the board
of county supervisors, and as may be otherwise required of him by law.

§ 15-290. The superintendent of public welfare, who shall be head of
the department of public welfare, shall be chosen from a list of eligibles
furnished by the State Commissioner of Public Welfare. He shall have
charge of poor relief, charitable and correctional institutions and may, at
the discretion of the board of supervisors, have charge of parks and play-
grounds, and shall exercise all the powers conferred and perform all the
duties imposed by general law upon the county board of public welfare,
not inconsistent herewith. He shall also perform such other duties as may
be imposed upon him by the board of county supervisors.

The board of county supervisors may select two qualified citizens of
the county, who shall serve without pay, and who, together with the head
of the department shall constitute the county board of public welfare,
provided that in any county having a population of not less than twenty-
siz thousand six hundred and not more than twenty-six thousand six
hundred and eighty, the county executive thereof shall also be a member of
such board. Such board shall advise and cooperate with the department
of public welfare and shall have power to adopt necessary rules and regula-
tions not in conflict with law concerning such department. The board may
at any time be abolished by the board of county supervisors.