An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-299, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to devices signalling intention to turn or stop and rules therefor.
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Volume | 1962 |
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Law Number | 244 |
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CHAPTER 244
An Act to amend and reenact § 47-1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia,
relating to notaries public for counties and cities. 2
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Approved March 14, 1962
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 47-1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:
§ 47-1. (1) Appointment and term of office; powers; removal.—
The Governor shall appoint in and for the several counties and cities of
the State as many notaries as to him may seem proper, who shall hold
office for the term of four years, and who shall exercise the powers and
functions of conservators of the peace, and who shall be removable by
the Governor at will for misconduct, incapacity or neglect of official
duty; but in every case where the Governor shall remove a notary public
from office, he shall report such action with his reasons therefor to
the next session of the General Assembly.
(2) Serving for two or more counties or cities; fees for commis-
sions.—The Governor may appoint the same person to serve for two or
more counties and cities, in which case only one commission shall be
issued and the fee for issuing the same shall be three dollars for the
first county or city and five dollars for each additional county or city,
for which such notary is appointed to serve.
(3) Acting in contiguous counties or cities—A notary for a city
shall also have authority to act as such in counties and cities contiguous
thereto, and a notary for a county shall also have authority to act as
such in cities contiguous thereto.
(4) Bond; time to qualify.—Each notary shall give bond with surety
in the circuit court of the county, or corporation court of the city, for
which the notary is appointed, or if the appointment be for more than
one county or city, then in one of such courts, or before the judge of
such court in vacation, or before the clerk thereof, within four months
from the date of such notary’s commission, in a penalty of not less than
five hundred dollars, with condition for the faithful discharge of the
duties of his office; and the clerk of the court shall immediately forward
a certified copy of such bond to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. If
any person appointed shall fail to qualify within four months from the
date of his appointment the clerk of the court shall return his commission
to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
(5) Residence.—A notary public may or may not be a resident of
any county or city for which he is appointed.
(6) Duties of Secretary of Commonwealth and clerks.—It shall be
the duty of the Secretary of the Commonwealth when a commission is
ordered by the Governor, to notify the party to whom the commission
has been granted, that same has been granted and where and under what
circumstances it may be secured, and to send the same to the clerk of
the circuit court of the county or corporation court of the city in which,
or in one of which, the notary public is required to qualify, to be de-
livered by him to the notary public after the notary public has given
bond, and taken the oath of office; and the clerk of the court in which
this is done shall forthwith report the fact to the Secretary of the Com-
monwealth, who shall keep a book stating the names and numbers of
notaries public, when appointed and when qualified.
(7) Validation of appointments and official acts.—The appointments
and commissions of all notaries public made prior to the seventh day of
February, nineteen hundred and forty-two, for counties or cities in which
they did or do not reside are hereby approved, confirmed and ratified as
of the date of their appointments and all acknowledgments and other
oneal acts of such notaries public taken prior to such date are hereby
validated.