21-163 - Oath and bond of members of commission.

§ 21-163. Oath and bond of members of commission.

Each member of the commission shall, before entering upon the discharge ofhis duties under this chapter, take and subscribe the oath of office requiredby Article II, Section 7 of the Constitution of Virginia, and give bondpayable to the Commonwealth in form approved by the Attorney General, in suchpenalty as shall be fixed from time to time by the Governor, with some suretyor guaranty company duly authorized to do business in Virginia and approvedby the Governor, as security, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of hisduties. The premium of such bonds shall be paid by the commission and thebonds shall be filed with and preserved by the Comptroller.

(1938, p. 514; 1942, p. 601; Michie Code 1942, § 1560kk; 1944, p. 73; 1946,p. 529.)