                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

GENERAL DUTIES OF CLERK (§ 15.2-1539)

It shall be the clerk&#8217;s general duty to:

1. Record in a book the proceedings of the governing body;

2. Make regular entries of all its ordinances, resolutions and decisions on all
questions concerning the raising of money, and within five days after any order
for a levy is made, to deliver a copy thereof to the commissioner of revenue of
his locality or the person performing such commissioner&#8217;s duties, as the
case may be;

3. Record the vote of each supervisor or council member on any question
submitted to the board or council, as required by law or his governing body; and

4. Preserve and file all accounts acted upon by the governing body, with its
actions thereon, for a period of five years after audit and thereafter until the
governing body shall authorize their destruction in accordance with retention
regulations for records established pursuant to the Virginia Public Records Act.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-237; 1956, c. 710; 1960, c. 34; 1962, c. 623, §
15.1-532; 1982, c. 493; 1997, c. 587.