                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANTS; DEPUTY TO ACT IN ABSENCE OF SECRETARY; NOTICE TO
GOVERNOR (§ 2.2-410)

A. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall appoint in his office the assistants
allowed by law.

B. During the absence of the Secretary of the Commonwealth from his office his
duties shall be performed by the Deputy Secretary, but when such absence is for
more than five days at a time, notice thereof shall be given to the Governor.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 2-63, 2-64; 1966, c. 677, §§ 2.1-72, 2.1-73; 2001, c.
844.