                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DUTY OF TREASURER TO MAKE PAYMENTS OF INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL OF BONDS (§
21-388)

It shall be the duty of the treasurer of the county in which the land is located
and without any previous order from the board of viewers, out of the amount
received by him as aforesaid, to provide and pay the installment of interest at
the time and place as evidenced by the coupons attached to the bonds, and also
to pay the annual installments of the principal due on the bonds at the time and
place as evidenced by the bonds; namely, so far as they affect and are liens by
virtue of this chapter, upon the lands in his county, and any county treasurer
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, if he shall willfully fail to make prompt
payments of the interest and principal upon such bonds, and shall likewise be
liable in a civil action for all damages which may accrue either to the board of
viewers or the holder of the bonds, to either or both of which a right of action
is hereby given.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 1771; 1920, p. 612; 1924, p. 712; 1926, p. 622; 1936, p.
1037; 1954, c. 642.