§ 22. Bonds of officers and employees—Generally.
The council shall designate such officers and employees of the city as shall give to the city bonds, with securities to be approved by the council, conditioned so as to secure the faithful discharge of their official duties, and the several penalties of said bonds shall be the sums of the council, by ordinance, shall prescribe; provided, that the securities of the treasurer, collector, commissioner of revenue and high constable, respectively, shall be equally liable for the acts of his deputy or deputies as for those of their principals.
The bonds provided for under this section are only to secure the faithful discharge of duties to the city, and in no wise are to supersede the official bonds of the Commonwealth required of any of said officials by law. All official bonds given by municipal officers and employees shall be filed with the clerk of the corporation court.
Cross reference— Official bonds, § 2-81.
State Law reference— Oaths, affirmations and bonds, Code of Virginia, Tit. 49.