15.2-1539 - General duties of clerk. - Virginia Statutes

§ 15.2-1539. General duties of clerk.

It shall be the clerk'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 onall questions concerning the raising of money, and within five days after anyorder for a levy is made, to deliver a copy thereof to the commissioner ofrevenue of his locality or the person performing such commissioner's duties,as the case may be;

3. Record the vote of each supervisor or council member on any questionsubmitted 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 itsactions thereon, for a period of five years after audit and thereafter untilthe governing body shall authorize their destruction in accordance withretention regulations for records established pursuant to the Virginia PublicRecords Act.

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