Chap. 31.—An ACT to amend and re-enact the 18th and Lith sections ot
chapter 14 of the Code of Virginia (1860),

Passed Deceinber 15, 1865.

1. Be it enacted by the gencral assembly, That the thir-
tcenth and fourteenth sections of chapter fourteen of the
Code of eighteen hundred and sixty be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

Ҥ 13. The clerk of the senate, who is hereby required to
prepare an index to the Journal of the Senate, and the Docu-
ments printed by its order, shali receive an annual salary of
eighteen hundred dollars. The clerk of the house of dele-
gates, who is hereby required to keep the rolls; to prepare an
index to the Journal of the House of Delegates, and the
Documents; to prepare tables of the places of holding sepa-
rate elections, and of the terms of the courts, as required by
the sixteenth chapter, shall receive an annual salary of two
thousand dollars. The further sum of forty-four dollars per
week, during the session of the legislature, shall be allowed
to the clerk of the house of delegates, to employ one assistant:
which said salaries, together with the salaries of the oflicers
mentioned in the succeeding section, shall be at the rates
hereby fixed, from the commencement of the present session.
Hereafter, at the expiration of each annual session of the
legislature, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the house of
delegates to prepare for publication a sketch or synopsis of
the several acts and joint resolutions passed during the ses-
sion. For the service hereby required, the said clerk shall
receive fifty dollars.” :

Ҥ 14. The sergeant-at-arms of the senate and the sergeant-
at-arms of the house of delegates shall each receive the sum
of forty-four dollars per week during the session of the gene-
ralassembly. Each of the said sergeants shall be allowed,
for taking any person into custody, by order of the house,
two dollars; for every day he detains such person in cutody,
two dollars; and for the travel of himself or messenger to
take any person into custody by such order, eight cents per
mile going, and the same returning. ‘The doorkeepers of
both houses shall receive the sum of forty-two dollars each
week during the session of the general assembly. The clerks of
the several standing committees of each house shall be allowed
for their services forty-two dollars per week until discharged;
that is to say: In the senate, the clerk of the committees on
roads and internal navigation; the clerk of the committees
on finance and courts of justice; the clerk of the committees
on general laws and federal relations, and the clerk of the
committees on public institutions, privileges and elections
and banks: and in the house of delegates, the clerk of the
committee on propositions and grievances, and of claims; the
clerk of the committees for courts of justice, and schools and
colleges; the clerk of the committees of privileges and elec-
tions, and agriculture and manufactures; the clerk of the
committee on finance; the clerk of the committees on banks
and military affairs, and the clerk of the committees of roads
and internal navigation. The said clerks shall perform the
duties of clerks of any other committees, in their respective
houses, and any similar service that may be required of them,
without additional compensation.”

2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith, are
hereby repealed.

3. This act shall be in force from its passage.
Chap. 31.—An ACT to amend and re-enact the 18th and Lith sections ot
chapter 14 of the Code of Virginia (1860),

Passed Deceinber 15, 1865.

1. Be it enacted by the gencral assembly, That the thir-
tcenth and fourteenth sections of chapter fourteen of the
Code of eighteen hundred and sixty be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

Ҥ 13. The clerk of the senate, who is hereby required to
prepare an index to the Journal of the Senate, and the Docu-
ments printed by its order, shali receive an annual salary of
eighteen hundred dollars. The clerk of the house of dele-
gates, who is hereby required to keep the rolls; to prepare an
index to the Journal of the House of Delegates, and the
Documents; to prepare tables of the places of holding sepa-
rate elections, and of the terms of the courts, as required by
the sixteenth chapter, shall receive an annual salary of two
thousand dollars. The further sum of forty-four dollars per
week, during the session of the legislature, shall be allowed
to the clerk of the house of delegates, to employ one assistant:
which said salaries, together with the salaries of the oflicers
mentioned in the succeeding section, shall be at the rates
hereby fixed, from the commencement of the present session.
Hereafter, at the expiration of each annual session of the
legislature, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the house of
delegates to prepare for publication a sketch or synopsis of
the several acts and joint resolutions passed during the ses-
sion. For the service hereby required, the said clerk shall
receive fifty dollars.” :

Ҥ 14. The sergeant-at-arms of the senate and the sergeant-
at-arms of the house of delegates shall each receive the sum
of forty-four dollars per week during the session of the gene-
ralassembly. Each of the said sergeants shall be allowed,
for taking any person into custody, by order of the house,
two dollars; for every day he detains such person in cutody,
two dollars; and for the travel of himself or messenger to
take any person into custody by such order, eight cents per
mile going, and the same returning. ‘The doorkeepers of
both houses shall receive the sum of forty-two dollars each
week during the session of the general assembly. The clerks of
the several standing committees of each house shall be allowed
for their services forty-two dollars per week until discharged;
that is to say: In the senate, the clerk of the committees on
roads and internal navigation; the clerk of the committees
on finance and courts of justice; the clerk of the committees
on general laws and federal relations, and the clerk of the
committees on public institutions, privileges and elections
and banks: and in the house of delegates, the clerk of the
committee on propositions and grievances, and of claims; the
clerk of the committees for courts of justice, and schools and
colleges; the clerk of the committees of privileges and elec-
tions, and agriculture and manufactures; the clerk of the
committee on finance; the clerk of the committees on banks
and military affairs, and the clerk of the committees of roads
and internal navigation. The said clerks shall perform the
duties of clerks of any other committees, in their respective
houses, and any similar service that may be required of them,
without additional compensation.”

2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith, are
hereby repealed.

3. This act shall be in force from its passage.