Chap. 673.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 525 of the code of Virginia
in relation to the collection of fees of the commissioner of the revenue.

Approved March 3, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
five hundred and twenty-five of the code of Virginia, in relation to
the collection of fees of the commissioner of the revenue, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 525. How made out and collected.—The commissioners may
make out tickets for their fees and place them in the hands of a
sheriff or constable to be collected and accounted for in the same
manner as clerk fees are collected and accounted for. The said com-
missioners shall be subject to the same penalties as clerks of courts
for issuing tickets wrongfully : provided, however, that in the counties
of Chesterfield, Bedford, and Brunswick, and the city of Norfolk,
the transfer fee allowed by law to the commissioner of the revenue
for said counties and city shall be collected by the clerk of the court
of record of the said county at the time of recording the deed. The
clerk at the time of placing the list of transfers in the hands of the
commissioner shall account to him for the fees so collected, deduct-
ing therefrom a commission of ten per centum for his services.

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