Chap. 605.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3531 of the Code of Virginia,
in relation to the fees of the sheriff or sergeant, coroner, crier, or constable, as
amended by an act approved March 3, 1898.

Approved April 2, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
thirty-five hundred and thirty-one of the Code of Virginia, as amended
by an act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 3531. For serving a warrant or summons other than on a witness,
where no arrest is made, thirty cents; for an arrest in a case of misde-
meanor, when not paid out of the treasury, cighty cents; for an arrest in
case of felony, one dollar; for executing a sei ireh warrant, fifty cents; for
summoning a witness in a felony case, twenty cents; for summoning a
witness in a misdemeanor case, when not paid out of the treasury, thirty
cents. But not more than forty-five cents shall be allowed out of the
treasury for summoning witnesses in a case of misdemeanor, upon the
trial of such misdemeanor before a justice, nor more than one dollar in a
case of felony, unless the justice shall certify that the witnesses in a case
of felony, in excess of five, were examined on the trial and were material
witnesses ; and when two or more persons are arrested under one warrant,
or are jointly charged or tried, the officer shall be entitled only to such
fees for summoning witnesses as if only one person was arrested, charged,
or tried. Tor carrying a prisoner to jail under the order of a justic e, “for

each mile traveled of himself in going and returning, four cents; for
cach mile traveled of the prisoner in carrying him to jail, where the dis-
tance is over ten miles, four cents; for board of prisoner while under
arrest and undergoing examination on a charge of felony, or while carry-
ing him to jail, the amount actually paid by such officer, not exceeding
one dollar per dav; for each person employed in making the arrest of
any person charged with a felony, not exceeding seventy-five cents per
dav; for a guard in a case of felony, per day, seventy-five cents; for each
mile traveled of guard in going to Jail and returning, four cents. But
no guard shall be patd in any case of misdemeanor, or employed or paid
in a felony case, unless the justice order it and certify that such guard
could not safely he dispensed with. For executing a writ of venire facias,
one dollar and fifty cents; for executing sentence of death, five dollars,
and, in addition, the expenses actually incurred by the officer in executing
such sentence.

2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby re-
pealed.

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