Chap. 197.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3531 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, as amended by acts approved March 3, 1898, and April 2, 1902, in
relation to fees of sheriffs, sergeants, criers and constables.

Approved March 12, 1908.

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,
and by an act approved April second, nineteen hundred and two, 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, eighty cents; for an arrest in
case of felony, one dollar; for executing a search 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. For carrying a prisoner to jail under the order of a justice, for
each mile traveled of himself in going and returning, four cents; for
each 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 day; for each person employed in making the arrest of
any person charged with a felony, not exceeding seventy-five cents per
day; 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 paid 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 be dispensed with.
For executing the first writ of venire facias at a term, five dollars,
and one dollar and fifty cents for executing every other writ of venire
facias at same term.

For executing sentence of death, five dollars; and in addition, the
expenses actually incurred by the officer in executing such sentence.