Chap. 91.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 890 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, as heretofore amended, be amended and re-enacted as follows.

Approved March 4, 1910.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the....

§890. Sheriff of the city of Richmond; his election, qualification and
bond ; duties, powers and liabilities —There shall he elected at the election
on Tuesday after the first Monday in November, nineteen hundred and
five and every four years thereafter, by the qualified voters of the city of
Richmond, one sheriff, who shall, on or before the first day of January,
next succeeding his election, qualify before the circuit court of said city,
or the judge thereof in vacation, and give bond with surety, in such pen-
alty as may be required by the said court or judge so that the same be not
less than five thousand nor more than twenty thousand dollars. If such
qualification be in vacation, the certificate thereof and the bonds shall be
returned to the clerk of the said circuit court, who shall enter the said
certificate in the order book of the said court and record the said bond.
The said court may, whenever in its opinion it is necessary for the protec-
tion of the public interest, upon a rule awarded against such officer,
require him to give new bond, or an additional bond. If the said sheriff
shall fail to qualify and give bond on or before the first day of January
next succeeding his election, or shall fail to give a new bond or an addi-
tional bond within ten days after an order shall have been made requir-
ing the same to be given, in either case his office shall be deemed vacant.
Such new bond or additional bond may be given in court, or before the
judge thereof in vacation, and when given in vacation the judge shall
certify the fact and return the bond to the clerk of his court, who shall
file and record the same in his office. The said sheriff shall attend the
circuit, the law and equity court and the chancery court of the said city,
and act as the officer of said courts. He shall exercise the same powers,
perform the duties, have the same fees and compensation therefor, and be
subject to the same penalties touching all process issued by said courts or
by the clerks of said courts, or otherwise lawfully directed to him, that the
sheriff of a county exercises, performs and is entitled or subject to in his
county (eighten hundred and eighty-three and four, page six hundred
and seventy; eighteen hundred and ninety-three and four, page three
hundred and ninety-seven; nineteen hundred and two, three and four,
pages five hundred and seventy-four and nine hundred and twenty-one).