Chap. 20.—_An ACT to amend and re-enact section five thousand nine
hundred and fifty-six of the Code of Virginia, relating to the court of
law and chancery of the city of Roanoke. [H B 8]

Approved March 20, 1923.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section five thousand nine hundred and fifty-six of the Code of
Virginia be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec, 5956. Clerk of this court.—The elerk of the corpora-
tion court of said city shall also be the clerk of the court of law
and chancery, and shall receive for his compensation such rea-
sonable salary as may be allowed him by the council of the city
of Roanoke, to be paid out of its treasury; and in the event the
council fail or neglect to allow a reasonable salary to said clerk
for the services rendered by him under this chapter, the judge
of this court shall by order of record, fix the salary to be paid
said clerk, and the same shall be paid to him out of the treasury
of the city of Roanoke.

He shall qualify as now provided by law and give bond for
the faithful discharge of his duties in both courts, and if he
qualify before the judge in vacation, the bond shall be certified
both to the corporation court and the court of law and chancery,
to be recorded in both courts. It shall be his duty as the clerk
of the corporation court to forthwith docket in the judgment
lien docket of the corporation court all judgments, decrees, or
orders for the payment of money rendered in the said court of
law and chancery, or the clerk’s office thereof or by the judge
thereof in vacation, the same to be docketed in the same manner
as though such judgment, decree or order had been rendered in
the corporation court.