Chap. 75.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3405, as heretofore amended,
and Section 3406 of the Code of Virginia, relating to reports by clerks of
certain courts of the business of such courts. [S B 32]

Approved March 8, 1938

1. Beit enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
thirty-four hundred and five, as heretofore amended, and section thirty-
four hundred and six, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 3405. The clerk of each court of record, in this State, shall,

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the Supreme Court of Appeals at Richmond, a report of the business
disposed of by his court for the term just ended. The report herein
provided for shall contain, among other things, the number of days,
and the hours of each day employed in the dispatch of the business
of the court, and such other information as the Supreme Court of
Appeals may deem proper, to enable it to gain a fair knowledge of the
business of the several courts of the State.

The clerk of the Supreme Court of Appeals shall furnish the clerks
of the courts herein mentioned with a form upon which the reports
provided for shall be made.

Such reports shall be so filed and arranged in the office of the clerk
of the Supreme Court of Appeals that the General Assembly, or any
other body or officer of this State may have access thereto.

The Supreme Court of Appeals shall have the power, and it shall
be its duty, to obtain such information, and present the same to the
next regular session of the General Assembly, and at each recurring
session, together with any recommendation it may see fit to make,
looking to the equalization of the work of the several courts of record
of this State, or any matter pertaining to the conduct of the work of
the courts which may enable the General Assembly to have complete
knowledge thereof; and the Supreme Court of Appeals, if it find it
necessary, may employ some person conversant with court work, to
to obtain and compile the information referred to herein, and pay a
reasonable sum for such service out of any funds not otherwise appro-
priated in the public treasury, which may be approved by the Governor.

Section 3406. The clerk of the Supreme Court of Appeals at Rich-
mond, at the direction of the court, shall report every clerk who fails
to make the report mentioned in the preceding section to the judge of
his court. Any clerk so failing shall, unless good cause for such failure
be shown, be fined not exceeding fifty dollars.