Chap. 260.—An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 39, Chapter 184, of
Code of 1860, as Amended, concerning Allowance of certain Officers.

Approved March 21, 1872.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That section Acts for
thirty-nine, of chapter one hundred and eighty-four, of the 3prce te
Code of eighteen hundred and sixty, as amended by an acted _
approved March fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, toh 6 oo,
concerning the allowances of certain officers, be amended and j5>%, P
re-enacted so as to read as follows: 1870-71.

§ 39. There shall be chargeable to each county or corpora- Allowan
tion such sum as the court thereof may allow to its clerk, or to the ClerK*: §
sheriff or sergeant attending it, for services rendered to the how mac
said county or corporation: provided, that no such allowance cnarea
shall be made under this section for services rendered by the be made
said officers in criminal prosecutions on behalf of the common- nal pros
wealth; but the judge of the hustings court of the city of °°
Richmond may, with the consent of the city council, make Mueting:
allowance to the sergeant of said court for criminal services 0)Cor

and for similar services rendered since the fourteenth day of ized ton

March, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, to be chargeable to tier’
said city.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage. Commen