Chap. 27.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 3 and 10 of Chapter 386 of the
Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved April 2, 1942, relating to the compensa-
tion and expenses of sheriffs and sergeants and the cities to which the chapter
is applicable, so as to bring the city of Martinsville within the provisions of the
chapter. [H

Approved February 16, 1944

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That sections three and ten of chapter three hundred eighty-six
of the Acts of Assembly of nineteen hundred forty-two, approved April
second, nineteen hundred forty-two, be amended and re-enacted, as fol-
lows:

Section 3. Factors to Be Considered: Advisory Compensation
Scales.—(a) The annual salary of the sheriff of each county shall be not
less than twelve hundred dollars and not more than six thousand dollars.
The annual salary of the sergeant of each city shall be not less than twelve
hundred dollars and not more than six thousand dollars. The annual
salary of a full-time deputy of a sheriff or of a sergeant shall be not more
than two-thirds of the compensation fixed for the sheriff or sergeant of
his county or city, as the case may be, and in no instance shall it exceed
three thousand dollars.

(b) In fixing the salary of each sheriff and sergeant, and of each of
their full-time deputies, the Compensation Board shall take into considera-
tion the population and area of the county or city for which he is elected
or appointed, the number of persons committed to the jail thereof, the
aggregate number of days spent by prisoners in the jail thereof, the com-
pensation previously received by the said sheriff or sergeant and each
of their full-time deputies, the amount of fees collected by such officers,
and such other factors as the Compensation Board may deem proper.

(c) The said salaries shall be fixed, as far as may be consistent with
the factors hereinbefore required to be considered, according to the follow-
ing schedule:

(1) In the counties of Amelia, Appomattox, Bland, Charles City,
Clarke, Craig, Cumberland, Essex, Fluvanna, Gloucester, Goochland,
Greene, Highland, James City, King George, King and Queen, Madison,
Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent, Northumberland, Powhatan, Rappa-
hannock, Richmond, Stafford, Surry, Westmoreland and York, the salary
of each sheriff shall be not less than twelve hundred dollars and not more
than two thousand dollars per annum;

(2) In the counties of Bath, Charlotte, Culpeper, Floyd, Isle of
Wight, King William, Lancaster, Louisa, Page, Prince William, and
Spotsylvania, the salary of each sheriff shall be not less than one thousand
wo hundred dollars and not more than two thousand five hundred dol-
ars; .

(3) In the counties of Amherst, Botetourt, Buckingham, Fauquier,
Grayson, Hanover, Loudoun, Luxenburg, Nelson, Nottoway, Orange,
Patrick, Shenandoah and Warren the salary of each sheriff shall be not
less than two thousand dollars and not more than three thousand dollars
per annum ;

(4) In the counties of Brunswick, Campbell, Carroll, Chesterfield,
Caroline, Greensville, Prince Edward, Sussex, and Warwick the salary
of each sheriff shall be not less than two thousand four hundred dollars
and not more than three thousand six hundred dollars per annum;

(S) In the counties of Alleghany, Albemarle, Bedford, Dickenson,
Dinwiddie, Frederick, Giles, Henry, Mecklenburg, Northampton, Prince
George, Princess Anne, Pulaski, Rockbridge, Smyth, Southampton and
Wythe, the salary of each sheriff shall be not less than three thousand
dollars and not more than four thousand five hundred dollars per annum ;

(6) In the counties of Accomack, Arlington, Elizabeth City, Tair-
fax, Halifax, Henrico, Montgomery, Scott and Washington, the salary
of each sheriff shall be not less than four thousand and not more than five
thousand five hundred dollars per annum;

(7) In the counties of Augusta, Buchanan, Franklin, Jee, Nanse-
mond, Norfolk, Pittsylvania, Roanoke, Rockingham, Russell, Tazewell,
and Wise, the salary of each sheriff shall be not less than four thousand
five hundred dollars and not more than six thousand dollars per annum:

(8) Inthe cities of Buena Vista, Fredericksburg, Martinsville, Rad-
ford, Suffolk and Williamsburg, the salary of each sergeant shall be not
less than one thousand two hundred dollars and not more than two thou-
sand five hundred dollars per annum ;

(9) In the cities of Bristol, Charlottesville, Clifton Forge, Hopewell,
and Alexandria the salary of the sergeant shall be not less than two thou-
sand dollars and not more than five thousand dollars per annum:

(10) In the cities of Danville, Lynchburg, Newport News, Norfolk,
Petersburg, Portsmouth, Richmond, and Roanoke, the salary of each
sergeant shall be not less than four thousand dollars and not more than
six thousand dollars per annum.

Section 10. Application of Act—(a) The provisions of this act
shall not apply to any city which does not operate a jail, nor to the ser-
geant of such city, but they shall, however, apply in every respect to the
cities of Martinsville and Suffolk and to the sergeants thereof, respec-
tively.

(b) The provisions of this act shall apply in every respect to eact
city which operates a jail, and to the sergeant thereof. In every sucl
case the sergeant shall have supervision and control of the jail and thc
custody of all prisoners confined therein, any other provision of law, gen-
eral, special or local, to the contrary notwithstanding.