Chap. 337.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3 of Chapter 386 of the Acts
of Assembly of 1942, approved April 2, 1942, relating to classification for pur-
poses of advisory compensation of sheriffs and sergeants, to make certain change
or changes. [S 104]

Approved March 30, 1944

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia :

1. That section three of chapter three hundred eighty-six of the
Acts of Assembly of nineteen hundred forty-two, approved April two.
nineteen hundred forty-two, be amended and re-enacted, as follows:

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
instarice 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
consideration the population and area of the county or city for which
he 1s 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 compensation previously received by the sheriff or sergeant
and each of their full-time deputies, the amount of fees collected bv
such officers, and such other factors as the Compensation Board deems
proper.

Ke) The salaries shall be fixed, as far as is 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
two hundred dollars and not more than two thousand five hundred
dollars ;

(3) In the counties of Amherst, Botetourt, Buckingham, Fauquier.
Grayson, Hanover, Loudoun, Lunenburg, 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 ; a

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

(5S) 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, Fair-
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, Lee, 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, Radford, Suffolk
and Williamsburg, the salary of each sergeant shall be not less than one
thousand two hundred dollars and not more than two thousand five
hundred dollars per annum; ,

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

(10) In the cities of Alexandria, 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.

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