Chap. 378.—An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section
numbered 3516-3 relating to the compensation of clerks of certain courts.[S 87]

Approved April 1, 1948

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a new section
numbered thirty-five hundred sixteen-three as follows:

Section 3516-3. Compensation of clerks——Notwithstanding the
provisions of sections thirty-five hundred sixteen, as amended, and
thirty-five hundred sixteen-one of the Code of Virginia and chapter
three hundred eighty-four of the Acts of Assembly of nineteen hundred
forty, approved April one, nineteen hundred forty the maximum com-
pensation thereby authorized for the clerks of courts of record is
increased by twenty per centum for those clerks authorized by law to
retain, from fees and commissions, a maximum of fifty-five hundred
dollars or less; and by ten per centum and not exceeding five hundred
dollars for those clerks authorized by law to retain, from fees and com-
missions a maximum in excess of fifty-five hundred dollars, provided,
however, that no increase authorized hereunder shall exceed the sum of
one thousand dollars, and provided further that no clerk shall receive
a total net compensation exceeding ten thousand dollars, excepting such
clerk who is the clerk of two or more courts.