CHAPTER 457

An Act to amend and reenact § 17-158 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to jurisdiction of Hustings Court of the City of Richmond. ty
[H 260]

Approved April 1, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 17-153 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
follows:

§ 17-153. Jurisdiction of the Hustings Court.—The Hustings Court
of the City of Richmond shall have:

(1) Jurisdiction of all presentments, indictments and informations
for offenses committed within the corporate limits of the city of Richmond,
except prosecutions against convicts in the penitentiary;

(2) Concurrent jurisdiction with the other courts having jurisdiction
thereof of all presentments, indictments and informations for offenses
committed within the space of one mile of the limits of the city;

(3) Concurrent jurisdiction with the Circuit Court of the City of
Richmond of actions of forcible or unlawful entry and detainer;

(4) Jurisdiction of all appeals allowed by any State law or ordinance
of the city from the judgments of the police justice’s court;

(5) Jurisdiction of all proceedings for the condemnation, for public
use, of any land or property within the corporate limits of the city;

(6) Jurisdiction of all motions to correct erroneous assessments on
real estate within such limits; .

(7) Jurisdiction of all presentments, indictments and informations
for all offenses committed within the geographical limits of the city of
Richmond, except Henrico Courthouse Square which is a part of Henrico
County, specifically including the Capitol Square and all other property
of the Commonwealth of Virginia within such limits except the State
Penitentiary.