CHAPTER 459

An Act to amend and reenact § 14-155.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to compensation and expenses of court clerks in certain cities.

[H 283]
Approved April 1, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 14-155.1 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 14-155.1. In each city of this Commonwealth having a population
of over sixty-five thousand and not exceeding one hundred thousand in-
habitants, the clerks of courts shall each be paid a salary, * not less than
eight thousand dollars per annum but not to exceed ten thousand dollars
per annum.
Such salary shall be in full compensation for services and shall be in
lieu of the retention by such clerk of any and all official fees and com-
missions of whatever kind or character, and from whatever source
derived; and the city council of each such city shall provide for the pay-
ment of such salary out of the city treasury in equal monthly instalments.
The expenses of office of such clerk, including the compensation of deputies
and employees, shall be likewise paid to each such clerk out of the city
treasury on duly authenticated vouchers, when and as such expenses are
incurred, or may become due and payable, or at least monthly. The
maximum amount of such expenses shall be fixed by the State Compensa-
tion Board, and the Board shall fix the number and compensation of the
deputies and employees of each such officer.

All fees and commissions of every kind or character received or
collected by such clerk, and from whatever source derived, shall be paid
into the city treasury by him monthly. All fees and commissions of every
kind and character, whether payable by the State, the United States, or
by private persons, firms or corporations, now or hereafter made receivable
by law or ordinance by such clerk, shall continue to be paid to and collected
by him, and shall be paid into the city treasury monthly, except that the
city aforesaid shall not be required to pay any such clerk any fees or
commissions for services performed for such city.

2. An emergency exists, and this act is in force from its passage.