CHAPTER 518

An Act to amend and reenact § 14-155 of the Code of Virginia relating
ta maximum compensation for court clerks.
[H 374]

Approved April 2, 1952

Be it enacted by the Genera] Assembly of Virginia:

aa That § 14-155 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 14-155. The total annual compensation, exclusive of expenses
authorized by the State Compensation Board, of a court clerk shall not
exceed the sums hereinafter named, to-wit:

In cities or counties having a population of one hundred thousand or
more, such compensation shall not exceed the sum of seventy-five hundred
dollars per annum; with a population between thirty-eight thousand and
forty thousand such compensation shall not exceed eight thousand five
hundred dollars per annum; with a population between fifty thousand and
one hundred thousand and in counties adjoining cities having a population
of fifty thousand or more, such compensation shall not exceed seven
thousand dollars per annum; with a population between twenty-five thou-
sand and fifty thousand, such compensation shall not exceed six thousand
dollars per annum; with a population between fifteen thousand and twenty-
five thousand, such compensation shall not exceed sixty-five hundred dollars
per annum; and with a population of fifteen thousand or less, such com-
pensation shall not exceed four thousand five hundred dollars per annum
except in cities of the first class in which it shall not exceed five thousand
dollars per annum exclusive of any compensation allowed by the respective
city councils; and provided, however, that in determining the compensation
allowed to any such clerk hereunder any compensation allowed to such
clerk by his city council or county board of supervisors, other than com-
missions allowed by State law for the discharge of any duties imposed
upon such officer by the council of the city, board of supervisors of the
county, or laws of this State shall be disregarded to the extent of: (a)
Twenty-five hundred dollars in cities or counties having a population of
fifty thousand or more and in counties adjoining cities having a population
of fifty thousand or more, (b) fifteen hundred dollars in cities and counties
with a population between twenty-five thousand and fifty thousand, and
(c) one thousand in cities and counties with a population of twenty-five
thousand or less. Provided that when, in any city having a population in
excess of one hundred thousand, any person serves as clerk of more than
one court of record in such city he shall annually receive, in addition to
the compensation to which he is entitled as clerk of any court of record
in such city, not to exceed one thousand dollars additional for each other
such court of which he is clerk. Provided that in any county having a
population of more than 29,000 but less than 29,700 such compensation
shall not exceed $6,500. Provided, further, that in any county having a
density of population in excess of four thousand persons to a square mile,
any person who serves as clerk of any court of record having two or more
regularly appointed or elected judges and/or serves as clerk of more than
one court, whether the same be a court of record or otherwise, he shall
receive annually, in addition to the compensation to which he is entitled
as court clerk in such county, not to exceed one thousand dollars additional
for each judge, in excess of one, of a court of record for which he acts as
clerk and one thousand dollars additional for each other statutory court
of which he is clerk, whether the same be a court of record or otherwise.