CHAPTER 91

An Act to amend and reenact § 14-155.4 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to the compensation of clerks of courts in certain cities; to provide
for the payment of such compensation and the expenses of office of
such officers, and to impose certain duties on the State Compensation

Board.
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Approved February 22, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 14-155.4 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 14-155.4. In each city of this Commonwealth having a population
of not less than * forty thousand inhabitants nor more than * forty-five
thousand inhabitants, the clerk of the courts of record shall be paid a
salary * not less than eight thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand
dollars per annum.

Said salary shall be in full compensation for services and shall be
in lieu of the retention by any such officer of any and all official fees,
commissions or compensation of whatever kind or character, and from
whatever source derived; and the city council of each such city shall
provide for the payment of such salary out of the city treasury in equal
monthly installments. The expenses of office of each such officer, includ-
ing the compensation of deputies and employees, shall be likewise paid
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 twice
monthly. The maximum amount of such expenses in the case of each such
officer shall be fixed by the State Compensation Board, and the State
Compensation Board shall fix the number and compensation of the deputies
and employees of each such officer.