CHAPTER 28

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered
24-194.8 and 24-194.4, providing, in certain counties, for the appoint-
ment of additional judges and clerks of election and assistant regis-
trars and for appointment of assistants to the secretary of the electoral
board and general registrar. nH 10]

Approved December 17, 1952
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding sections numbered
24-194.3 and 24-194.4 as follows:

_ § 24-194.3. The electoral board of any county containing a popula-
tion of more than fifty thousand and being adjacent to a city with a
population of more than two hundred twenty-five thousand may at any
time appoint such additional judges, clerk, or clerks for any voting place
in the county when the board deems additional judges, clerk, or clerks
necessary to facilitate voting at such place in any general, primary or
special election. The qualifications of such judges, clerk, or clerks shall be
the same as those prescribed for judges and clerks required by law to be
appointed for holding general, primary or special elections. There shall
be administered to the additional judges, clerk, or clerks by the judges of
election, or either of them, or by the officer swearing the judges, the same
oath as that taken by the judges. The additional judges, clerk, or clerks
shall receive the same compensation for their services as is prescribed by
law for judges and clerks required to be appointed for holding such
elections, to be paid out of the treasury of such county.

_§ 24-194.4. The electoral board of the county may appoint such
assistants to the general registrar of the county or secretary of the electoral
board as conditions may require. The electoral board may designate one
or more of such assistants to the general registrar as assistant registrar
to the general registrar, and such assistant registrar if appointed shall
have the qualifications required of the general registrar. Such assistants,
to the secretary of the electoral board or general registrar, and the
assistant registrar if appointed, shall perform such duties and receive
such compensation as may be required and provided by the county electoral
board and the governing body, respectively.

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

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