CHAPTER 439

An Act to amend and reenact § 51-29.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to the retirement of clerks of Senate and House of Delegates. 291
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Approved April 3, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

a That § 51-29.1 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 51-29.1. The Clerk of the State Senate or the Clerk of the House
of Delegates may retire from his office as such, at any time after having
attained the age of seventy years and after not less than * twenty years
of service as such Clerk, provided that in the computation of such twenty
years of service any such Clerk may include therein other service with the
State; a Clerk may be retired upon giving the Governor notice in writing of
his intention so to do, stating in such notice the date upon which such
retirement will become effective. Upon receipt of such notice, the Gov-
ernor shall notify the Comptroller of such retirement and the effective
date of the same.

Any such Clerk so retiring shall, after such retirement and for so
long as he may live be paid by the State, out of the general funds in the
State treasury, or out of such funds as shall be appropriated for the
purpose, annual compensation in an amount equal to one-half of the annual
salary being received by him immediately prior to his retirement. Such
compensation shall be paid by the State Treasurer in monthly or semi-
monthly installments, upon warrants of the Comptroller.