CHAPTER 452

An Act to amend and reenact § 14-85 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to certain fees paid from State Treasury to certain sheriffs and
sergeants for attending certain courts.

[H 504]

Approved April 3, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 14-85 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
follows:
§ 14-85. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 14-82 there shall be
paid out of the State treasury to sheriffs and sergeants, after the same
are duly certified to the Comptroller, the following fees: For attending
any circuit court engaged in the trial of civil or criminal cases, or both,
or for attending the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond,
the Chancery Court of the city of Richmond, the Circuit Court of the city
of Richmond, the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond, Part
Two, the Law and Chancery Court of the city of Norfolk or the Law and
Chancery Court of the city of Roanoke, * three dollars for each day’s
attendance. And the judge of any such court may allow any deputy,
whose attendance he deems advisable and requires as an assistant to the
principal officer, such compensation as he may deem proper and just,
not exceeding * three dollars a day. The Chancery Court, Law and
Equity Court, the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond, Part
Two, and the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond, however, shall make
the allowance authorized by this section for one deputy in attendance
upon the court as well as to the sheriff.