CHAPTER 648

An Act to amend and reenact § 14-66, as amended, of the Code of Virginia,
relating to salaries of Commonwealth’s attorneys.
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Approved April 7, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 14-66, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

14-66. The annual salaries of attorneys for the Commonwealth
shall be within the limits hereinafter prescribed, that is to say:

In counties having a population of not more than ten thousand inhab-
itants, such salaries shall not be less than six hundred dollars nor more
than eighteen hundred dollars.

In counties having a population of more than ten thousand inhabitants
but not more than twenty thousand inhabitants, such salaries shall not be
less than one thousand dollars nor more than three thousand dollars.

In counties having a population of more than twenty thousand inhab-
itants but not more than twenty-five thousand inhabitants, and in any
county having therein properties of public service corporations assessed
for taxation at an aggregate valuation of more than ten million dollars such
salaries shall not be less than one thousand dollars nor more than four
thousand dollars. Provided, however, that in counties having a population
of not less than twenty-three thousand three hundred seventy nor more
than twenty-four thousand, such salaries shall be not less than one thou-
sand dollars nor more than forty-five hundred dollars.

In counties having a population of more than twenty-five thousand
inhabitants but not more than thirty thousand inhabitants, such salaries
shall not be less than fifteen hundred dollars nor more than four thousand

ollars.
In counties having a population of more than thirty thousand inhab-
itants but not more than fifty thousand inhabitants, such salaries shall not
be less than two thousand nor more than four thousand dollars. Provided,
however, in counties having a population of more than thirty-five thousand
five hundred, but not more than thirty-six thousand, such salaries shall not
be less than three thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars.

In counties having a population of more than fifty thousand inhab-
itants, such salaries shall not be less than three thousand dollars nor more
than five thousand dollars. }

In counties having a population of more than ninety thousand inhab-
ttants, such salaries shall not be less than four thousand dollars nor more
than six thousand dollars.

In counties having a population of more than thirty-eight thousand
but less than forty thousand such salaries shall be not less than two thou-
sand nor more than four thousand five hundred dollars.

In cities of the second class having a population of ten thousand inhab-
itants or less such salaries shall not be less than six hundred dollars nor
more than eighteen hundred dollars.

In cities of the first class having a population of ten thousand inhab-
itants or less, and in cities of the second class having a population of not
less than nine thousand and not more than ten thousand, such salaries shall
ee be less than six hundred dollars nor more than twenty-four hundred

ollars.

In cities having a population of more than ten thousand inhabitants
but not more than twenty-five thousand inhabitants, such salaries shall not
be less than six hundred dollars nor more than four thousand dollars.

In cities having a population of more than twenty-five thousand inhab-
itants but not more than fifty thousand inhabitants, such salaries shall
not be less than twenty-five hundred dollars nor more than six thousand

ollars.

In cities having a population of more than fifty thousand inhabitants
but not more than one hundred thousand inhabitants, such salaries shall
not be less than six thousand nor more than seventy-five hundred dollars.

In cities having a population of more than one hundred thousand
inhabitants, and in counties having a population of more than two thou-
sand inhabitants per square mile, such salaries shall not be less than six
thousand dollars nor more than eighty-five hundred dollars.

But nothing herein contained shall prevent the council of any city
having a population of more than one hundred and twenty-five thousand
from supplementing the salary of the attorney for the Commonwealth in
such city for additional services not required by general law, provided
that any such supplemental salary shall he paid wholly by such city.

Whenever an attorney for the Commonwealth is such for a county
and city together, or for two or more cities, the aggregate population of
such political subdivisions shall be the population for the purpose of
arriving at the classification of such attorney for the Commonwealth under
the provisions of this section.

Each assistant attorney for the Commonwealth, heretofore authorized
by law, if his services shall be deemed necessary by the compensation
board, shall receive an annual salary of not more than two-thirds of the
salary received by the attorney for the Commonwealth of his county or city.

On and after July one, nineteen hundred forty-eight, the maximum
salary applicable to each officer whose salary is prescribed by this section
shall be raised by twenty per centum for those officers authorized to
receive a maximum salary of five thousand dollars, and by ten per centum
and not to exceed five hundred dollars for those officers authorized by
law to receive a maximum salary in excess of five thousand dollars but
such increase shall not operate to raise any such salary by more than one
thousand dollars a year.