CHAPTER 83

An Act to amend and reenact § 17-118.1 of the Code of Virginia, relat-
ang to clerks of certain courts.
[H 330]

Approved February 27, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. ine § 17-118.1 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows: °

§ 17-118.1. The clerk of the Hustings Court of the city of Roanoke
shall also be the clerk of the circuit court of the city, and shall perform
all the duties thereof and receive the compensation provided therefor by
law. All acts heretofore performed by the clerk of the Hustings Court
as acting clerk of the circuit court of the city are hereby ratified and
given the same effect as though performed by a duly elected and quali-
fied clerk of the circuit court.

The clerk of the Corporation Court of the city of Lynchburg shall
also be the clerk of the circuit court of that city, and shall perform all
the duties thereof and receive the compensation provided therefor by law.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when a vacancy occurs
in the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond the
clerk of the Law and Equity Court of that city shall also be the clerk of
the circuit court, and shall perform all the duties thereof, receive and
retain all official fees and commissions and receive compensation, all as
provided therefor by law; and thereafter there shall be no election held
for such office. He shall qualify as now prescribed by law and give bond
for the faithful performance of his duties in both courts.