CHAPTER 292

An Act to amend and reenact § 14-86, as amended, of the Code of Virginia,
relating to compensation for sheriffs of counties and sergeants of cities
and their deputies.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 14-86, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and re-
enacted as follows:

§ 14-86. The annual salary of the sheriff of each county shall be not
less than thirty-six hundred dollars and not more than ten thousand dollars.
The annual salary of the sergeant of each city chartered prior to December
one, nineteen hundred fifty-three, shall be not less than thirty-six hundred
dollars and not more than ten thousand dollars. The annual salary of a
full-time deputy of a sheriff or of a sergeant shall be not more than three-
fourths of the compensation fixed for the sheriff or sergeant of his county
or city, as the case may be.

In fixing the salary of each sheriff and sergeant, and of each of their
full-time deputies, the Compensation Board shall take into consideration the
length of service of such sheriff, sergeant or deputy, the population and area
of the county or city for which he is elected or appointed, the number of
persons committed to the jail thereof, the aggregate number of days spent
by prisoners in the jail thereof, the compensation previously received by the
sheriff or sergeant and each of their full-time deputies, the amount of fees
collected by such officers and such other factors as the Compensation Board
deems proper.

The salaries shall be fixed, as far as is consistent with the factors
hereinbefore required to be considered, according to the following schedule:

(1) In the counties of Amelia, Appomattox, Bland, Charles City,
Clarke, Craig, Cumberland, Essex, Fluvanna, Gloucester, Goochland,
Greene, Highland, James City, King George, King and Queen, Madison,
Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent, Northumberland, Powhatan, Rappa-
hannock, Richmond, Surry and Westmoreland, the salary of each sheriff
shall be not less than thirty-six hundred dollars and not more than six
thousand dollars per annum;

(2) Inthe counties of Bath, Charlotte, Culpeper, Floyd, King William,
Lancaster, Louisa, Page, Stafford and Spotsylvania, the salary of each
sheriff shall be not less than thirty-six hundred dollars and not more than
six thousand dollars;

(3) In the counties of Botetourt, Buckingham, Loudoun, Lunenburg,
Nelson, Patrick, Shenandoah and Warren, the salary of each sheriff shall
be not less than thirty-six hundred dollars and not more than six thousand
dollars per annum;

(4) Inthe counties of Amherst, Fauquier, Caroline, Grayson, Greens-
ville, Isle of Wight, Prince Edward, Sussex, York and Nottoway, the salary
of each sheriff shall be not less than four thousand dollars and not more
than seven thousand dollars per annum;

(5) In the counties of Alleghany, Albemarle, Bedford, Brunswick,
Campbell, Carroll, Dickenson, Dinwiddie, Frederick, Giles, Henry, Mecklen-
burg, Northampton, Prince George, Hanover, Orange, Pulaski, Rockbridge,
Smyth, Southampton, Prince William and Wythe, the salary of each sheriff
shall be not less than four thousand five hundred dollars and not more than
eight thousand dollars per annum;

(6) In the counties of Accomack, Chesterfield, Halifax, Henrico,
Montgomery and Scott the salary of each sheriff shall be not less than four
thousand five hundred dollars and not more than nine thousand dollars
per annum;

(7) Inthe counties of Augusta, Buchanan, Franklin, Lee, Nansemond,
Pittsylvania, Roanoke, Rockingham, Russell, Tazewell, Washington and
Wise, the salary of each sheriff shall be not less than four thousand five
hundred dollars and not more than nine thousand five hundred dollars per
annum;
(8) In the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Princess Anne and Noriolk
the salary of the sheriff shall be not less than five thousand dollars and not
more than ten thousand dollars per annum ; _.

(9) In the cities of Buena Vista, Norton and Williamsburg, the salary
of each sergeant shall be not less than three thousand six hundred dollars
and not more than six thousand dollars per annum ; oo

(10) In the cities of Bristol, Charlottesville, Clifton Forge, Virginia
Beach, Fredericksburg, Hopewell, Martinsville, Suffolk, Radford, Staunton,
Winchester and Waynesboro, the salary of each sergeant shall not be less
than three thousand six hundred dollars and not more than seven thousand
dollars per annum ;

(11) In the cities of Hampton, Lynchburg, * Petersburg and Ports-
mouth, the salary of each sergeant shall be not less than four thousand five
hundred dollars and not more than nine thousand five hundred dollars per
annum;

(12) In the cities of Richmond, Norfolk, Roanoke, Alexandria, New-
port News and Danville, the salary of each sergeant shall be not less than
five thousand dollars and not more than ten thousand dollars per annum,
provided, however, that in counties or cities having a population of more
than ninety thousand and two or more courts of record or two or more
judges of the same court of record, the Compensation Board, in its discre-
tion, may make an additional allowance not to exceed one thousand dollars.