Chap. 409.—An ACT to require the chancery court of the city of Richmond to
keep in its clerk’s office a book showing the amount of money and notes under
the control or subject to the order of said court.

Approved February 19, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That there shall
be kept in the clerk's office of the chancery court of the city of Rich-
mond a book in which shall be kept complete and accurate accounts of
all the money deposited in any bank, or in the hands of any officer or
depository of the said court, or otherwise under the control or subject to
the order of the said court, and also ofall notes given for the deferred pay-
ments of the purchase money for real estate sold under orders of the said
court.

And the said court shall appoint a suitable person, whose duty it shall
be to transcribe into such book, when provided, complete and accurate
accounts of all the money and notes then under the control or subject
t» the order of the court as aforesaid; and the said court shall make to
such person a reasonable allowance for his services, and certify the same
to the council of the said city for payment, and the same shall be paid
out of the treasury of the said city.

2. When the said. book shall have been so provided and transcribed, it
shall be the duty of the clerk of the said court to enter therein, under
appropriate accounts, all the money and notes which shall be thereafter de-
posited to the credit of the court with any such bank, officer, or depository,
and also all the money and notes which shall be thereafter paid out or
withdrawn under orders of the court, so that the said book shall at all
times show the true amount of money and notes so under the control or
subject to the order of the court. And the said books shall be open for
inspection to the public.

3. For his services under the second section of this act the clerk shall
be entitled toa fee of one dollar per year for each account so kept on
said book for each year in which any entry is made in said account,
which fee shall be taxed in the costs of the suit to which said money or
notes belong; but only one account of the money or notes belonging to
any one suit shall be kept in said book, unless otherwise ordered by the
court; and no fee shall be charged for any such account for any year in
which no entry is made therein.

4. This act shall be in force from its passage.