Chap. 842.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3531 of the code of Virginia in
relation to fees of the sheriff, sergeant, coroner, crier, or constable.

Approved March 3, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
thirty-five hundred and thirty-one of the code of Virginia be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 3531. For serving a warrant or summons other than on a witness,
where no arrest is made, thirty cents; for an arrest in case of a misde-
meanor when not paid out of the treasury, eighty cents; for an arrest in
case of felony, one dollar; for executing a search warrant, fifty cents;
for summoning a witness in a felony case, twenty cents; for summoning
a witness in a misdemeanor case when not paid out of the treasury, thirty
cents. But not more than forty-five cents shall be allowed out of the
treasury for summoning witnesses in a case of a misdemeanor, nor more
than one dollar in a case of felony, unless the justice shall certify that
the witnesses in a case of felony in excess of five were examined on the
trial and were material witnesses; and when two or more persons are ar-
rested under one warrant, or are jointly charged or tried, the officer shall
be entitled only to such fees for summoning witnesses as if only one
person was arrested, charged, or tried. For carrying a prisoner to jail
under order of a justice, for each mile of travel of himself in going and
returning. four cents; for each mile of travel of the prisoner in carrying
him to jail, where the distance is over ten miles, four cents; for board of
prisoner w hile under arrest and undergoing examination on a charge of
felony, or while carrying him to jail, the amount actually paid by such
ollicer, not exceeding per day one dollar; for each person employed in
making the arrest of any person charged with a felony, not exceeding per
day seventy-five cents; for a guard in a ease of felony per day, seventy-
five cents; for each mile of travel of guard in going to jail and returning,
four cents. But no guard shall be paid in any case of misdemeanor or
employed or paid in a felony case unless the Justice order it and certify
that such guard could not be safely dispensed with. For executing a
writ of venire facias, one dollar and. fiftv cents; for executing a sentence
of death, five dollars; and in addition, the expenses actually incurred by
the officer in executing such sentence.

2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby re-
pealed.

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