Chap. 432.—An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3068 and 3082, and to repeal
section 3079 of the Code of Virginia, relating to courts of the city of Rich-
mond.

Approved December 12, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sections
hirty hundred and sixty-eight and thirty hundred and eighty-two of
Ihe Code of Virginia be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 3068. Courts of the city of Richmond; their judges; how elected.—
Phere shall be for the city of Richmond the following courts:

1. A hustings court;

2. A court of probate and record, to be called the chancery court of
the city of Richmond ;

3. The law and equity court of the city of Richmond ;

4. The circuit court of the city of Richmond.

The hustings court, the chancery court, and the law and equity court
shall be held by judges chosen by the joint vote of the two houses of the
reneral assembly, who, when chosen, shall possess the same qualifications
aS judges of the supreme court of appeals, and shall, during their con-
tinuance in office, reside within the jurisdiction of the courts, respect-
ively, over which they preside.

The circuit court of said city shall be held by the judge of the tenth
circuit.

§ 3082. Clerks of said courts; how elected, and so forth; their fees;
special compensation of clerk of hustings court.—There shall be a clerk
of the said hustings court, of said chancery court, and of said law and
equity court, each of whom shall be elected by the qualified voters of said
city on Tuesday after the first Monday in November for terms of eight
years. The terms of the said clerks now in office, or their successors,
shall continue until the first day of February, nineteen hundred and
seven ; and their successors shall be elected on Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, nineteen hundred and five, and every eight
years thereafter. The terms of the clerks so elected shall begin on the
first day of February of the second year following the year of their elec-
tion. They shall each receive the same fecs and emoluments that are
allowed by law to clerks of circuit courts.

The clerk of said hustings court shall also receive out of the treasury
of the city of Richmond, for his services to the public of said city, such
sum as the judge may allow, not exceeding the sum of eighteen hun-
dred dollars in one year, and he shall be allowed the sum of one thou-
sand dollars a year for public services rendered the Commonwealth, pay-
able in monthly instalments, from the public treasury out of any money
not otherwise appropriated..

2. Be it further enacted, That section three thousand and seventy-
nine of the Code of Virginia be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

3. This act shall be in force on and after February first, nineteen hun-
dred and four.
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