Chap. 478.—An ACT to provide for the payment of the work of indexing the act
and journals of the present session of the general assembly when said work
completed.

Approved December 18, 1903.

Whereas, the act of the general assembly passed February seventh, nine
teen hundred and three, provided that the clerks of the senate and hou:
of delegates should receive a per diem for sixty days after the adjourn
ment of this extra session of the general assembly, which said compensa
tion was intended for the indexing of the acts and journals and othe
work incident to the closing of the session ; and,

Whereas, during the recess of the general assembly, from May nine
tcenth, nineteen hundred and three, to November tenth, nineteen hun
dred and three, the greater portion of this work was done by the sai
clerks, for which they could receive no compensation earlier than sixt
days after the adjournment of this session, except by legislative enact
ment; and,

Whereas, it was the intention of the oir assembly that the per dien
for sixty days after the adjournment of this session should be the com
pensation for the said work, the greater portion of which has-already been
done; now,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the auditor

of public accounts be, and he is hereby, directed to issue his warrant upon
the treasurer in favor of the clerk of the house and the clerk of the senate
for six hundred dollars each, when the said clerks shall have placed in the
hands of the superintendent of public printing the indexes required by
law to be prepared by them, which said amounts shall be in lieu of and in
full for the said per diem of sixty days after the adjournment of the pres-
ent. session provided by the said act.

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