Chap. 585.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 890 of the Code of Virginia,
as heretofore amended. ;

Approved January 11, 1904.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
eight hundred and ninety of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended,
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 890. Sheriff of city of Richmond; his election, qualification, and
‘pond ; duties, powers, and liabilities—-There shall be elected at the elec-
tion on Tuesday after the first Monday in November, nineteen hundred
and five, and every four years thereafter, by the qualified voters of the
city of Richmond, one sheriff, who shall, on or before the first day of
January next succeeding his election, qualify before the circuit court
of said city, or the judge thereof in vacation, and give bond, with surety,
in such penalty as may be required by the said court or judge, so that
the same be not less than twenty thousand nor more than fifty thousand
dollars. If such qualification be in vacation, the certificate thereof and
the bonds shall be returned to the clerk of the said circuit court, who
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shall enter the said certificate in the order book of the said
record the said bond. The said court may, whenever in its o
mecessary for the protection of the public interest, upon a rt
against such officer, require him to give a new bond, or an
bond. If the said sheriff shall fail to qualify and give bom
fore the first day of January next succeeding his election, o
to give a new bond or an additional bond within ten days aft
shall have been made requiring the same to be given, in eit]
office shall be deemed vacant. Such new bond or additiona:
be given in court, or before the judge thereof in vacation,
given in vacation the judge shall certify the fact and return

the clerk of his court, who shall file and record the same &
The said sheriff shall attend the circuit, the law and equity
the chancery court of the said city, and act as the officer of

He shall exercise the same powers, perform the same dutie
same fees and compensation therefor, and be subject to the !
ties touching all process issued by said courts or by the cle
courts, or otherwise lawfully directed to him, that the sheriff

exercises, performs, and is entitled or subject to in his county

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