Chap. 62.—An ACT to amend and re-enact title 8 of the Code of Virginia, in rela-
tion to salaries, mileage, and other allowances.

Approved February 7, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That title eight,
hapter fourteen, of the Code of Virginia, in relation to salaries, mileage,
nd other allowances, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

TITLE EIGHT.
Salaries, Mileage, and Other Allowances.
CuHaptTer XIV.

SALARIES OF CERTAIN OFFICERS OF GOVERNMENT ; COMPENSATION OF MEM-
BERS AND OFFICERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 5
MILEAGE AND OTHER ALLOWANCES.

$183. First, governor and his secretary and assistant sccretary, who
hall be the governor’s messenger; second, attorney-general—his clerk;
hird, secretary of Commonwealth and his clerks; fourth, auditor of
ublic accounts and his clerks; fifth, second auditor and his clerks; sixth,
reasurer and his clerks; seventh, superintendent of public printing and
is clerk; eighth, register of land office; ninth, superintendent of peni-
‘~tiary, surgeon, and assistant keepers, clerks, and matron; tenth, pay
f directors of penitentiary ; eleventh, guards at penitentiary; State farm ;
velfth, State corporation commission, clerks and expenses; thirteenth,
‘mmissioner of agriculture and his clerk; fourteenth, superintendent of
cthlic instruction ; fifteenth, commissioner of labor; sixteenth, adjutant-
general; seventeenth, capitol and library, sub-officers: cighteenth. com-
missioner of State hospitals for the insane.

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.

§ 184. First, salary of members and officers of the general assembly:
second, their mileage; third, salary of clerks of senate and house; fourth
assistant clerks, journal and reading clerks, document clerk, and librarian:
fifth, pay of enrolling clerk; sixth, of committee clerks; seventh, 0!
sergeant-at-arms ; eighth, of doorkeepers: ninth, of pages.

JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT.

§ 185. First, judges of court of appeals; second, of clerks, reporter ant
stenographer; third, of judges of circuit courts, etc.; fourth, mileage
fifth, county court judges; sixth, judges of corporation courts.

§ 186. Increase of salaries of judges.

§ 187. Of salaries of certain city judges.

§ 188. How salaries and mileage paid.

§ 189. Rate of mileage.

§ 190. Distances between Richmond and the courthouses of countie
and certain cities.

§ 191. How ascertained from place other than courthouse.

§ 192. Liability of salary of officer for debt he owes the State; hor
enforced.

§ 193. When officer’s right to sue for salary barred.

The several officers hereinafter mentioned shall receive annually th
following sums—that is to say:

§ 183. First, salary of governor, his secretary, and assistant secretar
and messenger.—The governor, the sum of five thousand dollars. Th
governor is authorized to employ a secretary, for such time as the publi
service may require, at a salary not exceeding the rate of twelve hundre
dollars per annum; and an assistant secretary, who shall be the go
ernor’s messenger, at a salary not excceding the rate of nine hundre
dollars per annum, payable monthly on the certificate of the governor.

Second, salary and mileage of attorney-gencral; his clerk.—The a’
torney-gencral, the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, in full for hv
services; and ten cents per mile for every mile of necessary travel on bus
ness for the State. He is authorized to employ a clerk at a salary nc
to exceed nine hundred dollars per annum; and to expend for the conti
gent expenses of his office, exclusive of mileage, a sum not exceeding tv
hundred dollars per annum.

Third, salary of scerctary of Commonwealth and his clerks.—TI
secretary of the Commonwealth, the sum of two thousand eight hundre
dollars; all fees of office and commissions accruing shall be paid into tl
treasury; for his clerks, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars pr
annum, as a compensation for their services, to be apportioned amon
them as he may deem proper; and for the contingent expenses of h
office, a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars.

Fourth, of auditor of publie accounts and his clerks.—The auditor «
public accounts, the sum of three thousand dollars: but all fees of offi
accruing to him shall be paid into the treasury. He shall have power |
appoint such clerical force as he may deem necessary to the efficiency of
his department, and to apportion such salaries among his several clerks
as he may think proper; but the aggregate amount paid to such clerks
shall not exceed the sum of twelve thousand six hundred and fifty dollars
per annum. He shall also have power to employ a receiving and for-
warding clerk and messenger, at a salary not exceeding eleven hundred
collars per annum, and to expend for the contingent expenses of his office
asum not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars.

Fifth, of second auditor and his clerks—The second auditor, the sum
of one thousand seven hundred dollars, and the commissions allowed by
law; for the clerks in his office, a sum not exceeding three thousand two
hundred and eighty dollars per annum, as a compensation for their
services, to be apportioned among them as he may deem proper; and for
the contingent expenses of his office, a sum not exceeding two hundred
dellars per annum.

Sixth, of treasurer and his clerks.—The treasurer, the sum of two
thousand dollars, and commissions allowed by law; for the clerks in his
office, the sum of five thousand dollars, which shall include the compensa-
tion of the funding clerk under the funding acts of eighteen hundred and
eighty-two and eighteen hundred and ninety-two; and for the contingent
expenses of his office, a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars.

Seventh, of superintendent of public printing and his clerk—The
superintendent of public printing, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars.
He is authorized to employ a clerk at a salary of six hundred dollars
per annum.

Eighth, of register of land office—The register of the land office, who
shall also be the superintendent of public buildings, and as such shall
perform and discharge all the dutics belonging thercto, as fixed and deter-
mined by law, the sum of eighteen hundred dollars, which shall be com-
pensation for all his services; and all the fees of this office shall be turned
into the treasury of the State. He is also authorized to expend for the
contingent expenses of his office a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars
per annum.

Ninth, of superintendent of penitentiary, surgeon, and assistant keep-
ers, clerks, and matron.—The superintendent of the penitentiary, the sum
o? sixteen hundred dollars; the surgeon, one thousand dollars; the first
assistant keeper, eight hundred and forty dollars; the remaining assistant
keepers, each six hundred and sixty dollars; the clerk and assistant clerk,
nine hundred each, and the matron, four hundred and eighty dollars.

Tenth, pay of directors of penitentiary—The directors of the peni-
tentiary, the sum of three dollars each for every day’s attendance on the
board: provided, that rio director shall receive more than one hundred
and fifty dollars per annum.

Eleventh, pay of guards, interior and exterior, at the penitentiarv.—
c. The salary of guards at the penitentiary shall be fiftv dollars pcr
month. The said guards shall not exceed forty-nine in number, and shall
not be paid when absent on furlough for more than ten days in any year,
but substitute guards shall receive the same pay when employed as the
regularly emploved guards.

b. _ farm.—Such guards as may be necessary at the State a
shall be appointed by the superintendent thereof. Their compensation
shall be twenty-five dollars per month and their board. There shall also
be a surgeon for the State farm, whose compensation shall be at the rate
of fifty dollars per month and board for himself and horse; and a super-
intendent, whose compensation shall be sixty dollars per month and board
for himself, and who shall have charge of the cultivation of the farm,
and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned him, all under the
direction of the board of directors.

c. Annually hereafter each guard at the State farm shall have during
the year fifteen days’ vacation, without deduction of pay; said vacation to
be on consecutive days, or at stated periods, in the discretion of the super-
intendent.

Twelfth, State corporation commission—The members of the State
corporation commission, each the sum of four thousand dollars; clerk
of said commission, two thousand dollars; bailiff of said commission, nine
hundred dollars, the said bailiff shall perform the duties of bailiff and
such other duties as may be prescribed by the commission; first assistant
clerk of the commission, fifteen hundred dollars; stenographer of the com-
mission, who shall also perform such other clerical duties as may be
assigned him by the commission, twelve hundred dollars: and for the
incidental] and contingent expenses of the commission, the sum of three
thousand two hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Until the organization of the State corporation commission, the salary
of the commissioner of railroads is hereby continued at the rate of two
thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and that of his clerk at the rate
of two thousand dollars per annum, said sums to be paid in the manner
provided by section thirteen hundred and twelve of the Code.

Thirteenth. Of commissioner of agriculture and immigration, and his
clerk.—The commissioner of agriculture and immigration, the sum of
two thousand dollars, which shall be in full for his services, but all fees of
office and all fees accruing shall be paid into the treasury; his clerk, the
sum of five hundred dollars per annum, which, with all other salaries and
expenses of the bureau of agriculture, shall be paid from the fees and
taxes collected on fertilizers, if sufficient for the purpose; if not, they shall
be paid pro rata from said funds: but in no event shall any part of such
salaries and expenses be paid out of the public treasury if in excess of such
fees and taxes collected on fertilizers—should there be any excess from
said taxes and fees on fertilizers, the same shall be appropriated as pro-
vided by law.

Fourteenth.-Of superintendent of public instruction —The superin-
tendent of public instruction, the sum of two thousand dollars, and his
necessary traveling expenses while engaged: in the duties of his office, to
he approved by the board of education, not to exceed in the aggregate five
hundred dollars in any one year.

Fifteenth, of commissioner of labor.—The commissioner of labor. the
sum of one thousand two hundred dollare: and for the purposes of his
office, which shall include the amount allowed by the statute creating his
office, one thousand seven hundred dollars.

Sixteenth, adjutant-general, salarv of.—Adjutant-general (to be paid
out of the military fund), two thousand four hundred dollars, which shall
include the salary now allowed by law.

Seventeenth, capitol and library, sub-offices.—Librarian, fifteen hun-
dred dollars; conductor of the elevator, six hundred dollars; fireman for
the elevator at the capitol, six hundred dollars; six capitol policemen (one
of whom shall be clerk to the register of the land office), the sum of seven
hundred and eighty dollars each; janitor of the capitol building, four
hundred and eighty dollars ; janitor of the galleries in the capitol building,
three hundred and sixty dollars; engineer at library building, who shall
also be charged with the duty of supervising and keeping in order the
engines and boilers at the library building and in the capitol building,
nine hundred dollars; night watchman at library building, seven hundred
and twenty dollars; conductor of elevator at library building, six hundred
dollars ; policeman at library building, six hundred dollars; night watch-
man court of appeals, four hundred and eighty dollars; janitor and door-
kceper at library building, three hundred and sixty dollars; janitor of
library offices, three hundred and sixty dollars.

Eighteenth, commissioner, superintendents, other officers and employees
of State hospitals for the insane.—The commissioner of State hospitals
for the insane, the sum of two thousand dollars, and his necessary travel-
ing expenses, not to exceed three hundred dollars per annum, while en-
gaged in the duties of his office, to be approved by the general board of
directors for the State hospitals: provided, however, that his whole time
shall be devoted to the duties of his office. The superintendents and other
officers and employees of the respective hospitals shall each annually re-
ceive a salary, to be paid out of the amounts appropriated to the institu-
tions. respectively, as follows, to-wit: The superintendent of the Western,
two thousand two hundred and fiftv dollars; the superintendent of the
Central. two thousand five, hundred dollars; the superintendent of the
Eastern. two thousand dollars; and the superintendent of the Southwest-
ern, eighteen hundred dollars, and where they occupy buildings on the
grounds or belonging to the respective institutions, they shall pay therefor
such rental as may be fixed by the board of the respective institutions ; the
first and second assistant. physicians shall each receive a salary not exceed-
ing one thousand two hundred dollars per annum; the third assistant
physician shall receive a salary not exceeding nine hundred dollars per
annum: the stewards of the Western and Central asylums shall each have
a salary not exceeding one thousand dollars; and the stewards of the
Fastern and Southwestern asylums shall each receive a salary not exceed-
ing eight hundred dollars per annum; the clerks shall receive a salarv not
exceeding seven hundred and fifty dollars per annum. Said clerks shall
perform the duties of secretarv to the boards of the respective institutions.
The engineer shall receive a salary not exceeding seven hundred dollars
per annum. The officers named in this sub-section shall, in addition to
the salaries mentioned. receive their board and lodging at the respective
-hospitals, but they shall not receive any additional perquisites or emolu-
ments.

IN THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.

$184. First, salary of members and officers of the general assembly.—
The president of the senate and speaker of the house of delegates. each
the sum of four hundred dollars, and the other members of the general
assembly, each the sum of two hundred and forty dollars for attendance
and services at each regular session of the general assembly; and at all
extra sessions, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house
of delegates, each two hundred and forty dollars, and the other members
of the general assembly each the sum of one hundred and twentv dollars
for attendance upon the duties of their respective houses ; the said salaries
to be paid in the following manner: To the president of the senate and
the speaker of the house, each the sum of fifty dollars per week, and the
other members of the general assembly each the sum of twenty-eight
dollars per week, until their respective salaries are exhausted, or until the
general assembly adjourns; at which time the whole amount of their
salaries remaining unpaid, if any, shall then be paid. Any sick member,
or one who shall have obtained leave of absence, shall receive such salary
as is due him in the same manner as if he had been in his seat.

If during any session of the general assembly any member shall die, or
otherwise vacate his seat, and his successor be elected, the personal repre-
sentative of the deceased member shall receive the uncollected compensa-
tion up to the date of the death of said deceased member, and the successor
of the said deceased member shall receive said per diem beginning from
the date of his election; and members of legislative committees which
may sit during anv recess of the general assembly may receive compensa-
tion at the rate of four dollars per day for the time actually employed in
the discharge of their duty.

Second, the members of the general assembly and officers and emplovees
of each house thereof, and members of legislative committees which may
sit during any recess of the general assembly, each shall receive as and
for their mileage ten cents per mile for every mile of necessary travel
to and from the place of meeting. to be computed according to the nearest
mail route: provided, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house
of delegates, and the members of this present general assembly shall re-
ceive the per diem provided by the Constitution.

Third, salaries of clerk of senate and house of delegates.—The clerk of
the senate and the clerk of the house of delegates shall each receive the
sum of ten dollars per dav during the session of the general assembly, and
for ten days preceding and sixty days succeeding each regular session, and
thirty days succeeding each extra session: provided, however. that said
clerks shall be paid at the rate of ten dollars per day from and after the
first day of January, ninetcen hundred and three, during the residue of
the session of nineteen hundred and two and nineteen hundred and three.
and for sixty days thereafter at like rate of ten dollars per day.

The office of the clerk of the house of delegates shall be kept open every
day except Sundays and legal holidavs; and the clerk of the house of
delegates is hereby allowed for such purpose the further sum of two dollar
per dav for cach dav he. the said clerk of the house of delegates, does no!
draw the per diem of ten dollars hereinabove referred to.

Fourth, assistant clerks, journal and reading clerks, document clerk anc
librarian.—The assistant clerk of the senate and the assistant clerk of th
house shall each receive the sum of four dollars and fifty cents per dat
during the sessions of the general assembly; the journal clerk and readin;
clerk of the senate, and the journal clerk and reading clerk of the house
shall each receive the sum of four dollars per day during the session of
the general assembly ; the document clerk and librarian of the senate shall
receive the sum of two dollars per day, and keep his office open every day
in the vear except Sundays and legal holidays.

Fifth, pay of enrolling clerk.—An enrolling clerk, to be appointed by
the clerk of the house of delegates, a sum not exceeding four dollars per
day during the session of the general assembly.

Sixth, of committee clerks.—Clerks of ie. several standing committees
(not to “exceed six for the house of delegates and four for the senate),
each the sum of four dollars per day, during the session of the general
assembly, and without any additional compensation they shall perform
the duties of clerks of any other committees in their respective houses, and
any similar services that may be required of them.

Seventh, of sergeant-at-arms.—The sergeant-at-arms of the senate, and
the sergeant-at-arms of the house of delegates, each the sum of four dol-
lars per day during the session of the general assembly; and, in addition
thereto, for taking any person into custody by order of their respective
houses, two dollars; for each day such person is detained in custody, two
dollars; and for the travel of such sergeant, or a messenger, under such
order, eight cents per mile in going to the place of arrest; but no allow-
ance shall be made for the arrest or custody of members who may be taken
in the city of Richmond under a call of cither house.

Fighth, of doorkeepers.—The doorkecpers of the two houses, each the
sum of four dollars per day, during the session of the general assembly.

Ninth. pages.—Four pages, to be appointed in the senate, and six in
the house, each the sum of two dollars per day during the sessions of the
general assembly: provided, that during the residue of the session of the
general assembly of nineteen hundred and two-three, the assistant clerks,
journal and reading clerks, enrolling clerk, committee clerks, sergeant-at-
arms, doorkeepers, “and pages, as hereinbefore set forth, of ‘the house of
delegates and senate, shall cach receive their respective per diem compen-
sation, as prescribed in this act, for the time when the general assembly is
actually in session, including Sundays and recesses of not excceding five
days. But provided further, that, except as to the officers and employees
of the house of delegates and senate named in the last preceding sentence,
and as to them only during the residue of the said session of nineteen
hundred and two-three, the words “during the session of the general
assembly” wherever they occur in paragraphs third, fourth, fifth, sixth,
seventh. eighth, and ninth of section one hundred and eighty-four of the
Code of Virginia, as amended by this act, ‘shail’ hecesinserned in conformity
with section sixty-six of the Constitution of Virginia. ,

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IN THE JUDICIARY DEPARTM®: a.

$185. First, salaries of judges of court of appeals. —The president of
the supreme court of appeals. the sum of four thousand two hundred dol-
lars. and the other judges of the said court, each the sum of four thousand
dollars.

Second, of clerks, reporter and stenographer.—The clerk of the court of
appeals at Richmond, the sum of five hundred dollars, and the clerks of
said court at Staunton and Wytheville, each the sum of three hundred and
twenty dollars, and the clerk of the circuit court of the city of Richmond,
the sum of four hundred dollars; the reporter and the stenographer to the
court of appeals, one thousand two hundred dollars each.

Third, of judges of circuit courts—The twenty-four judges of the
circuit courts, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars each: pro-
vided, however, that the judge of the circuit court of the city of Richmond
shall receive the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars. The whole
of which said salaries of said judges shall be paid out of the State treasury,
the State to be reimbursed to the extent of one-half thereof by the re
spective counties and cities composing the circuit, according to their re-
spective population, except that of the salary of the judge of the circuit
court of the city of Richmond, the State shall pay the proportion which
would otherwise fall to the city of Richmond; and it is hereby made the
duty of the auditor of public accounts—

“On or before the first day of June, of the year nineteen hundred and
three, and of each year thereafter, to apportion between the counties and
cities composing each judicial circuit the salary of the judge thereof for
the year beginning the first day of February of the succeeding year, ac-
cording to the respective population of said counties and citics as shown
by the last preceding census taken under authority of the United States,
and transmit a statement of such apportionment to the clerk of the board
of supervisors of each county and the clerk of the council of each city
composing the judicial circuit, and to the treasurer of each of said counties
and cities.

“Tt shall be the duty of the board of supervisors of each county and
the council of each city to provide funds for the payment of so much of
said salary as said statement shows to have been apportioned to its county
or city; but it is hereby made the duty of the treasurer of such county or
city to pay the same into the treasury of the State on or before the first
day of December cach year, out of any funds of his county or city in his
hands, and to this end he shall retain of said funds collected by him a sum
sufficient to pay such portion of said salary, and said apportionment shall
be the first and superior charge against said funds.

“Any treasurer failing to make such payment within the time prescribed
therefor shall be liable to the Commonwealth on his official bond for the
part of such salary apportioned to his county or city, and a penalty thereon
of ten per centum.

“The salaries of the circuit judges now in office shall remain unchanged
until the first. day of February, nineteen hundred and four, and to be paid
as now pfovided by law.” :

Fourth, miledge-~The judges of the supreme court of appeals and of
the circnit:¢ourts shall ‘each be eniitled to mileage not to exceed ten cents
per-mile fot all necessary travel hy the nearest practicable route of travel
in use to and from their respective courts.

Fifth, salaries of county court judges until the first day of Februarv,
nineteen hundred and four.—The county court judges, each at the rate of
two hundred and eighty dollars, and an additional compensation of twenty
dollars for every thousand inhabitants over ten thousand, to be determined
by reference to the census of nineteen hundred, and in such computation
any fraction of a thousand population shall not be counted unless said
fraction shall exceed five hundred, in which case it shall be counted as one
thousand. Such sum and additional compensation shall be a charge on
the county, and be levied, collected, and accounted for in the same manner
that other county expenses are, but shall be paid in quarterly instalments
whenever there are funds in the county treasury out of which the same
may be paid. When the same person is judge of more than one county,
each county in the district shall pay in proportion to the inhabitants
thereof, and the mileage allowed bv law shall be a charge equally upon
the counties of the district; and in estimating the population of any
ccunty under this section, there shall not be taken into the estimate any
portion of the population in the corporate limits of any city: provided.
however, that until the said first day of February, nineteen hundred and
four, the present salaries of the county court judges, respectively, shall
remain unchanged ; said salaries to be paid as now provided by law.

Sixth, judges of the city courts of the cities of the first class—The
judges of the city courts of cities of the first class the following sums,
respectively: The judge of the chancery court of the city of Richmond,
the judge of the law and equity court of the city of Richmond, the judge
of the hustings court of the citv of Richmond, the judge of the law and
chancery court of the city of Norfolk, and the judge of the corporation
court of the city of Norfolk, the sum of three thousand five hundred dol-
lars each; the judge of the corporation or hustings court of the city of
Petersburg, the judge of the corporation or hustings court of the city of
Lynchburg, the judge of the corporation or hustings court of the city of
Roanoke, the judge of the corporation or hustings court of the city of
Danville, and the judge of the corporation or hustings court of the citv
of Newport News, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars each; the
judge of the corporation or hustings court of the city of Alexandria, the
jvdge of the corporation or hustings court of the city of Portsmouth, and
the judge of the corporation or hustings court of the city of Manchester,
the sum of two thousand dollars each. The whole of said salaries of said
judges shall be paid out of the State treasury, the State to be reimbursed
to the extent of one-half thereof by the respective cities; and it is hereby
made the duty of the auditor of public accounts—

“On or before the first day of June, of the year nineteen hundred and
three, and of each year thereafter, to apportion the salary of each of said
judges, respectively, between the State of Virginia and the cities above
tamed, respectively, in accordance with the provisions of section one hun-
dred and three of the Constitution of Virginia—that is to sav, one-half of
said salary of each of said judges to be paid by the State of Virginia, and
the other half by the city, and to transmit a statement of such apportion-
ment to the clerks of the councils of said cities, respectively, and to the
‘weasurers of said cities, respectively.

“Tt shall be the duty of the council of said city to provide funds for the
payment of so much of said salary as said statement shows to have been
apportioned to its city; but it is hereby made the duty of the treasurer of
such city to pay the same into the treasurv of the State on or before the
first dav of December each year out of anv funds of his citv in his hands;
snd to this end he shall retain of said funds collected by him a sum
sufficient to pay such portion of said salary, and said apportionment shall
be the first and superior charge against said funds.

“Any treasurer failing to “make such payment within the time above
prescribed therefor shall be liable to the Commonwealth on his official
bond for the part of such salary apportioned to his city as aforesaid, and
a penalty thereon of ten per centum.

“The salaries of the judges of the city courts above named, now in
office, shall remain unchanged until the first day of February, nineteen
hundred and four, and to be paid as now provided by law.”

§ 186. Increase of salaries of judges.—Any city may, by an ordinance,
increase the salaries of its city or circuit court judges, or any one or more
of them, as it may deem proper, but the increase shall be paid wholly
by the city. Said increase, however, shall not be enlarged or diminished
during the term of office.

§ 187. Each city containing less than ten thousand inhabitants shall pay
the salary of the judge of its corporation or hustings court.

§ 188. How salaries and mileage paid.—The salaries and other allow-
ances and mileage mentioned in this chapter shall, except where it is other-
wise specially provided, be paid out of the State treasury, after being duly
audited; such salaries in monthly instalments, and other allowances and
mileage when the services and travel shall have been performed ; but mem-
bers of the general assembly and others traveling to the seat of govern-
ment, who would be entitled to mileage for traveling home, may receive
such mileage before going home.

§ 189. Rate of mileage.—Mileage (unless otherwise provided) shall be
at the rate of ten cents per mile for every mile of necessary travel.

§ 190. Distances between Richmond and the courthouse of counties and
certain cities. —The distance between any points shall be computed accord-
ing to the nearest mail route in use at the time such mileage shall be
claimed. The following shall be computed as the number of miles be-
tween the city of Richmond and the respective courthouses of the follow-
ing counties: Accomac, one hundred and seventy-seven; Albemarle,
ninety-seven ; Alexandria, one hundred and nine; Alleghany, two hundred
and five; Amelia, thirty-six; Amherst, one hundred and forty-five; Au-
gusta, one hundred and thirty-six; Appomattox, one hundred and twentv-
four; Bath, two hundred and thirty-five; Bedford, one hundred and
seventy-two; Bland, three hundred; Botetourt, two hundred and twelve:
Brunswick, eighty-six ; Buchanan, three hundred and seventy-seven ; Buck-
ingham, eighty-four: Campbell, one hundred and thirty-nine: Caroline,
forty- four; Carroll, two hundred and ninety-nine; Charles City, thirty:
Charlotte. ‘eighty-six: Chesterfield, fourteen ; Clarke, two hundred and
eleven : Craig. two hundred and thirty-nine; Culpeper, one hundred ; Cum-
berland. fifty-five: Dickenson, four hundred and twenty-five ; Dinwiddie,
fertv: Elizabeth City, cighty-two; Essex, seventv; Fairfax, one hundred
and twenty-nine; Fauquier, one hundred and thirty-three; Fluvanna.
seventy; Floyd, two hundred and fiftv-two: Franklin, two hundred and
six: Frederick, two hundred and three; Giles, two hundred and seventy-
two: Gloucester, eighty : Greene, one hundred and ten: Goochland, twenty-
eight : Grayson, three hundred and six: Greenesville, sixty-three; Halifax.
one hundred and fourteen; Hanover, twenty; Henry, one hundred and
eighty-three ; Highland, one hundred and eighty-two; Isle of Wight,
ninety: James City, forty-cight: King and Queen, forty; King George,
eghty-three: King William, thirty-six; Lancaster, one hundred and forty-
nine; Lee. four hundred and sixty: Loudoun, one hundred and fifty ;
Louisa, sixty-two; Lunenburg, seventy-five; Madison, one hundred and
six: Mathews, one hundred and nineteen: Middlesex, eighty-three; Meck-
lenburg, ninety-nine; Montgomery. two hundred and thirty- two; "Nanse-
mond, eighty-one : Nelson, one hundred and thirty-one; New Kent, thirty ;
Norfolk, ninety-one: Northampton, one hundred and forty-six; North-
vniberland, one hundred and sixty-one: Nottoway, sixty-six ; "Orange,
eighty-tive; Page, one hundred and seventy-nine: Patrick, two hundred
atid sixte n: : Pitts svIvania. one hundred and sixty: Powhatan, thirty-two ;
Prince Eviward, ninety-two, Princess Anne, one hundred and six; Prince
Georgy, thirty: Prince William. one hundred and thirty-five: Pulaski, two
bnndred and fiftyv-nine: Rappahannock. one hundred and twenty-five ;
Richmond, one hundred and twelve: Roanoke. two hundred and six: Rock-
Indge. one hundred and seventy-two; Rockingham, one hundred and
SIXTY : Russell, three hundred and seventy-nine: Scott, three hundred
ud e alien three: Shenandeah, two hundred and cight ; Smyth, three hun-
dred amd six: vations ten: ninety-two; Spotsvlvania. seventy; Stafford,
seventy-three > Surry, sixty-seven: Sussex, fifty: Tazewell, three hundred
amd twenty-six Warren, one hundred and eighty “six: W arwick, seventy 5
Washington, three hundred and thirty-seven; W cstmoreland, one hundred
ene twely e; Wise, four hundred and seventeen: Wethe, two hundred and
extv-nine: York, sixty-three. And the following shall he computed as
the nuinber of miles between the city of Richmond and the respective
courthouses of the following corporations: Norfolk, ninety-one; Ports-
mouth, ninetv-one: Petersburg, twenty-three; Williamsburg, forty;
Lsnchbure. one hundred and forty-seven; Danville, one hundred and
ferty-oue + Alexandria, one hundred and nine: Roanoke city, one hundred
ani ninety-nine: Radford, two hundred and forty-three; Newport News,
seventy-five; Bristol. three hundred and fifty-one.

$191. How ascertained from place other than courthouse-—The dis-
tence of the city of Richmond from any place in any county or corporation
«her than the courthouse thereof, shall be ascertained by adding to or
éducting from the number of miles between the city of Richmond and
=.cn courthouse, as declared by this or any future law, so many miles as
sich place may be farther from or nearer to said city than such courthouse
Tiay be, .

$192. Liability of salarv of officer for debt he owes the State; how
enforecd.— Whenever any officer is indebted to the State for money col-
hetedl by him, or improperly drawn by him or upon his order from the
teblic treasury during his term of office, and, after payment of such
indeltedness is demanded bv the auditor of public accounts, such officer
centinues in default, the said auditor shall not issue his warrant for, nor
shall the treasurer pay any part of the salary due. or to become due, to
such officer until he shall have made good his default. He may, however,
ile his petition in the circuit court of the city of Richmond against the
auditor. asserting his claim to his salary, and praying for payment thereof.
The anditor shall make answer to the petition, and thereupon the proceed-

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ings shall be according to the provisions of chapter thirty-two. If it be
found that the petitioner is indebted as aforesaid, the State shall be cred-
ited on his salary then due with the amount of said indebtedness, and if,
after such credit is thus given, there is a balance in his favor, judgment
therefor shall be rendered in his behalf; and if the indebtedness exceed
his salary then due, judgment for the excess shall be rendered against him,
and the amount thereof, unless sooner paid, shall be credited to the State
on his salary thereafter becoming due. The auditor shall issue his war-
rant on the treasurer for the pavment of any judgment thus rendered in
behalf of the petitioner. In the proceeding by petition the attorney-
general shall represent the State, unless he be interested; and if he be
interested, the auditor shall employ other counsel to represent the State
in the case. .

-§ 193. When officer’s right to sue for salary barred.—If such officer fail
to file a petition under the preceding section within twelve months after
payment of any instalment of his salary is withheld as aforesaid, his right
io file the same shall be barred: and in such case the auditor shall credit
the State on the officer’s salary with the amount of his indebtedness, and
make that fact appear on the books of his office.

2. All acts, and parts of acts, in conflict or inconsistent with this act,
or any part thereof, are hereby repealed.
3. This act shall be in force from its passage.