Chap. 109.—An ACT Concerning the City Serg:ant of Alexandr a.

Approved May 25, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the judge of
the city court of the city of Alexandria be and he is hereby
authorized and empowered, to appoint a sergeant of the city
of Alexandria, who shall, until his successor be regularly
elected, and shall have qualified, be vested with all the powers
and discharge all the duties of the sergeants of other cities of
the commonwealth, as prescribed by the third section of chap-
ter forty-nine of the Code of eighteen hundred and sixty.

2. That the jail in the said city of Alexandria may be used
as the jail, in common, of the city and county; and that the
sergeant of Alexandria city discharge the duties of the jailor
of both city and county of Alexandria.

3. The said sergeant shall receive the same fees as are al-
lowed by law to the sheriffs of counties for similar services,
and, in addition thereto, such compensation for attendance
upon the city court of Alexandria as the judge of said court
may allow him: provided, such additional compensation shall
not exceed six hundred dollars per annum, and shall be paya-
ble quarterly out of the city treasury.

4. The judge of the said court of the city of Alexandria
shall take from the sergeant appointed under the first section
of this act, a bond in a penalty of not less than twenty thou-
sand dollars, and not more than sixty thousand dollars, condi-
tioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office.

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