Chap. 258.—An ACT to amend and re-enact the 2d section of chapter
4, Code of 1873, with reference to the sheriff of the city of Richmond.

Approved April 2, 1877.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the second section of chapter forty-nine of the Code of Vir-
ginia, edition of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, be
amended and re-enacted to read as follows:

§ 2. There shall be elected, at the first charter election, and
every two years thereafter, by the qualified voters of the city
of Richmond, one sheriff of the said city, who shall, on or
before the first day of July next succeeding his election,
qualify before the judge of the circuit court of the city of
Richmond, or of the chancery court of the city of Richmond,
either in term time or vacation, by taking the oaths of office
prescribed by law, and giving bond, with good security, ina
penalty of not less than twenty thousand dollars nor more
than fifty thousand dollars, as shalt be required by the judge
before whom he shall qualify: provided if said qualification
is in vacation, the certificates thereof and the oath and bond,
sball be returned to the clerk of the circuit court of the city
of Richmond, or the chancery court of the city of Richmond,
who shall enter said certificate, and the fact of the taking of
the oath, and the execution of the bond; upon the order-book
of the court: provided that such court or judge may, in his
discretion, or upon application of any person interested,
award a rule against such officer, and require him to givea
new bond, in such penalty as the court may deem necessary,
not less than ten thousand dollars. The said sheriff shall,
after his qualification, attend the circuit court, and the chan-
cery court, for the said city, and act as the officer thereof.
He shall exercise the same powers, perform the same duties,
have the same fees and compensation therefor, and be subject
to the same penalties, touching all process issued by said
courts, or by the clerks of said courts or otherwise, lawfully
directed to him, that the sheriff of a county exercises, per-
forms,’and is entitled or subject to in his county. The cir-
cuit court of the city of Richmond, and the chancery court
of the city of Richmond, respectively, aro hereby authorized
to make such allowance to the sheriff of the city of Rich-
mond, for services in attending said courts, as may to them
seem reasonable: provided that the whole compensation so
allowed shall not exceed twelve hundred dollars.

2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are
hereby repealed. ©°

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