Chap. 334.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 890 of the code of Virginia,
concerning the sheriff of the city of Richmond.

Approved February 22, 1894.

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

§ 890. Sheriff of city of Richmond; his election, qualification
and bond; duties, powers, liabilities and emoluments.

2. There shall be elected at the charter election in May, eighteen
hundred and ninety-four, 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 July 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 qualifica-
tion be in vacation, the certificate thereof and the bonds shall be re-
turned to the clerk of the said circuit court, who shall enter the said
certificate in the order-book of the said court and record the said
bond. The said court may, whenever in its opinion if is necessary
for the protection of the public interest, upon a rule awarded against
such officer, require him to give a new bond, or an additional bond.
If the said sheriff shall fail to qualify and give bond on or before
the firet day of July next succeeding his election, or shall fail to
give a new bond or an additional bond within ten days after an
order shall have been made requiring the same to be given, in either
case his office shall be deemed vacant. Such new bond or additional
bond may be given in court or before the judge thereof in vacation,
and when given in vacation, the judge shall certify the fact and re-
turn the bond to the clerk of his court, who shall file and record the
same in his office. The said sheriff shall attend the circuit court
and the chancery court of the said city, and act as the officer of said
courts. .

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, performs and is entitled or subject to in his
county. The circuit and chancery courts of the said city, respec-
tively, shall have authority to make such allowance to the said
sheriff for services in attending said court as may to them seem rea-
sonable: provided that the whole compensation so allowed shall
not exceed twelve hundred dollars.

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