Chap. 510.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 525 of the code of Virginia,
in relation to the collection of fees of the commissioner of revenue.

Approved February 27, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
five hundred and twenty-five of the code of Virginia, in relation to
the collection of fees of the commissioner of the revenue, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 525. How made out and collected.—The commissioners may
make out tickets for their fees and place them in the hands of a
sheriff or other officer, to be collected and accounted for in the same
manner as clerk fees are collected and accounted for. The said
commissioners shall be subject to the same penalties as clerks of
courts for issuing tickets wrongfully; provided, however, that in the
county of Henrico and city of Richmond the transfer fee allowed by law to
the commissioners of the revenue for said county or city shall be collected
by the clerk of the court of record of the said county or city at the time of
recording the deed, and provided, further, that in no case shall but one fee
be charged, and in order to avoid any misconception of this act the fee shall
be collected from the first vendee, and no additional fees for the transfer of
any property on which said fee has been paid shall be collected during the
fiscal year terminating on the thirty-first day of December of each year-
The clerk at the time of placing the list of transfers in the hands of

the commissioner shall account to him for the fees so collected, de-

ducting therefrom a commission of ten per centum for his services.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.