Chap. 211.—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 the revenue, as amended
by an act approved February 27, 1896, entitled an aet to amend and re-enact sec-
tion 525 of the eode of Vi Inginia in re Is ition to the eolleetion of fees of the eam-
missioner of the revenue, and as amended by an act approved March 3, 1806,
entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 525 of the code of Vi irginia in re-
lation to the collection of fees of the commissioner of the revenue.

Approved February 7, 1898,

1. Beit enacted by the general Asse anbly of Virginia, That section

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collection of fees of the commissioner of the revenue, as amended by
an act approved March three, eighteen hundred and ninety -six, entitled
an act to amend and re-enact section five hundred and tw enty-five of
the code of Virginia, in relation to the collection of fees of the commis-
gloner 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 con-
stable to be collected and accounted for in the same manner that clerk’s
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 counties of Henrico, Chester-
field, Bedford, Elizabeth City, Hanover, Pulaski, Giles, Brunswick,
Montgomery, Rockbridge, Madison and ‘Orange, and in the cities of

tichmond, Manchester, “Norfolk, Alexandria, Newport News and Buena
Vista, the transfer fee allowed by law to the commissioner of the revenue
for said counties and cities shall be collected by the clerk of the court
of record of the said counties and cities 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, deduct-
ing therefrom a commission of five per centum for his services, except
that the clerk of the corporation court of the city of Alexandria may
deduct therefrom a commission of twenty-five per centum for his
SeTVICeS.

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