Chap. 305.—An ACT to require the clerks of the county and corporation courts of
this state to report to their respective courts a list of all fines reported by jus-
tices of the peace under section 718 of the code of Virginia, what lists shall con-
tain, and to require the auditor of public accounts to furnish blank forms upon
which such lists shall be made.

Approved February 11, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the clerks
of the county and corporation courts of this state be, and they are
hereby, required to report to their respective courts on the first day of
each term thereof a list of all fines reported by justices of the peace
under section seven hundred and eighteen of the code of Virginia for
the month next preceding, which lists shall contain the names of the
neraonag fined. thesamount of fine whether naid..ta thea clerk ar nat
whether execution or capias pro fine has been issued therefor, and to
what rules the process is returnable. And in cases where the exccutions
have been returned unsatisfied the clerk shall report that fact also, so
that the court may determine whether or not capias pro fine shall issue
as provided by section seven hundred and twenty-seven of the code of
Virginia.

2. It shall be the duty of the said courts to examine said lists and
enter the fact of record that said lists have been returned, and order the
same to be filed, and where said lists show that proper process has not
been issued for said fines to order the clerk to issue the same in the
manner now provided by law.

3. It shall be the duty of the auditor of public accounts as soon as
practicable after the passage of this act to make out and furnish to the
several clerks proper forms upon which the lists required by section one
of this act shall be made. The said clerk shall, on the first day of the
next succeeding county or corporation court, post in front of the court-
house such lsts of all the fines so reported, with the names of the par-
tics fined and the amount of each fine, and whether the same has been
paid or not.

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