Chap. 172.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to authorize
the board of directors of the penitentiary to employ assistant clerks when
needed, or to apportion the clerical work of the penitentiary among those now
employed, and to apportion their compensation therefor, approved March 7,
1900.

Approved April 24, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That an act en-
titled an act to authorize the board of directors of the penitentiary to
employ assistant clerks when needed, or to apportion the clerical work
of the penitentiary among those now employed, and to apportion their
compensation therefor, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as fol-
lows:

§ 1. That the superintendent, with the approval of the board of direc-
tors of the penitentiary, be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ, as
the needs of the service may require, such assistant clerks, or may ap-
portion the clerical work of the penitentiary among those now employed,
regulating their compensation therefor: provided, the same shall in no
case exceed the amount appropriated for that purpose: provided further,
that all of the clerical forces at the penitentiary shall be paid out of the
sum of eighty-five hundred and eighty dollars, carried in the general ap-
propriation hill for officers’ salary: and provided, further, that the salarv
of no clerk shall exceed the sum of nine hundred dollars.

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