Chap. 501.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3552 of the Code of Virginia.

Approved December 31, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
thirty-five hundred and fifty-two of the Code of Virginia be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 3552. Who to tax costs; what included for attorney’s fees.—The
clerk of the court wherein any pariy recovers costs shall tax the same.
He shall include therein for the fec of such party’s attorney, if he has
one:

In a circuit, corporation, or other court, unless it be a judgment by
default on a forthcoming bond, or a case otherwise provided for, two dol-
lars and fifty cents; in a complaint of unlawful entry or detainer, five
dollars; in a case of the Commonwealth, if no higher fee be allowed, five
dollars; in an action of ejectment, five dollars; in a chancery cause other
than a motion, when the matter in controversy does not exceed one hun-
dred dollars in amount or value, five dollars; when it exceeds that amount,
fifteen dollars; in the court of appeals, twenty dollars; but in no case
shall more than one fee be taxed against the same party, unless the court
otherwise direct.

2. This act shall be in force on and after the first day of February,
nineteen hundred and four.