Chap. 37.—An ACT authorizing the judges of circuit courts in cities of the first
class having over forty thousand population and a separate clerk for said cir-
cuit court to make an annual allowance for such clerk, payable out of the treas-
ury of said city.

Approved February 27, 1904.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it shall be
lawful for the judge of a circuit court of any city of the first class hav-
ing over forty thousand population and a separate clerk for said circuit
court to allow to the clerk of said court such annual allowance as in the
discretion of the judge shall be just and reasonable, not exceeding the
sum of twelve hundred dollars per annum, which allowance shall be cer-
tified by the judge of said circuit court to the councils of the said city,
and upon the approval of said council shall be paid out of the treasury
of said city: provided, however, that this act shall not apply to any clerk
who receives an annual allowance out of the public treasury, except the
allowance of thirty dollars per annum provided for by section thirty-
five hundred and twenty-four of the Code.
2. In view of the fact that the circuit court system under the Consti-
tution is in effect on and after the first day of February, nineteen hun-
dred and four, this act is declared an emergency act and shall be in ef-
fect from its passage.