Chap. 275.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 90 of an act approved
February 28, 1896, entitled “an act to provide a new charter for the city of
Roanoke,” in relation to justices of the peace in said city, as amended by
an act approved March 6, 1900, entitled ‘an act to amend and re-enact
section 90 of an act approved February 28, 1896, entitled an act to provide
a new charter for the city of Roanoke, in relation to justices of the peace
in said city.

Approved March 15, 1906.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
ninety of an act approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and
ninety-six, entitled “an act to provide a new charter for the city of
Roanoke,” in relation to justices of the peace in said city, as amended by
an act approved March sixth, nineteen hundred, be amended and r-
enacted so as to read as follows:

$90. The city of Roanoke shall be divided into two magisterial dis-
tricts. Kimball and Mellrose wards shall constitute district number one.
and Jefferson and Highland wards shall constitute district number two.
There shall be one justice of the peace for each district of said city, whe
shall be residents of their respective districts, and who shall be elected
by the qualified voters of the city at large, and shall hold office for the
term of two years and until their successors be elected and qualified.
unless sooner removed from office. The said justices of the peace shall
he conservators of the peace within the limits of the corporation of Roan-
oke, and one mile beyond, and shall have the same powers and duties
within the said limits, and receive for their services such compensation as
is prescribed by law in respect to justices of the peace now in the city of
Roanoke, except that said justices shall not have power to try civil cases,
nor any of the powers granted to the police justice of said city, or to the
trial justice herein named, nor shall they have the right to issue any
garnishment process or executions except in cases of unlawful detainer,
and further, whenever said justices shall issue any civil warrant they shall
collect the sum of fifty cents at the time said warrant is issued. The jus-
tice issuing said warrant shall retain out of the sum so collected the sum
of twenty-five cents as his compensation for the issue thereof; and he
shall turn into the city treasurer’s hands the sum of twenty-five cents for
each warrant so issued.

Such money shall be deposited on Monday of each week, with a list of
the warrants issued by him. The treasurer shall take such deposits and
hold the same, and on the first day of each month he shall turn over the
same so deposited to the trial justice, taking his receipt therefor.

The treasurer shall report annually to the council the amount of money
he has received and turned over to the trial justice, and said treasurer
shall not receive any additional compensation for the services herein pro-
vided for.

There shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city of Roanoke
one justice of the peace, who shall be known as the trial justice, and
who shall hold his office for the term of two years, and until his suc-
cessor be elected and qualified, unless sooner removed from office. He
shall reside in the city of Roanoke: provided, further, that the council
for said city may, by proper ordinances, consolidate the offices of police
justice and trial justice. In the event of such consolidation the appoint-
ment of a suitable person to fill said office shall be vested in the city
council: and provided, further, that such officer shall receive as compen-
sation for his services a salary of not less than nine hundred dollars per
annum, to be paid out of the city treasury, and no other compensation.
and that all fees which under this act would be payable to the trial jus-
tice shall be paid into the city treasury for the use of the city of Roanoke.
* The said trial justice shall be a conservator of the peace within the
limits of the corporation of Roanoke, and one mile beyond, and shall
have the same powers and duties within said limits, and receive for his
<ervices such compensation as is now prescribed by law for justices of the
peace in the city of Roanoke, except that such trial justice shall not have
the power to issue any warrants in detinue, unlawful detainer attach-
ments, distress warrants, and warrants for small claims. All warrants
and processes issued by other justices, except the police justice of said
tity, shall be returnable before said trial justice, nor shall he issue any
writ instituting any civil action, and except that for the trial of all civil
cases he shall receive the sum of twenty-five cents heretofore mentioned :
nor shall he have any of the powers granted to the police justice of said
city; and in his absence or inability to act, he may designate one of the
other justices of the peace of said city to act in his stead, and on his
failure so to do the mayor shall make such designation.
In case of the failure of any district justice to make report of and
deposit any of the fees collected by him, as herein provided, then the
trial justice shall have the right of action against the said district justice
for the payment of the sum so collected; and any district justice failing
to make reports and deposits of the amounts collected by him, as herein
provided, shall, upon conviction thereof, before the hustings court of
said city, be fined not less than ten nor more than twenty dollars for each
offense, and in the discretion of the judge of said hustings court, re-
moved from office.