Chap. 321.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 185 of an act entitled ‘“‘an
act to amend and re-enact title 8 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to
salaries, mileage, and other allowances,” approved February 7, 1903, as
further amended by an act entitled “an act to amend and re-enact sub-
section 6 of section 185 of the Code of Virginia,” approved March 12, 1904.

Approved March 17, 1906.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That an act to
amend and re-enact section one hundred and eighty-five of .an act en-
titled an act to amend and re-enact title eight of the Code of Virginia,
in relation to salaries, mileage, and other allowances, approved February
seventh, nineteen hundred and three, as further amended by an act en-
titled an act to amend and re-enact subsection six of section one hundred
and eighty-five of the Code of Virginia, approved March twelfth, nine-
teen hundred and four, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as fol-
lows:

§185. First. Salaries of judges of court of appeals.—The president of
the supreme court of appeals until the first day of February, nineteen
hundred and seven, the sum of four thousand two hundred dollars, and
the other judges of the said court each the sum of four thousand dollars,
and on and after February first, nineteen hundred and seven, the judges
of the supreme court of appeals the sum of four thousand five hundred
dollars each.

Second. Of clerks, reporter, and stenographer.—The clerk of the court
of appeals at Richmond, the sum of five hundred dollars, and the clerks
of said court at Staunton and Wytheville each the sum of three hun-
dred and twenty dollars, and the clerk of the circuit court of the city of
Richmond, the sum of four hundred dollars; the reporter, fifteen hun-
dred dollars; and the stenographer to the court of appeals, one thousand
four hundred dollars.

Third. Of judges of circuit courts——The twenty-nine judges of the
circuit courts the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars each: pro-
vided, however, that the judge of the circuit court of the city of Rich-
mond shall receive the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars. The
whole of which said salaries of said judges shall be paid out of the State
treasury, the State to be reimbursed to the extent of one-half thereof by
the respective counties and cities composing the circuit, according to
their respective population, except that of the salary of the judge of the
circuit court of the city of Richmond, the State shall pay the proportion
which would otherwise fall to the city of Richmond; and it is hereby
made the duty of the auditor of public accounts—

“On or before the first day of June, of the year nineteen hundred and
three, and of each year thereafter, to apportion between the counties and
cities composing each judicial circuit the salary of the judge thereof for
the year beginning the first day of February of the succeeding year, ac-
cording to the respective population of said counties and cities as shown
by the last preceding census taken under authority of the United States,
and transmit a statement of such apportionment to the clerk of the board
of supervisors of each county and the clerk of the council of each city
composing the judicial circuit and to the treasurer of each of said coun-
ties and cities.

“It shall be the duty of the board of supervisors of each county and the
council of each city to provide funds for the payment of so much of said
salary as said statement shows to have been apportioned to its county
or city; but it is hereby made the duty of the treasurer of such county or
city to pay the same into the treasury of the State on or before the first
day of December each year, out of any funds of his county or city in his
hands, and to this end he shall retain of said funds collected by him a
sum sufficient to pay such portion of said salary, and said apportionment
shall be the first and superior charge against said funds.

“Any treasurer failing to make such payment within the time pre-
scribed therefor shall be liable to the Commonwealth on his official bond
for the part of such salary apportioned to his county or city, and a pen-
alty thereon of ten per centum.

“The salaries of the circuit judges now in office shall remain unchanged
until the first day of February, nineteen hundred and four, and to be
paid as now provided by law.”

Fourth. Mileage.—The judges of the supreme court of appeals and of
the circuit courts shall each be entitled to mileage not to exceed ten cents
per mile for all necessary travel by the nearest practicable route of travel
in use to and from their respective courts.

Fifth. Judges of the city courts of cities of the first class —The judges
of the city courts of cities of the first class, the following sums, respec-
tively: The judge of the chancery court of the city of Richmond, the
judge of the law and equity court of the city of Richmond, the judge of
the hustings court of the city of Richmond, the judge of the law and
chancery court of the city of Norfolk, and the judge of the corporation
court of the city of Norfolk, the sum of three thousand five hundred dol-
lars each; the judge of the corporation or hustings court of the city of
Petersburg, the judge of the corporation or hustings court of the city of
Lynchburg, the judge of the corporation or hustings court of the city of
Roanoke, the judge of the corporation or hustings court of the city of
Danville, the judge of the corporation or hustings court of the city of
Newport News, the judge of the corporation or hustings court of the
city of Alexandria, the judge of the corporation or hustings court of the
city of Staunton, and the judge of the corporation or hustings court of the
city of Portsmouth, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars each:
and the judge of the corporation or hustings court of the city of Man-
chester, the sum of two thousand dollars: provided, however, that the
judge of the corporation or hustings court of the city of Alexandria and
the judge of the corporation or hustings court of the city of Portsmouth
shall receive the sum of two thousand dollars until the first day of Feb-
ruary, nineteen hundred and seven. The whole of said salaries of said
judges shall be paid out of the State treasury, the State to be reimbursed
to the extent of one-half thereof by the respective cities; and it is hereby
made the duty of the auditor of public accounts—

On or before the first day of June of the year nineteen hundred and
three, and of each year thereafter, to apportion the salary of each of said
judges, respectively, between the State of Virginia and the cities above
named, respectively, in accordance with the provisions of section one hun-
dred and three of the Constitution of Virginia; that is to say, one-half of
said salary of each of said judges to be paid by the State of Virginia and
the other half by the city, and to transmit a statement of such appor-
tionment to the clerks of the councils of said cities, respectively, and to
the treasurers of said cities, respectively.

It shall be the duty of the council of said city to provide funds for the
payment of so much of said salary as said statement shows to have been
apportioned to its city; but it is hereby made the duty of the treasurer of
such city to pay the same into the treasury of the State on or before the
first day of December each year out of any funds of his city in his hands:
and to this end he shall retain of said funds collected by him a sum
sufficient to pay such portion of said salary, and said apportionment shall
be the first and superior charge against said funds. Any treasurer failing
to make such payment within the time above prescribed therefor shall be
liable to the Commonwealth on his official bond for the part of such
salary apportioned to his city as aforesaid and a penalty thereon of ten
per centum.