Chap. 11.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 185 of the Code of Virginia,
as heretofore amended. [S B 40]

Approved January 31, 1918.

Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
one hundred and eighty-five of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore
amended, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 185. First. Salaries of judges of court of appeals.—That
the annual salaries of judges of the supreme court of appeals of
Virginia, whose terms of office commence on or after the first day of
February, nineteen hundred and thirteen, shall be five thousand
dollars, except the president of the court, whose annual salary shall
be five thousand two hundred dollars. Said salaries shall be paid
out of the State treasury in monthly installments.

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 hundred and twenty dollars, and the clerk of the circuit
court of the city of Richmond, the sum of four hundred dollars; the
reporter, fifteen hundred dollars; and the stenographer of the court
of appeals, one thousand four hundred dollars.

Third. Of judges of the circuit court.—The thirty-one judges of
the circuit courts, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars
each; provided, however, that the judge of the circuit court of the
city of Richmond shall receive the sum of four thousand dollars;
and provided, further, that all judges whose terms of office, whether
elected to fill regular or unexpired terms, begin after the passage of
this act shall receive the sum of three thousand dollars each, 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 vear nineteen
hundred and ‘three, and of each year thereafter, to apportion he-
tween 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 according to the respective popu-
lation of said counties and cities as shown by the last preceding cen-
sus taken under authority of the Wnited States. and transmit a
statement of such apportionment to the clerk of the board of super-
visors of each county, and the clerk of the council of each city com-
posing the judicial circuit, and to the treasurer of each of said
counties and cities. , t

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 statements shows to have been appor-
tioned 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 treasurv
of the State on or before the first day of December each year, out
of the 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 the said apportionment shall be the
first and superior charge against said funds.

Any treasurer failing to make such pavment within the time
prescribed therefor shall be liable to the Commonwealth on his of-
ficial bond, for the part of such salary apportioned to his county or
city, and a penalty thereon of ten per centum. :

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
udges of the city courts of cities of the first clays, the following
ums, respectively: 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,
he judge of the law and chancery court of the city of Norfolk, and
he judge of the corporation court of the city of Norfolk, the sum
»f three thousand five hundred dollars each; the judge of the cor-
poration or hustings court of the city of Petersburg, the judge of
he corporation or hustings court of the city of Lynchburg, the
judge of the corporation or hustings court of the city of Roanoke,
he judge of the corporation or hustings court of the city of Dan-
ville, 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
lhustings court of the city of Portsmouth, the sum of two thousand
five hundred dollars each; and the judge of the corporation or hust-
ings court of the city of Manchester, the sum of two thousand dol-
lars. Provided, however, that the judges of the corporation courts
of the cities of Petersburg, Lynchburg, Danville, Newport News,
Alexandria, Roanoke, Staunton, Portsmouth and Hopewell shall
receive the sum of three thousand dollars each, said salaries to be-
gin on the first day of the terms of such judges, or their successors
in office, following the terms which they are now serving, whether
the same be a regular or unexpired term. 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 1s hereby made the duty of the auditor of public ac-
counts :

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 hundred 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 apportionment 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 suflicient to pay such portion
of said salary, and said apportionment shall be the first and su-
perior 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.

By reason of the fact that the terms of some of the judges of the
Commonwealth atlected by this act, begin on the Ist day of Feb-
ruary, 1918, an emergency is declared to exist and this act shall be
in force from its passage.