Chap. 385.—An ACT to provide for the payment out of the State treasury
of the attorneys for the Commonwealth of the counties and cities of the
State, certain fees in felony and misdemeanor cases, and to fix the maxi-
mum amount that the attorneys for the Commonwealth of the respective
counties and cities of the State shall be paid in fees out of the State
treasury, and to fix for them and to provide for the taxing and payment
of certain fees in scire facias and other proceedings upon forfeited recog-
nizances, and to amend und re-enact an act entitled an act to amend and
re-enact section 3528S of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended.
upproved March 22, 1916, and to repeal all other acts and parts of acts
in conflict with this act. [S B 248]

Approved March 16, 1918.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That an
act of the general assembly of Virginia, entitled an act to amend
and re-enact section thirty-five hundred and twenty-eight of the
Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, which act was approved
March twenty-second, nineteen hundred and sixteen, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec, 3528. The attorney for the Commonwealth shall be paid
out of the State treasury in all felony and misdemeanor cases, and
for expenditures made in the discharge of his duties as follows:

For each trial of a felony case in his circuit or corporation
court, in which only one person is tried at a time, if the punish-
ment prescribed may be death, twenty dollars; if the punishment
prescribed is less than death, ten dollars; but where two or more
persons are jointly indicted and jointly tried for a felony, he shall
be paid in addition to the fees above provided ten dollars for each
person more than one so jointly tried. For each person prosecuted
by him at a preliminary hearing upon a charge of felony before any
court or justice of his county or city, he shall be paid five dollars.
For every nolle prosequi entered to an indictment in a felony case
he shall be paid five dollars; provided, there has not been a trial of
such indictment; provided, further, that only one such fee shall be
paid where more than one nolle prosequi is entered against the same
person.

For each person tried for a misdemeanor in his circuit or corpo-
ration court five dollars, and for each person prosecuted by him
before any court or justice of his county or city for a misdemeanor,
which he is required by law to prosecute, or upon an indictment
found by a grand jury, he shall be paid five dollars, unless the costs,
including such fee, are paid by the defendant; and in every misde-
meanor case so prosecuted the court or justice shall tax in the
costs and enter judgment for such misdemeanor fees.

In every scire facias or other proceeding upon a forfeited recog-
nizance where a judgment is awarded in behalf of the Common-
wealth there shall be taxed in the costs an attorney's fee of ten dol-
lars and five per centum of the amount of the judgment, which
when recovered shall be paid to the attorney for the Common-
wealth; provided, however, that in no case shall the attorney for
the Commonwealth in any county or city receive in such fees from
the State treasury for the prosecution of criminal cases more in any
one year than the amount hereinafter stated.

The attorney for the Commonwealth for the county of Accomac,
six hundred and fifty dollars; of Albemarle, five hundred dollars;
of Alexandria; four hundred and fifty dollars; of Alleghany, three
hundred and fifty dollars; of Amelia, four hundred dollars; of
Amherst, four hundred and fifty dollars; of Appomattox, five hun-
dred and fifty dollars; of Augusta, seven hundred dollars; of Bath,
two hundred and fifty dollars; of Bedford, four hundred dollars;
of Bland, two hundred and fifty dollars; of Botetourt, four hun-
dred dollars; of Brunswick, four hundred and fifty dollars; of
Buckingham, four hundred and fifty dollars; of Buchanan, seven
hundred dollars; of Campbell, four hundred dollars; of Caroline,
three hundred and seventy-five dollars; of Carroll, three hundred
and fifty dollars; of Charles City, two hundred and fifty dollars;
of Charlotte, three hundred dollars; of Chesterfield, four hundred
and fifty dollars; of Clarke, three hundred dollars; of Craig, two
hundred and fifty dollars; of Culpeper. three hundred and seventy-
five dollars; of Cumberland, three hundred dollars; of Dickenson,
seven hundred and fifty dollars; of Dinwiddie, four hundred and
fifty dollars; of Elizabeth City] sight hundred dollars; of Kssex;
three hundred dollars; of Fairfax, four hundred and fifty dollars;
of Fauquier, five hundred dollars; of Floyd, four hundred and fifty
dollars; of Fluvanna, three hundred dollars; of Franklin, five hun-
dred dollars; of Frederick, three hundred and seventy-five dollars:
of Giles, three hundred and seventy-five dollars; of Gloucester, three
hundred and seventy-five dollars; of Goochland, three hundred and
seventy-five dollars; of Grayson, three hundred and seventy-five dol-
lars; of Greene, two hundred and fifty dollars; of Greensville, three
hundred and seventy-five dollars; of Halifax, four hundred dollars;
of Hanover, four hundred and fifty dollars; of Henrico, eight hun-
dred dollars; of Henry, four hundred and fifty dollars; of High-
land, two hundred and fifty dollars; of Isle of Wight, three hun-
dred and seventy-five dollars; of James City, eight hundred dol-
lars; of King and Queen, three hundred dollars; of King George.
two hundred and fifty dollars; of King William, three hundred
and seventy-five dollars; of Lancaster, three hundred dollars; of
Lee, five hundred dollars; of Loudoun, five hundred dollars; of
Louisa, four hundred and fifty dollars; of Lunenburg, four hun-
dred and fifty dollars; of Madison, three hundred dollars; of
Mathews, two hundred and fifty dollars; of Mecklenburg, five hun-
dred dollars; of Middlesex, three hundred dollars; of Montgomery,
five hundred dollars; of Nansemond, five hundred dollars; of Nel-
son, four hundred dollars; of New Kent, two hundred and fifty dol-
lars; of Norfolk, fifteen hundred dollars; of Northampton, three
hundred and seventy-five dollars; of Northumberland, two hundred
and fifty dollars; of Nottoway, four hundred and fifty dollars; of
Orange, three hundred and seventy-five dollars; of Page, three hun-
dred and seventy-five dollars; of Patrick, three hundred and sev-
enty-five dollars; of Pittsylvania, one thousand dollars; of Powha-
tan, three hundred dollars; of Prince Edward, four hundred and
fifty dollars; of Prince George, twelve hundred dollars; of Prin-
cess Anne, six hundred dollars; of Prince William, three hundred
and seventy-five dollars; of Pulaski, four hundred and fifty dollars;
of Rappahannock, three hundred dollars; of Richmond, two hun-
dred and fifty dollars; of Roanoke, four hundred and fifty dollars;
of Rockbridge, four hundred and fifty dollars; of Rockingham,
five hundred dollars; of Russell, seven hundred and fifty dollars:
of Scott, five hundred dollars; of Shenandoah, three hundred and
seventy-five dollars; of Smyth, four hundred and fifty dollars; of
Southampton, three hundred and seventy-five dollars; of Spotsvl-
vania, three hundred dollars; of Stafford, two hundred and fifty
dollars; of Surry, three hundred dollars; of Sussex, three hundred
dollars; of Tazewell, seven hundred and fifty dollars; of Warren.
three hundred dollars; of Warwick, six hundred dollars; of Wash-
ington, five hundred and fifty dollars; of Westmoreland, three hun-
dred dollars; of Wise, twelve hundred dollars; of Wythe, four hun-
dred and fifty dollars; of York, eight hundred and fifty dollars.
The attorney for the Commonwealth for the city of Richmond,
twenty-seven hundred and fifty dollars; of the city of Norfolk,
twenty-two hundred and fifty dollars; of the city of Petersburg,
seventeen hundred and fifty dollars; of the city of Lynchburg, fif-
teen hundred dollars; of the city of Roanoke, seventeen hundred
and fifty dollars; of the city of Alexandria, seven hundred and fifty
dollars; of the city of Portsmouth, fifteen hundred dollars; of the
city of Danville, fifteen hundred dollars; of the city of Manchester,
five hundred dollars: of the city of Staunton, five hundred dollars;
of the city of Charlottesville, five hundred dollars; of the city of
Winchester, five hundred dollars; of the city of Fredericksburg,
five hundred dollars; of the city of Bristol, five hundred dollars; of
the city of Radford, five hundred dollars; of the city of Buena
Vista, three hundred dollars; of the city of Newport News, seven-
teen hundred and fifty dollars; of the city of Clifton Forge, four
hundred and fifty dollars; of the city of Hopewell, seventeen hun-
dred and fifty dollars; of the city of Suffolk, three hundred dollars.

All acts and parts of acts inconsistent or in conflict with this
act are hereby repealed.