Chap. 40.—An ACT to compensate commissioners of the revenue for ad-
ditional services made necessary because of change in State tax rate
to provide funds to meet appropriation by the United States govern-
ment for the construction of public highways in Virginia and to ap-
propriate out of the State treasury the sum sufficient. {(H B 49]

Approved September 5, 1919.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
each commissioner of the revenue shall be paid out of the State
‘treasury for additional services required of him in making out
his land and personal property books for the year nineteen hun-
dred and nineteen on account of the change in State tax rate
to provide funds to meet appropriation by the United States
government for the construction of public highways in Virginia,
one per centum of the tax raised by such levies, which compen-
sation shall be in addition to the compensation now allowed by
law and shall not be subject to the provisions of the act approved
March 27, 1914, entitled ‘“‘an act to create a commission to con-
sider the compensation of court clerks, examiners of records,
treasurers, commissioners of the revenue, sheriffs, high con-
stables and city sergeants, and until action upon the report of
said commission to fix the maximum amount of the compensa-
tion of said officers,” as amended.

2. A sum sufficient to pay the compensation herein provided
for is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated.

3. To enable the auditor of public accounts to have proper
and complete settlements with commissioners of the revenue,
an emergency is declared to exist, and this act shall be in force
from its passage.