Chap. 78.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2551 of the Code oT en
Approved February 21, 1920.

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

Sec. 2551. Clerks to report to their respective courts a list of all
fnes reported by justices of the peace under preceding section; what
lists shall contain ; auditor of public accounts to furnish blank forms.—
The clerks of the circuit and corporation courts of this State are
required to report to their respective courts on the first day of each
term thereof a list of all fines reported by: justices of the peace under
the preceding section for the period during and since the last term
of the said courts, which lists shall contain the name of the persons
fined, the amount of fine, whether paid to the clerk or not, whether
execution or capias pro fine has been issued therefor, and to what
rules the process is returnable. And in cases where the executions
have been returned unsatisfied the clerk shall report that fact also,
so that the court may determine whether or not capias pro fine shall
issue as provided by section twenty-five hundred and sixty.

It shall be the duty of the said courts to examine said lists and
enter the fact of record that said lists have been returned and order
the same to be filed, and where said lists show that proper process
has not been issued for said fines to order the clerk to issue the same
in the manner now provided by law.

It shall be the duty of the auditor of public accounts to make out
and furnish to the several clerks proper forms upon which the lists
required by this section shall be made. The said clerk shall, on the
first day of the next succeeding circuit or corporation court, post in
front of the court house such lists of all the fines so reported, with
the names of the parties fined and the amount of each fine, and whether
the same has been paid or not.