Chap. 458.—An ACT to amen | and re-enact section 3505 of the Code of Virginia,
as amended by an act approved March 20, 1922. [S B 257]

Approved March 21, 1924.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
thirty-five hundred and five of the Code of Virginia, as amended by
an act approved March twentieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-two,
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 3505. To attorneys for the Commonwealth.—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 dis-
charge 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 punishment 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 hasf{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 corporation
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 misdemeanor 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 Commonwealth
there shall be taxed in the costs an attorney’s fee of ten dollars and
five per centum of the amount of the judgment, which when recovered
shall be paid to the attorney for the Commonwealth; 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
Arlington, six hundred dollars; of Alleghany, one thousand dollars; of
Amelia, four hundred dollars; of Amherst, four hundred and fifty
dollars; of Appomattox, five hundred and fifty dollars; of Augusta,
seven hundred dollars; of Bath, two hundred and fifty dollars; of Bed-
ford, fifteen hundred dollars; of Bland, two hundred and fifty dollars;
of Botetourt, four hundred dollars; of Brunswick, five hundred and
fifty dcllars; 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 Char-
otte, 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, eight hundred dollars; of Essex, three hundred dollars; of Fair-
fax, four hundred and fifty dollars; of Fauquier, five hundred dollars;
of Floyd, four hundred and fifty dollars; of Fluvanna, six hundred
dollars; of Franklin, five hundred 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 Gcoch-
land, six hundred dollars; of Grayson, four hundred and seventy-five
dollars; of Greene, two hundred and fifty dollars; of Greensville, three
hundred and seventy-five dollars; of Halifax, one thousand dolla:s;
of Hanover, four hundred and fifty dollars; of Henrico, ten} hundred
dollars; of Henry, four hundred and fifty dollars; of Highland, two
hundred and fifty dollars; of Isle of Wight, three hundred and seventy-
five dollars; of James City, eight hundred dollars; 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 Lunen-
burg, four hundred and fifty dollars; of Madison, three hundred dollars;
of Mathews, two hundred and fifty dollars; of Mecklenburg, six hundred
dollars; of Middlesex, three hundred dollars; of Montgomery, five
hundred dollars; of Nansemond, five hundred dollars; of Nelson, four
hundred dollars; of New Kent, two hundred and fifty dollars; of Nor-
folk, fifteen hundred dollars; of Northampton, four hundred and fifty
dollars; of Northumberland, two hundred and fifty dollars; of Notto-
way, four hundred and fifty dollars; of Orange, three hundred and
seventy-five dollars; of Page, three hundred and seventy-five dollars;
of Patrick, three hundred and seventy-five dollars; of Pittsylvania,
fifteen hundred dollars; of Powhatan, four hundred and fifty dollars; of
Prince Edward, four hundred and fifty dollars; of Prince} George,
twelve hundred dollars; of Princess 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 hundred and fifty dollars; of Roanoke, four hundred
and fifty dollars; of Rockbridge, twelve hundred dollars; of Rocking-
ham, five hundred dollars; of Russell, twelve hundred dollars; ofjScott,
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 Spotsylvania, 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 War-
wick, six hundred dollars; of Washington, five hundred and fifty dollars;
of Westmoreland, three hundred dollars; of Wise, twelve hundred
dollars; of Wythe, four hundred 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, for the
corporation court of the city of Norfolk, seventeen hundred and fifty
dollars, and for the corporation court of the city of Norfolk number
two, seventeen hundred and fifty dollars; of the city of Petersburg,
seventeen hundred and fifty dollars; of the city of Lynchburg, fifteen
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 Charlottes-
ville, 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, two thousand dollars; of the city of Clifton Forge,
four hundred and fifty dollars; of the city of Hopewell, seventeen
hundred and fifty dollars; of the city of Suffolk, three hundred dollars.