Chap. 225.—An ACT to amend and re-enact subsection ¢ of section 2546 of the
Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to official receipts for

fines. [S B 251]
Approved March 23, 1926.

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

Sub-section C. It shall be the duty of the clerk on the fifteenth
of March and on the fifteenth of September, but if either of those dates
fall upon Sunday or a legal holiday, then on the date immediately
following, to make up a statement which will show each person re-
ported to him by each justice during the preceding six months, ending
respectively, February twenty-eighth and August thirty-first, which
report shall also show amount of fine, fine and costs, or costs where
no fine is imposed, imposed against each person, date imposéd, amount
collected and date of collection, also offense; also the clerk shall
include in that statement, statement showing each person making
payment of a fine, fine and costs, or costs where no fine is imposed, to
him, amount paid and date of payment during such period, the correct-
ness of which statement shall be examined into by the attorney for
the Commonwealth or one of the commissioners in chancery desig-
nated by the court, who shall certify to the correctness thereof, if the
same be found to be correct, and if not found to be correct it shall be
the duty of the attorney for the Commonwealth or the commissioner
to cause the clerk to correct it wherein it is incorrect, and it shall then
be the duty of the attorney for the Commonwealth or the commissioner
to certify to the correctness of the statement, and it shall further be
the duty of the attorney for the Commonwealth or the commissioner
at the term of court next ensuing to present the statement to the
court and the court shall order the same to be filed and a copy thereof
certified to the auditor of public accounts.