Chap. 571.—An ACT to amend chapter 243 of the Code of Virginia, in rela-
tion to circuit and other courts, by the addition thereto of a new section to
be numbered 5901-a, in relation to judges pro tempore. [H B 287]

Approved March 24, 1926.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That chap-
ter two hundred and forty-three of the Code of Virginia be, and it is
hereby, amended by the addition thereto of a new section, to be num-
oct fifty-nine hundred and one-a, which new section shall read as
follows:

Section 5901-a. When judge pro tempore for a court appointed;
his powers and duties; compensation.—If on account of congestion in
the work of any court of record in this State, there is a pressing need
therefor, or, if the judge of any such court be absent or be unable, by
reason of sickness, disqualification or otherwise, to hold any term of
any such court or any part thereof, a judge pro tempore may be ap-
pointed by the governor for such court, to hold any special or regular
term, or such part thereof, as may be designated, and to try any ac-
tions or causes, civil or criminal, pending in such court except those in
which objections to such hearing are made by one or more parties
thereto. Such judge pro tempore shall be a citizen of this State who
shall have qualified to practice law in the supreme court of appeals of
this State, and, after having qualified as such judge pro tempore in
the manner in which such qualification is had by a person elected or
appointed judge of such court, shall be vested with the same powers
and shall perform the same duties, in such actions or causes tried by
him, as if he were the regularly elected or appointed and qualified
judge of the said court.

For any such service rendered by a judge pro tempore, under this
section, he shall receive mileage and ten dollars per day for the time
he is actually engaged in holding court, such mileage and compensa-
tion to be paid out of the treasury of the county or city in which such
court is held.