Chap. 90.—An ACT to provide an additional civil justice for cities containing by
1920 United States census one hundred and seventy thousand (170,000) in-
habitants or more; to prescribe his powers, duties and jurisdiction; to provide
a clerk, bailiff and substitute for such additional justice; and to provide for
rules of practice before the civil justices in such cities. [H B 57]

Approved March 2, 1926.

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That from
and after the first day of July, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, there
shall be in cities containing one hundred and seventy thousand in-
habitants or more by the nineteen hundred and twenty United States
census, an additional special justice of the peace to be known as “‘civil
justice number two,’’ with like qualifications and to be elected by
the city council of such cities,

2. The term of office of such civil justice number two shall com-
mence on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, and
shall end on the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and thirty-
two, and each term thereafter shall be for six years.
3. The said additional civil justice number two of any such city
shall have, concurrently with the civil justice heretofore provided by
law for such city, the same powers, duties and jurisdiction as the said
last mentioned justice heretofore provided by law for such cities now
has or which may hereafter be conferred by law.

4. It shall be the duty of the civil justice and civil justice number
two to confer from time to time with a view to equalizing their work
and making uniform as far as practicable the pratice and procedure
before them. They shall have the power to adopt rules of practice
under section thirty-one hundred and eight of the Code of Virginia,
and by their joint action to remove any case from either of said jus-
tices to the other, and no formal order of removal shall be necessary.
Such cases so removed shall be placed upon the docket of the justice
to which removed and there proceeded with’ as if originally brought
before him. Each of such justices may perform any or all the duties -
of the other.

5. All provisions of law now in force, or hereafter to be enacted,
relating to the civil justices heretofore provided by law for such cities,
shall apply to said civil justice number two unless otherwise provided.

6. The clerk of the civil justice of such cities shall also be the
clerk of said civil justice number two and shall qualify as prescribed
by law.

7. Each such: civil justice number two shall appoint a bailiff
under the provisions of section thirty-one hundred and ten of the -
Code of Virginia.

_ §&. <A substitute civil justice number two shall be appointed as
provided by section thirty-one hundred and one of the Code of Vir-
ginia.

9. The salary of such civil justice number two shall be the same
as now or may hereafter be prescribed by law to be paid to the civil
justice of such city.

10. Such cities shall provide such room or rooms and such books,
stationery, supplies and equipment as may be requisite for the said
civil justice number two and his attendant, such courtroom to be
designated as ‘‘civil justice’s court part two.”