Chap. 436.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section twenty-five hundred and
fifty of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted, in relation to fines.

[H B 136]
Approved March 26, 1928

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
ion twenty-five hundred and fifty of the Code of Virginia, as
amended and re-enacted in chapter four hundred and sixty-two of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, page seven hundred
and ninety-seven, be further amended and re-enacted so as to read
as follows:

Section 2550. Justice to certify fines to clerk; penalties, et
cetera.—It shall be the duty of every justice in a county or town
between the first and fifth day of each month to file with the clerk
of the county, and the duty of every justice in a city to file with
the clerk of the corporation or hustings court, and if the city have
no such court, then with the clerk of the circuit court of the city,
a report for the next preceding month, in which shall be shown
the amount of every fine imposed by him, together with the costs.
or the costs where no fine is imposed, the name of each person
tried, for what offense and date of trial; also, if the fine and costs,
or any part thereof, has been paid, date of payment and amount of
payment, and the justice shall at the time of making the report, pay
10 the clerk the fines and costs shown by the report to be due, for
which the clerk shall issue a receipt on the official form. When he
acquits the accused he shall certify the costs of the trial and to
whom due; and if he rendered judgment against the prosecutor for
costs, he shall so state. Should any justice fail to make report and
payment at the time herein provided, there shall accrue to any per-
son who shall have paid any fine and costs, or costs, to such jus-
tice and he shall have a claim against said justice for double the
amount so paid, recoverable by warrant or action at law and no
hotaestead shall be allowed as to such judgment or execution issued
thereon. And, notwithstanding an action may have been brought
against a justice failing to make the report and payment required as
aforesuid, the clerk shall give ten days’ notice to the ‘justice, to be
served by the sheriff of the county or sergeant of the city, within
five days after receipt from the clerk, that a report and the pav-
ment of all fines and costs collected within the next preceding
month, is required within ten days from the date of the service of
notice, and if not made within the said ten days, the clerk shall
issue a rule against the justice requiring him to appear on a dav
fixed, either in term or in vacation, to show cause why he should
not be removed from office.

The reports required by this section shall not be in lieu of the
report which the clerk is required by the provisions of section
twenty-five hundred and fifty-one of the Code of Virginia, to make
to the court, nor in lieu of the report which the clerk is required
to make to the auditor of public accounts, under provisions of sec-
tion twenty-five hundred and sixty-three of the Code of Virginia,
but shall be in addition to the reports required by those sections.