Chap. 315.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3488 of the Code of Virginia,
as heretofore amended, relating to fee of officer for making return on execu-
tions when no levy or forthcoming bond taken. [H B 254]

Approved March Z5, 1932

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
thirty-four hundred and eighty-eight of the Code of Virginia, as here-
tofore amended, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 3488. Whenever on any decree or judgment in a civil case
any fieri facias issued by the clerk of any court or justice of the peace
is placed in the hands of any officer, and no levy is made or forthcoming
bond is taken thereon, and a return is made by said officer, the said
officer so making a return thereon shall be allowed a fee of fifty cents
for making said return. In any case where such officer makes a levy
and advertises property for sale, and by reason of a settlement between
the parties to the claim or suit, the officer is not permitted to sell
under such levy, such officer shall not be entitled to any commissions,
but shall in addition to his fees for making the levy and return, be
entitled to recover from the party, for whom the services were per-
formed, the expenses incurred by such officer in and about the adver-
tisement of the proposed sale of the property.