Chap. 374.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3516-b of the Code of Virginia,
relating to the State fee commission. [S B 309]

Approved March 28, 1932

I. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
thirty-five hundred and sixteen-b of the Code of Virginia, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 3516-b, This and the two preceding sections of the Code
shall be administered by a commission hereby created, which shall con-
sist of the State comptroller, who shall be chairman, the auditor of
public accounts, who shall be secretary, and the State tax commis-
sioner, all of whom shall serve on the commission without compensa-
tion. So much of paragraph six of section thirty-five hundred and
sixteen of the Code as is in conflict with this provision is hereby re-
pealed. All of the duties imposed on the auditor of public accounts by
section thirty-five hundred and sixteen of the Code shall be performed
by the comptroller.

Subject to the approval of the State fee commission, the council of
any city may enter into contracts with officers, providing for salaries for
the maximum amount allowed in subsection eight of section thirty-five
hundred and sixteen of the Code of Virginia and for the city’s pro rata
part of the expense of the office approved by the State fee commission,
in lieu of fees and commissions prescribed by law for services performed
by the city, which contracts may relieve the officer from collecting such
fees or commissions. In the event such contract is entered into and ap-
proved by the State fee commission the officer and the city shall not
be liable to the State for the failure of such officer to collect fees and
commissions prescribed by law for services rendered the city. A copy
of every such contract, certified by the clerk of the city council, shall
be filed with the comptroller.

Any officer failing to comply with the duties imposed upon him by
the provisions of this and the two preceding sections of the Code shall
forfeit to the Commonwealth not less than twenty-five dollars nor
more than five hundred dollars for each such failure, such forfeiture
to be enforced by the circuit court of the city of Richmond at the in-
stance of the attorney general.

2. The provisions of this act shall be in force on and after July
first, nineteen hundred and thirty-two.