Chap. 238.—An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto two new
sections to be designated as section 3109-a and section 3118-a, providing re-
spectively for the appointment of clerks of civil and police justices courts and
for the appointment of bailiffs of civil justices courts, prescribing their duties
and providing for their compensation; and to repeal section 3110 of the Code
of Virginia relating to bailiffs for civil and police justices courts. [S B 220]

Approved March 27, 1934

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That the
Code of Virginia be, and it is hereby amended by adding two new sec-
tions thereto, to be designated as section thirty-one hundred and nine-a,
and section thirty-one hundred and eighteen-a, which new sections shall
read as follows:

Section 3109-a. The said civil and police justice shall appoint a
clerk for his said court, who shall hold office during the pleasure of
the civil and police justice. The clerk shall have power and authority
to issue any of the processes of said court, whether original, mesne or
final. He shall in addition thereto have charge of the civil and police
justice court room and office and the furniture and other property con-
tained therein, and be held responsible for the safe keeping and. pro-
tection of the same. He shall have the care of keeping, cleaning, warm-
ing and lighting the said court room and office. He shall attend all
courts held by the civil and police justice, and shall perform such other
services as may be required of him by the civil and police justice. He
shall receive for his services such compensation as the respective city
councils shall fix, to be paid out of the treasury of his said city.

Section 3118-a. Such civil justice may also appoint a bailiff for
his said court, who shall hold his office until removed by the civil
justice. The bailiff shall have charge of the civil justice’s courtroom
and office, and the furniture and other property contained therein, and
be held responsible for the safe keeping and proper protection of the
same. He shall have the care of keeping, cleaning, warming and light-
ing the said courtroom and office. He shall attend all courts held by
the civil justice and shall perform such other services as may be
required of him by the civil justice. The bailiff shall have the power
and authority of a police officer, and shall receive for his services such
compensation as the respective city councils shall fix, to be paid out
of the treasury of his said city. In any city whose charter contains
provisions inconsistent with the provisions of this section, the charter
provisions shall prevail and this section shall not apply.

2. Be it further enacted, that section thirty-one hundred and ten
of the Code of Virginia be, and the same is hereby, repealed.