Chap. 256.—An ACT to provide for the appointment of a commission on re-
districting judicial circuits in Virginia; to prescribe the powers and duties of
such commission and to appropriate funds for certain expense of said com-
mission. [H B 116]

Approved March 28, 1934

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia as follows:

1. There shall be appointed a commission on redistricting judicial
circuits in Virginia, which commission shall have the powers and duties
hereinafter prescribed.

2. The said commission shall consist of five members to be ap-
pointed as follows: Two by the President of the Senate from among
the membership of the Senate, and three by the Speaker of the House
from the membership of the House. The members of the commission
shall name one of its own members chairman and another secretary.

3. The commission shall make a thorough investigation of the
amount of work done by the courts in the existing judicial circuits as
now constituted, and shall report its findings to the next succeeding
regular session of the General Assembly, together with a comprehen-
sive plan of redistricting existing judicial circuits with the view of
equalizing the work of the courts, and its recommendations as to whether
or not the number of judicial circuits can be reduced without seriously
interfering with the promptness and efficiency of the courts.

If the said commission shall be of opinion that it is to the interest
of the public weal that a redistricting of the existing judicial circuits
be necessary or that the number be decreased, then it shall recommend
such legislation as may be necessary to carry into full force and effect
the recommendations proposed.

The said commission is fully authorized in its investigation to go
beyond the enumerated duties herein set forth and to make any recom-
mendation supported by proper bills that in its judgment will expedite
the hearing of cases and a prompt adjudication of all matters that
may be brought before the judiciary of the State, together with the
recommendations of any rules or regulations which in its judgment
should be established and promulgated by the courts of the State with
a view of having a prompt adjudication of litigation.

4. The members of the said commission shall receive no compen-
sation for serving thereon.