Chap. 214.—-An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 13 of an act entitled ‘
act to provide for the compensation of attorneys for the Commonwealth in
the counties and cities, county and city treasurers, and county and city com-
missioners of the revenue, and officers and employees performing the duties
of such officers in counties which adopt optional forms of county organiza-
tion and government; to prescribe the method of fixing and paying their
salaries and the expenses of the operation of their offices; to provide for
the payment of such salaries and expenses; to provide for the disposition of
the fees collected by such officers; to provide for a Compensation Board
to administer this act; to provide for the powers, duties and functions of such
board; to abolish the State Fee Commission; to appropriate funds for the
payment of salaries and expenses and for the administration of this act; and
to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act,’ approved March
29, 1934, as heretofore amended, in relation to the salaries and expenses of
commissioners of the revenue in cities containing more than 175,000
inhabitants. [S B 319]
Approved March 21, 1936

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
thirteen of an act entitled “an act to provide for the compensation of
attorneys for the Commonwealth in the counties and cities, county and
city treasurers, and county and city commissioners of the revenue, and
officers and employees performing the duties of such officers in coun-
ties which adopt optional forms of county organization and govern-
ment; to prescribe the method of fixing and paying their salaries and
the expenses of the operation of their offices; to provide for the pay-
ment of such salaries and expenses; to provide for the disposition of
the fees collected by such officers ; to provide for a Compensation Board
to administer this act; to provide for the powers, duties and functions
of such board; to abolish the State Fee Commission; to appropriate
funds for the payment of salaries and expenses and for the admin-
istration of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts incon-
sistent with this act,’ approved March twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred
and thirty-four, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 13. The salaries fixed in accordance with the preceding
part of this act shall be paid in equal monthly installments, and the
- expenses of office within the limits fixed by the board, shall be paid
monthly on the submission of satisfactory evidence that such expenses
were actually incurred.

The salaries and expenses of attorneys for the Commonwealth in
counties and cities shall be paid in the proportion of one-half by the
respective counties and cities and one-half by the Commonwealth.
The salaries and expenses of treasurers and commissioners in the coun-
ties and cities shall be paid in the proportion of two-thirds by the
respective counties and cities and one-third by the Commonwealth ; pro-
vided, however, the salaries and expenses of commissioners of the
revenue in cities containing more than one hundred and seventy-five
thousand inhabitants according to the last preceding United States
census which have appointed a permanent board for the annual assess-
ment of real estate shall be paid in the proportion of one-half by the
respective cities and one-half by the Commonwealth; provided the
Commonwealth shall not be required to pay more than it does at present
and, provided, that the salary and expenses of any city treasurer who
neither collects nor disburses local taxes or revenues shall be paid
entirely by the Commonwealth, and that the salary and expenses of
any city treasurer who disburses local revenues but does not collect the
same shall be paid in the proportion of one-third by the city and two-
thirds by the Commonwealth.

The State’s proportion of the salaries and expenses of the treasurers
and commissioners of the revenue under this act shall be paid out of
the appropriations in the general appropriation act for assessing prop-
erty for taxation and collecting and distributing records of assessments
and for collecting State taxes and the State’s proportion of the salaries
and expenses of the attorneys for the Commonwealth shall be paid
out of the appropriation in the general appropriation act for criminal
charges. The cost for administering this act shall be paid out of the
fees paid into the State treasury pursuant to the provisions of this
act. Such payments shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants
of the Comptroller, issued on vouchers signed by the chairman of
the Compensation Board.

The several salaries fixed by the Compensation Board in accordance
with the preceding part of this act to be paid for the year nineteen
hundred and thirty-five shall continue as so fixed for succeeding years
at the same amounts; provided, however, that the said Compensation
Board may thereafter increase or decrease the salary of any particular
officer, within the limits fixed by this act, when in its opinion, changed
circumstances so require, or when, so requested in writing, prior to
July first of the calendar year preceding the year for which such change
is requested, by the council, board of supervisors or other governing
body having jurisdiction, or by the officer whose compensation is
affected. Such request by the local governing body or by the officer
affected shall set forth in detail the facts and circumstances upon
which such request for a change is based.

2. All acts and parts of acts, both general and special, including
charters of cities and towns, inconsistent with the provisions of this
act are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.