Chap. 421.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act entitled “An act
authorizing cities containing not less than one hundred and twenty-five thousand
nor more than one hundred and fifty thousand population, according to the
last preceding United States census, to provide for the annual assessment and
equalization of assessments of real estate approved March 24, 1932, in relation

to reassessment of real estate, so as to prescribe the compensation of the
assessors, [S B 369]

Approved March 30, 1936

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
one of an act entitled “An act authorizing cities containing not less
than one hundred and twenty-five thousand nor more than one hun-
dred and fifty thousand population, according to the last United States
census, to provide for the annual assessment and equalization of as-
sessments of real estate approved March twenty-fourth, nineteen hun-
dred and thirty-two, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:

Section 1. In cities containing not less than one hundred and
twenty-five thousand nor more than one hundred and fifty thousand
inhabitants according to the last preceding United States census, the
council or other governing body of such cities may, in its discretion, in
lieu of the method now prescribed by law, provide for the annual
assessment and equalization of assessments of real estate for local
taxation, and to that end may request the circuit court of such cities,
or the judge thereof in vacation, to appoint three persons to assess
such real estate and to equalize such assessments. Upon such request,
such court or judge shall appoint for the purpose three persons who
shall each receive the same compensation and not be employed by the
city in any other capacity. Such council or other governing body may
prescribe the duties and terms of office of the persons so elected or
appointed, and fix their compensation, which shall be paid out of
the local treasury ; provided, however, that the compensation of each
such assessor shall be twenty-five hundred dollars per annum. Such
council or other governing body may likewise provide for such clerical
assistance and other expenses as may be properly incident thereto.