Chap. 17.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 2773-n 40 of the Code of Virginia,
as heretofore amended, relating to departments of law enforcement in certain

counties adopting the County Manager form of organization and government.
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Approved February 9, 1940

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That
section twenty-seven hundred and seventy-three-n forty of the Code
of Virginia, as heretofore amended, be amended and re-enacted so as
to read as follows:

Section 2773-n 40. Department of law enforcement.—The de-
partment of law enforcement shall consist of an attorney for the
Commonwealth and a sheriff, together with their assistants, deputies
and employees, and any police appointed by the county manager.

The attorney for the Commonwealth shall exercise all the powers
conferred and perform all the duties imposed upon such officer by
general law, and shall be accountable to the board of county super-
visors in all matters affecting the county and shall perform such
duties, not inconsistent with his office, as the board of county super-
visors shall direct. He shall be selected as provided in section twenty-
seven hundred and seventy-three-n forty-six. ,

The sheriff shall exercise all the powers conferred and perform all
the duties imposed upon sheriffs and constables by general law. He
shall have the custody, feeding and care of all prisoners confined in
the county jail. He shall perform such other duties as may be 1m-
posed upon him by the board of county supervisors. Any policemen
appointed by the county manager pursuant to section twenty-seven
hundred and seventy-three-n thirty-two, shall be under the super-
vision and control of such county manager, and such policemen shall
have such powers as special policemen as may be provided for by

general law.

Provided, however, that in counties adjoining cities lying wholly
within the State of Virginia and with a population of one hundred
and seventy-five thousand or more as shown by the last preceding
United States census, the board of county supervisors, upon recom-
mendation of the trial justice of such county, may by resolution or
ordinance, appoint a bailiff for the trial justice court, who shall, in
addition to his duties as bailiff, exercise all of the powers and perform
all the duties conferred or imposed upon constables by the general
law in all civil matters emanating from the said trial justice court in
the place and stead of the sheriff as set out above. The salary of
such bailiff shall be fixed by the board of county supervisors and shall
be payable out of the general fund of the county. The said bailiff
shall collect all fees and commissions collected and allowed con-
stables under the general law and account for same to the judge of
the trial justice court, who shall in turn deliver them to the director
of finance of the said county.

2. An emergency existing, this act shall be in force from its
passage.