Chap. 423.—An-ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4 of Chapter 364 of the Acts of
the General Assembly of 1934, approved March 29, 1934, relating to cone
tion of Commonwealth’s Attorneys and other officers. [H B 337}

Approved April 6, 1942

1. Beit enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
four of chapter three hundred and sixty-four of the Acts of the General
Assembly of nineteen hundred and thirty-four, approved March twenty-
ninth, nineteen hundred and thirty-four, be amended and re-enacted, as
follows:

Section 4. The annual salaries of attorneys for the Commonwealth
under this act shall be within the limits hereinafter prescribed, that is to
say: :
In counties having a population of five thousand inhabitants or less,
such salaries shall not be less than seven hundred dollars nor more than
twelve hundred dollars.

In counties having a population of more than five thousand inthabi.
tants but not more than ten thousand inhabitants, such salaries shail not
be less than six hundred dollars nor more than eighteen hundred dollars.

In counties having a population of more than ten thousand inhabi-
tants but not more than twenty thousand inhabitants, such salaries shall
not be less than one thousand dollars nor more than twenty-five anions
dollars,

In counties having a population of more than twenty thousand in-
habitants but not more than twenty-five thousand inhabitants, such
salaries shall not be less than one thousand dollars nor more than four
thousand dollars.

In counties having .a population of more than twenty-five thousand
inhabitants but not more than thirty thousand inhabitants, such salaries
shall not be less than fifteen hundred dollars nor more than four thousand
dollars.

In counties haw a population of more than thirty thousand inhabi-
tants but not more than fifty thousand inhabitants, such salaries shall not
be less than two thousand dollars nor more than four thousand dollars.

In counties having a population of more than fifty thousand inhabi-
tants, such salaries shall not be less than three thousand dollars nor more
than five thousand dollars. .

In cities of the second class having a population of ten dimind
inhabitants or less, such salaries shall not be less than six hundred dollars
nor more than eighteen hundred dollars.

In cities of the first class having a population of ten thousand inhabi-
tants or less, such salaries shall not be less than six hundred dollars nor
more than twenty-four hundred dollars.

_ In cities having a population of more than ten thousand inhabitants
but not more than twenty-five thousand inhabitants, such salaries shall
not be less than six hundred dollars nor more than four thousand dollars.

In cities having a population of more than twenty-five thousand
inhabitants but not more than fifty thousand inhabitants, such salaries
shall not. be less than twenty-five hundred dollars nor’ more than six
thousand dollars.

~~ In cities having a population of more than fifty thousand inhabitants
but not more than one hundred thousand inhabitants, such salaries shall
doll be less than forty-five hundred dollars nor more than six thousand

ollars.

In cities having a population of more than one hundred thousand
inhabitants, such salaries shall not be less than six thousand dollars nor
more than seventy- -five hundred dollars. _

But nothing herein contained shall prevent the council of any city
having a population of more than one hundred and twenty-five thousand
people according to the latest United States census from supplementing
the salary of the attorney for the Commonwealth in said city for additional
services not required by general law, provided, however, that any such
supplemental salary shall be paid wholly by such city.

Whenever an attorney for the Commonwealth is such for a county
and city together, or for two or more cities, the aggregate population of
such political subdivisions shall be the population for the purpose of
arriving at the classification of such attorney for the Commonwealth
under the provisions of this act.

Each assistant attorney for the Commonwealth, heretofore author-
ized by law, if his services shall be deemed necessary by the compensation
board, shall receive an annual salary of not more than two thirds of the
salary received by the attorney for the Commonwealth of his county or
city.