Chap. 339.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3 of Chapter 386 of the Acts
of Assembly of 1942, approved April 2, 1942, relating to classification for pur-
poses of advisory compensation of sheriffs and sergeants, so as to make certain
change or changes. [S 271]

Approved March 30, 1944

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia :
1. That section three of chapter three hundred eighty-six of the Acts
of Assembly of nineteen hundred forty-two, approved April two, nineteen
hundred forty-two, be amended and re-enacted, as follows:

Section 3. Factors to Be Considered; Advisory Compensation
Scales—(a) The annual salary of the sheriff of each county shall be
not less than twelve hundred dollars and not more than six thousand
dollars. The annual salary of the sergeant of each city shall be not less
than twelve hundred dollars and not more than six thousand dollars. The
annual salary of a full-time deputy of a sheriff or of a sergeant shall be not
more than two-thirds of the compensation fixed for the sheriff or sergeant
of his county or city, as the case may be, and in no instance shall it exceed
three thousand dollars.

(b) In fixing the salary of each sheriff and sergeant, and of each
of their full-time deputies, the Compensation Board shall take into con-
sideration the population and area of the county or city for which he is
elected or appointed, the number of persons committed to the jail thereof,
the aggregate number of days spent by prisoners in the jail thereof, the
compensation previously received by the sheriff or sergeant and each of
their full-time deputies, the amount of fees collected by such officers, and
such other factors as the Compensation Board deems proper.

(c) The salaries shall be fixed, as far as is consistent with the factors
hereinbefore required to be considered, according to the following
schedule:

(1) In the counties of Amelia, Appomattox, Bland, Charles City,
Clarke, Craig, Cumberland, Essex, Fluvanna, Gloucester, Goochland,
Greene, Highland, James City, King George, King and Queen, Madison,
Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent, Northumberland, Powhatan, Rappa-
hannock, Richmond, Stafford, Surry, Westmoreland and York, the
salary of each sheriff shall be not less than twelve hundred dollars and not
more than two thousand dollars per annum ;

(2) In the counties of Bath, Charlotte, Culpeper, Floyd, Isle of
Wight, King William, Lancaster, Louisa, Page, Prince William and Spot-
sylvania, the salary of each sheriff shall be not less than one thousand two
hundred dollars and not more than two thousand five hundred dollars;

(3) In the counties of Amherst, Botetourt, Buckingham, Fauquier,

Grayson, Hanover, Loudoun, Lunenburg, Nelson, Nottoway, Orange,
Patrick, Shenandoah and Warren, the salary of each sheriff shall be not
less than two thousand dollars and not more than three thousand dollars
per annum;
(4). In the counties of Brunswick, Campbell, Carroll, Chesterfield,
Caroline, Greensville, Prince Edward, Sussex, and Warwick, the salary
of each sheriff shall be not less than two thousand four hundred dollars
and not more than three thousand six hundred dollars per annum;

(5) In the counties of Alleghany, Albemarle, Bedford, Dickenson,
Dinwiddie, I'rederick, Giles, Henry, Mecklenburg, N orthampton, Prince
George, Princess Anne, Pulaski, Rockbridge, Smyth, Southampton and
Wythe, the salary of each sheriff shall be not less than three thousand
dollars and not more than four thousand five hundred dollars per annum;

(6) In the counties of Accomack, Arlington, Elizabeth City, Fair-
fax. Henrico, Montgomery and Scott, the salary of each sheriff shall be
not less than four thousand and not more than five thousand five hundred
dollars per annum;

(7) In the counties of Augusta, Buchanan, Franklin, Lee, Nanse-
mond, Norfolk, Pittsylvania, Roanoke, Rockingham, Russell, Tazewell,
Washington and Wise, the salary of each sheriff shall be not less than four
thousand five hundred dollars and not more than six thousand dollars per
annum ;

(8) In the cities of Buena Vista, Fredericksburg, Radford, Suffolk
and Williamsburg, the salary of each sergeant shall be not less than one
thousand two hundred dollars and not more than two thousand five hun-
dred dollars per annum ;

(9) Inthe cities of Bristol, Charlottesville, Clifton Forge and Hope-
well, the salary of the sergeant shall be not less than two thousand dollars
and not more than five thousand dollars per annum;

(10) In the cities of Alexandria, Danville, Lynchburg, Newport
News, Norfolk, Petersburg, Portsmouth, Richmond and Roanoke, the
salary of each sergeant shall be not not less than four thousand dollars
and not more than six thousand dollars per annum.