Chap. 147.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 4 and:5 of Chapter 364
of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1934, approved March 29, 1934, re-
lating to compensation of Commonwealth’s Attorneys and other officers, Sec-
tion 4 of which was amended and re-enacted in Chapter 423 of the Acts of the
General Assembly of 1942, arproved April 6, 1942. [SB 41]

Approved March 11, 1946

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section four of chapter three hundred sixty-four of the Acts
of the General Assembly of nineteen hundred thirty-four, approved
March twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, as amended and re-
enacted in chapter four hundred twenty-three of the Acts of the General
Assembly of nineteen hundred forty-two, approved April six, nineteen
hundred forty-two, and section five of chapter three hundred sixty-four
of the Acts of the General Assembly of nineteen hundred thirty-four, ap-
proved March twenty-nine, nineteen hundred thirty-four, be amended
and re-enacted, as follows:

Section 4. The annual salaries of attorneys for the Common-
wealth 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 inhabi-
tants but not more than ten thousand inhabitants, such salaries shall 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
rhe less than one thousand dollars nor more than twenty-five hundred

ollars.

In counties having a population of more than twenty thousand in-
habitants but not more than twenty-five thousand inhabitants, such sal-
aries 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 thou-
sand dollars.

In counties having a population of more than thirty thousand in-
habitants but not more than fifty thousand inhabitants, such salaries shall
not be less than two thousand dollars nor more than four thousand dol-
ars.

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 thousand
inhabitants or less, such salaries shall not be less than six hundred dol-
lars nor more than eighteen hundred dollars.

In cities of the first class having a population of ten thousand in-
habitants 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 in-
habitants 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
not be less than forty-five hundred nor more than six thousand dollars.

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 eighty-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 ar-
riving at the classification of such attorney for the Commonwealth under
the provisions of this act.

Each assistant attorney for the Commonwealth, heretofore au-
thorized by law, if his services shall be deemed necessary by the compen-
sation 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.

Section 5. The annual salaries of city treasurers and city commis-
sioners of the revenue under this act shall be within the limits hereinafter
prescribed, that is to say:

In cities of the second class having aggregate levies of less than one
hundred thousand dollars or populations of less than five thousand inhabi-
tants such salary shall not be less than twenty-one hundred dollars nor
more than twenty-six hundred dollars.

In cities of the second class having aggregate levies in excess of one
hundred thousand dollars, but not in excess of one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars and populations in excess of five thousand inhabitants
such salary shall not be less than twenty-six hundred dollars nor more
than forty-two hundred dollars.

In cities of the second class having aggregate levies in excess of one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars and populations in excess of five
thousand inhabitants such salary shall not be less than thirty-two hun-
dred dollars nor more than forty-two hundred dollars.

In cities of the first class having aggregate levies of not more than
four hundred and fifty thousand dollars such salaries shall not be less
than four thousand dollars nor more than forty-eight hundred dollars.

In cities of the first class having aggregate levies of more than four
hundred and fifty thousand dollars and not in excess of one million dol-
lars such salary shall not be less than five thousand dollars nor more
than six thousand dollars.

In cities of the first class having aggregate levies of more than one
million dollars and a population of not more than seventy-five thousand,
such salary shall not be less than five thousand dollars nor more than
seven thousand dollars, and where such population exceeds seventy-five
thousand, not less than six thousand dollars nor more than eighty-five
hundred dollars.

For the purposes of this act the term “aggregate levies” shall be
construed to include all local and State levies and local and State licenses
extended or assessed by the several commissioners of the revenue in their
respective cities for the year nineteen hundred and thirty-two.

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 nineteen hundred and thirty United States census,
from supplementing the salary of the commissioner of the revenue in said
city for additional services not required by general law, provided, how-
ever that any such supplemental salary shall be paid wholly by such city.