CHAP. 232.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Sections 11 and 12-a of Chapter 364
of the Acts of Assembly of 1934, approved March 29, 1934, relating to fixing
of salaries and allowance to certain county and city officers by the Compensation
Board, and the giving of notices of hearings by the board, and are 167]

Approved March 25, 1946

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That sections eleven and twelve-a of chapter three hundred
ixty-four of the Acts of Assembly of nineteen hundred thirty-four, ap-
roved March twenty-nine, nineteen hundred thirty-four, be amended
ind re-enacted, as follows:

Section 11. All salaries, expenses and allowances of all such officers
hall, if possible, be fixed and determined on or before December thirty-
rst of each year for the following year; provided that salaries and ex-
ense allowances for attorneys for the Commonwealth for the period be-
inning July first, nineteen hundred thirty-four, and ending December
1irty-first, nineteen hundred thirty-four, shall be fixed as soon as prac-
cable after the twentieth day of June of said year. It shall be the duty
f the board, at meetings duly called by the chairman, carefully to con-
der the questionnaires and written requests filed as required by section
n of this act, and to consider the work involved in the discharge of the
uties of the respective officers, the amount expended or proposed to be
xpended by each for clerks, deputies and other assistants, the efficiency
with which the affairs of each such office are conducted, and such other
matters as the board may deem pertinent and material, and after such
consideration the board shall fix and determine what constitutes a fair
and reasonable salary which should be paid to each such officer, and to
his clerks, assistants and deputies, and all other expense items requested.

When the salaries for the several counties and cities have been
tentatively fixed by the board they shall notify the council, board of:
supervisors or other governing body of each city and county of the
amounts so fixed. Within thirty days thereafter, but not later, the
council, board of supervisors or other governing body may file with the
compensation board any objection it may have to the salary so fixed.
When such objection is filed the said board shall fix a time for a hearing
on such objection, of which time the said council, board of supervisors or
other governing body as well as the officer affected shall have at least
thirty days’ notice. For the purpose of determining the merits of such
protest, the council, board of supervisors or other governing body may
designate two members of such body to serve as additional members of
the compensation board and such additional members shall each have one
vote on the board.

In no case shall the total of the combined compensation of any such
officer and the expense of his office be increased prior to July first, nine-
teen hundred and thirty-six, any provisions herein to the contrary, not-
withstanding.

Section 12-a. Any officer whose salary or expenses of office are
affected by any decision of the board under this act, or any county or
city affected thereby, or the Attorney-General as representative of the
Commonwealth, shall have the right to appeal from any such decision
of the board, within forty-five days from the date of such decision, to the
circuit court of the county or the corporation or hustings court of the
city in which the office affected is located; and on such appeal all ques-
tions involved in said decision shall be heard de novo by the judge of
such court, and his decision on all questions shall be entered of record
in the common law order book of the court and there shall be no right
of appeal therefrom.