Chap. 283.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3, as amended, of Chapter
386 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved April 2, 1942, relating to ad-
visory compensation of certain city and county officials, [H B 22}

Approved March 26, 1946

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section three, as amended, of chapter three hundred
eighty-six of the Acts of Assembly of nineteen hundred forty-two, ap-
proved April two, nineteen hundred forty-two, be amended and re-enact-
ed, 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
five hundred dollars. The annual salary of the sergeant of each city
shall be not less than twelve hundred dollars and not more than six
thousand five hundred dollars. The annual salary of full-time deputy
of a sheriff or of a sergeant shall be not more than two-thirds of the com-
pensation fixed for the sheriff or sergeant of his county or city, as the
case may be.

(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 there-
of, 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 follow-
ing 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 five hundred dollars per annum;

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

(3) In the counties of Amherst, Botetourt, Buckingham, Fau-

uier, Grayson, Hanover, «Loudoun, Lunenburg, Nelson, Nottoway,

range, Patrick, Shenandoah and Warren, the salary of each sheriff
shall be not less than two thousand dollars and not more than three
thousand five hundred 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 four thousand dollars per annum ;

(5) Inthe counties of Alleghany, Albemarle, Bedford, Dickenson,
Dinwiddie, Frederick, Giles, Henry, Mecklenburg, Northampton, 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 five thousand dollars per annum ;

(6) In the counties of Accomack, Arlington, Elizabeth City,
Fairfax, Halifax, Henrico, Montgomery and Scott, the salary of each
sheriff shall be not less than four thousand dollars and not more than six
thousand dollars per annum;

(7) Inthe 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
five hundred dollars per annum;

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

(9) In the cities of Bristol, Charlottesville, Clifton Forge, Hope-
well and Suffolk, 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 less than four thousand dollars and
not more than six thousand five hundred dollars per annum.