Chap. 395.—An ACT to amend and reenact Section 1 of Chapter 384 of the Acts of
Assembly of 1940, approved April 1, 1940, relating to compensation of clerks
of courts in certain cities. [S 242]

Approved April 1, 1948

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section one of chapter three hundred eighty-four of the
Acts of Assembly of nineteen hundred forty, approved April one, nine-
teen hundred forty, be amended and reenacted as follows:

Section 1. In each city of this Commonwealth having a population
of over sixty-five thousand and not exceeding one hundred thousand
inhabitants, according to the last preceding United States census, the
clerks of courts shall each be paid a salary at the rate of eight thousand
dollars per annum.

Said salary shall be in full compensation for services and shall be in
lieu of the retention by any such officer of any and all official fees and
commissions of whatever kind or character, and from whatever source
derived; and the city council of each such city shall provide for the
payment of such salary out of the city treasury in equal monthly install-
ments, The expenses of office of each such officer, including the compen-
sation of deputies and employees, shall be likewise paid to each such
officer out of the city treasury on duly authenticated vouchers, when
and as such expenses are incurred, or may become due and payable, or at
least monthly. The maximum amount of such expenses in the case of
each such officer shall be fixed by the State Compensation Board, and
the State Compensation Board shall fix the number and compensation
of the deputies and employees of each such officer.