CHAPTER 89

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 14-51 of the Code of 1950 relating
to salaries of trial justices.
[S 109]

Approved March 3, 1950

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
l. That § 14-51 of the Code of 1950 be amended and reenacted as
follows:

§ 1451. Limits for salaries—The annual salaries of trial
ustices in counties of the Commonwealth shall be within the limits

ereinafter 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 one thousand dollars.

‘In counties having a population of more than five thousand
inhabitants but not more than ten thousand inhabitants, such
salaries shall not be less than nine hundred dollars nor more than
eighteen hundred dollars.

‘In counties having a population of more than ten thou-
sand inhabitants but not more than twenty thousand inhabitants *
such salaries shall be not less than one thousand dollars nor more
than twenty-four hundred dollars.

In counties having a population of more than twenty thousand
inhabitants but not more than twenty-five thousand inhabitants,
such salaries shall be not less than one thousand dollars nor more
than three thousand dollars.

In counties having a population of more than twenty-five
thousand inhabitants but not more than thirty thousand inhabit-
ants and, without regard to population, in counties having an area
of more than two hundred thirteen square miles and not more than
two hundred twenty-three square miles, such salaries shall not be
less than fifteen hundred dollars nor more than thirty-five hundred
dollars.

In counties having a population of more than thirty thousand
inhabitants but not more than forty thousand inhabitants, such
salaries shall not be less than two thousand dollars nor more than
four thousand dollars.

In counties having a population of more than forty thousand
inhabitants but not more than fifty thousand inhabitants, such
salaries shall not be less than two thousand dollars nor more than
four thousand five hundred dollars.

In counties having a population of more than fifty thousand
inhabitants, such salaries shall not be less than three thousand
dollars nor more than five thousand dollars.

Whenever a trial justice is such for two or more counties, or
for a county and city combined, the aggregate population of such
political subdivisions shall be the population for the purpose of
ariving at the classification of such trial justice under the pro-
visions of this section.

For the purpose of this section, the population of each county
shall be according to the last preceding United States census;
provided that in any case in which it shall be shown to the satis-
faction of the committee that the adoption of such census will re-
sult in an injustice to any trial justice, the committee may accept
an estimate of such population based upon evidence satisfactory
to the committee.