CHAPTER 187

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
§ 15-485.1 providing for the appointment of deputy clerks of court
under certain circumstances.

[(S 192]

Approved March 5, 1952

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
15-485.1 as follows:

§ 15-485.1. Whenever it is found by the judge of a court of record
that a clerk of court is, by reason of mental or physical disability tempo-
rarily unable to perform his duties, the judge of the court may, by order
entered of record, designate some other person as deputy clerk to: perform
the duties of such clerk. The person so designated may be the clerk or
deputy clerk of another county or city or any other qualified person and
in the event that he be from another county or city, the provisions of
§§ 15-486 and 15-487 shall not apply.

The person so designated shall thereby become a deputy of the regular
clerk and shall be vested with all the authority of a regular clerk and may
perform all acts which are required by law to be performed by such clerk
with the same effect as if performed by the clerk for whom he serves as
deputy, and shall before entering upon his duties take the oath now pre-
scribed for county officers, and furnish bond in the same amount as is
required of the clerk.

The person so designated shall serve at the pleasure of the court
during the disability of the clerk and within the limits of the unexpired
term of the clerk.

No compensation out of the State or local treasury shall be paid
such person designated under this section for his services while acting
in such capacity but any expense incurred shall be paid by the county or
city in which such service is performed upon the order of the judge of
said court.

2. Am emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.