CHAPTER 252

An Act to amend and reenact § 8-182, as amended, of the Code of Virginia,
relating to the selection of jurors so as to provide for an increase tn
the number thereof in certain cities. [H 371]

Approved March 18, 1954

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 8-182, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 8-182. The commissioners shall, as soon as may be after their
appointment, prepare lists of such of the inhabitants of their respective
counties or cities as are well qualified to serve as jurors and are not
excluded or exempt by §§ 8-174, 8-175 and 8-178. The whole number of
persons selected in any county or city shall not be less than one hundred
nor more than three hundred, except that:

(1) For the city of Richmond and the city of Norfolk the number
shall not exceed one thousand for each court,

(2) For the Hustings Court of the city of Roanoke, the Circuit Court
of the city of Portsmouth *, for the Court of Hustings for the city of
Portsmouth and for all courts of the city of Alexandria the number shall
not exceed six hundred each,

(3) In the city of Lynchburg the number for the circuit court shall
not exceed five hundred and the number for the corporation court shall
not exceed one thousand,

(4) For each of the cities of Danville, Newport News and Petersburg
the number shall not exceed five hundred, and

(5) For any county having a population in excess of eighty-five
thousand inhabitants according to the last preceding United States census,
the number shall not exceed seven hundred fifty.

The same percentage of population shall be taken from each magis-
terial district or ward. The inhabitants of a city, however, which 1s
situated in whole or in part within the bounds of a county shall not be
placed on the lists for such county, except in those cases in which the
circuit court of the county and the corporation court of the city have
concurrent jurisdiction of both civil and criminal cases arising within
the territorial limits of such county or city and in such cases the city
shall be considered as a magisterial district, or the equivalent of a magis-
terial district, of the county for the purpose of the jury list.

In any county having a density of population in excess of two thou-
sand per square mile, the commissioners shall not include on the jury
lists hereinabove provided for, the name of any person who has been called
for jury duty at any time during the period of one year next preceding.

The commissioners shall advise in writing each woman whose name
has been selected to be placed upon the jury list of the fact that her name
has been selected for such purpose and that her name will be placed upon
such list unless she notifies the commissioners in writing within fifteen
days of the date of the notice sent by the commissioners that she does not
desire her name to be placed upon such list. The commissioners shall not
include on the jury lists hereinabove mentioned the name of any woman
who notifies the commissioners in writing within such fifteen day period
that she does not desire her name to be placed upon the jury list. No reply
in writing to the notice sent by the commissioners under this paragraph in
which a woman indicates her willingness to accept jury service shall render
her ineligible to serve on any jury under the provisions of § 8-176.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-847 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to collection of certain taxes in installments. rH 4491

Approved March 18, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

Hae That § 58-847 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 58-847. The * governing body of any county having a population
greater than ninety-eight thousand, but not more than ninety-nine thou-
sand inhabitants, or any county having a population of forty-two thou-
sand two hundred, but not more than forty-two thousand three hundred
mhabitants, by the Federal census of 1950, or of any city or town in this
State may provide by ordinance for the collection of county, city or town
taxes or levies on property in installments at such times and with such
penalties for nonpayment in time as may be fixed by ordinance.