CHAPTER 297

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-239, as amended, of the Code of Vir-
gimia, relating to salaries of clerks in certain counties. rH 640]

Approved March 16, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 15-239, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 15-239. The clerks of the boards of the counties of Augusta and
Wise may, in the discretion of the boards, receive a salary not exceeding
nine hundred dollars a year. The clerks of the boards of the counties of
Accomack, Amelia, Amherst, Bath, Caroline, Hanover, King William,
Highland, Dinwiddie, Lee, Buchanan, Russell, Prince George, Surry,
Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex, Orange, Madison, * Southhampton,
Brunswick, Greensville, Sussex, Nottoway, York, Charles City, Greene,
James City and New Kent may, in the discretion of the boards, receive a
salary not to exceed the sum of three hundred dollars a year. The clerk
of the boards of the counties of Page and Warren may, in the discretion
of the boards, receive a salary not to exceed five hundred dollars a year.
The clerks of the boards of the counties of Culpeper, Carroll, Grayson,
Pulaski and Giles may, in the discretion of the boards, receive a salary not
to exceed six hundred dollars a year. The clerk of the board of Rocking-
ham county may, in the discretion of the board, receive a salary not in
excess of fifteen hundred dollars a year. And the clerk of the board of
Alleghany County may, in the discretion of the board, receive a salary
not in excess of seven hundred dollars a year.