CHAPTER 683

An Act to amend and reenact § 14-86, as amended, of the Code of Virginia,
relating to factors to be considered in fixing salaries of sheriffs and
sergeants.

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Approved April 7, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

7 That § 14-86 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

14-86. The annual salary of the sheriff of each county shall be
not less than * thirty-six hundred dollars and not more than seven thousand
five hundred dollars. The annual salary of the sergeant of each city char-
tered prior to December one, nineteen hundred fifty-three shall be not less
than * thirty-six hundred dollars and not more than seven thousand five
hundred dollars. The annual salary of a full-time deputy of a sheriff or of
a sergeant shall be not more than three-fourths of the compensation fixed
for the sheriff or sergeant of his county or city, as the case may be.

In fixing the salary of each sheriff and sergeant, and of each of their
full-time deputies, the Compensation Board shall take into consideration
the population and area of the county or city for which he is elected or
appointed, the number of persons committed to the jail thereof, the
aggregate number of days spent by prisoners in the jail thereof, the
compensation previously received by the sheriff or sergeant and each of
their full-time deputies, the amount of fees collected by such officers and
such other factors as the Compensation Board deems proper.

The salaries shall be fixed, as far as is consistent with the factors
hereinbefore required to be considered, according to the following schedule:

In the counties of Amelia, Appomattox, Bland, Charles City,
Clarke, Craig, Cumberland, Essex, Fluvanna, Gloucester, Goochland,
Greene, Highland, James City, King George, King and Queen, Madison,
Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent, Northumberland, Powhatan, Rappahan-
nock, Richmond, Surry, Westmoreland and York, the salary of each sheriff
shall be not less than * thirty-six hundred dollars and not more than *
four thousand * dollars per annum

(2) In the counties of Bath, Charlotte, Culpeper, Floyd, King William,
Lancaster, Louisa, Page, Stafford and Spotsylvania, the salary of each
sheriff shall be not less than * thirty-six hundred dollars and not more
than * four thousand * dollars;

(3) In the counties of Botetourt, Buckingham, Isle of Wight, Loudoun,
Lunenburg, Nelson, Orange, Patrick, Shenandoah and Warren, the salary
of each sheriff shall be not less than * thirty-six hundred dollars and not
more than four thousand dollars per annum;

(4) In the counties of Amherst, Fauquier, Caroline, Grayson, Greens-
ville, Prince Edward, Sussex, * and Nottoway the salary of each sheriff
shall be not less than * thirty-six hundred dollars and not more than four
thousand five hundred dollars per annum;

(5) In the counties of Alleghany, Albemarle, Bedford, Brunswick,
Campbell, Carroll, Dickenson, Dinwiddie, Frederick, Giles, Henry, Meck-
lenburg, Northampton, Prince George, Hanover, Pulaski, Rockbridge,
Smyth, Southampton, Prince William and Wythe, the salary of each sheriff
shall be not less than * thirty-six hundred dollars and not more than five
thousand five hundred dollars per annum;

(6) In the counties of Accomack, Chesterfield, * Halifax, Henrico,
Montgomery and Scott the salary of each sheriff shall be not less than
four thousand dollars and not more than six thousand five hundred dollars
per annum;

(7) In the counties of Augusta, Buchanan, Franklin, Lee, Nansemond,
Pittsylvania, Roanoke, Rockingham, Russell, Tazewell, Washington and
Wise, the salary of each sheriff shall be not ‘less than four thousand five
hundred dollars and not more than seven thousand dollars per annum;

(8) In the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Princess Anne and Norfolk
the salary of the sheriff shall be not less than five thousand dollars and
not more than seven thousand five hundred dollars per annum;

(9) In the cities of Buena Vista and Williamsburg, the salary of
each sergeant shall be not less than * three thousand * siz hundred dollars
and not more than * four thousand * dollars per annum;

(10) In the cities of Bristol, Charlottesville, Clifton Forge, Virginia
Beach, Fredericksburg, Hopewell, Martinsville, Suffolk, Radford, Staunton,
Winchester and Waynesboro, the salary of each sergeant shall not be less
than * three thousand stz hundred dollars and not more than five thousand
dollars per annum;

(11) In the cities of Alexandria, Hampton, Lynchburg, Newport
News, Warwick, Petersburg and Portsmouth the salary of each sergeant
shall be not less than four thousand dollars and not more than seven
thousand five hundred dollars per annum;

(12) In the cities of Richmond, N orfolk, Roanoke and Danville the
salary of each sergeant shall be not less than four thousand five hundred
dollars and not more than seven thousand five hundred dollars per annum,
provided, however, that in counties or cities having a population of more
than ninety thousand and two or more courts of record, the Compensation
Board, in its discretion, may make an additional allowance not to exceed
ore thousand dollars.