CHAPTER 183

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 16-172.11, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to the clerk, bailiff and other employees of juvenile

courts.
{H 71)
Approved February 29, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 16-172.11, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended
and reenacted as follows: ‘

§ 16-172.11. The judge of the juvenile court of any county or city
shall have the power to appoint a clerk and a bailiff, and with the approval
of the governing body of such city such other employees as may be neces-
sary for the proper conduct of his court. In the cities, the compensation
that such clerk, bailiff and other employees receive for their services shall
be lixed by the local governing body of the city and paid out of the treasury
thereof.

In the counties, in event that the trial justice is appointed judge of
the juvenile and domestic relations court, the clerk and other employees
of the trial justice court, shall serve also the juvenile and domestic rela-
tions court. However, the judge, in his discretion, may provide that sup-
port payments be made to and disbursed by the chief probation officer,
when bonded as provided by § 16-172.17, who shall in that event keep the
accounts relating to such support payments.

The clerk shall keep the court docket and accounts and shall perform
such other duties as the judge of the court may prescribe.

The bailiff shall have charge of the courtroom and the offices con-
nected therewith, and he shall be held responsible for the safekeeping and
proper protection of the furniture and other property contained therein.
He shall have charge of the cleaning, warming and lighting of the court-
room and offices. He shall attend sessions of the court and shall perform
such other services as may be required of him by the judge. The bailiff
shall have the power and authority of a police officer.