CHAPTER 193

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 14-51, as amended, and 14-52 of the
Code of Virginia, relating to salary limits of trial justices in counties
and to repeal § 14-52.1 of the Code of Virginia, allowing an increased
maximum for trial justices in all counties. tH 77]

Approved March 2, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 14-51, as amended, and 14-52 of the Code of Virginia be
amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 14-51. The annual salaries of trial justices in counties of the Com-
monwealth shall be within the limits hereinafter prescribed, that is to say:

In counties having a population of ten thousand inhabitants or less,
such salaries shall be not less than * twelve hundred dollars nor more
than * twenty-four hundred dollars.

In counties having a population of more than ten thousand inhab-
itants but not more than twenty thousand inhabitants, such salaries shall
be not less than * two thousand dollars nor more than * thirty-six hun-
dred dollars.

In counties having a population of more than twenty thousand inhab-
itants but not more than twenty-five thousand inhabitants, such salaries
shall be not less than * twenty-four hundred dollars nor more than * four
thousand dollars.

In counties having a population of more than twenty-five thousand
inhabitants but not more than thirty thousand inhabitants and, without
regard to population, in counties having an area of more than two hun-
dred thirteen square miles and not more than two hundred twenty-three
square miles, such salaries shall not be less than * three thousand dollars
nor more than * forty-eight hundred dollars.
_ In counties having a population of more than thirty thousand inhab-
itants but not more than forty thousand inhabitants, such salaries shall
not be less than * three thousand dollars nor more than * fifty-five hun-
dred dollars.

__In counties having a population of more than forty thousand inhab-
itants but not more than fifty thousand inhabitants, such salaries shall
not be less than * four thousand dollars nor more than * sixty-five hun-
dred dollars.

__In counties having a population of more than fifty thousand inhab-
itants, such salaries shall not be less than * four thousand dollars nor
more than seventy-five * hundred dollars. ;

Whenever a trial justice is such for two or more counties, or for a
county and city combined, the aggregate population of such political sub-
divisions shall be the population for the purpose of arriving at the classi-
fication of such trial justice under the provisions of this section.

For the purpose of this section, the population of each county shall
be according to the last preceding United States census; provided that in
any case in which it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the committee
that the adoption of such census will result in an injustice to any trial
justice, the committee may accept an estimate of such population based
upon evidence satisfactory to the committee.

Provided, however, the committee of judges shall have the power and
authority in their discretion, when it shall be made to appear to them
that because of the case load, time devoted to travel.and type of cases dis-
posed of an injustice is imposed upon the trial justice, to increase the
maximum salary of the trial justice, regardless of the maximum hereto-
fore provided, to such sum as the said committee shall deem adequate but
in no case shall such adjustment be in excess of one thousand dollars above
the maximum such trial justice may be paid under the * foregoing provi-
sions of this section and under § 14-52.

§ 14-52. The maximum limits of the salaries provided by the pre-
ceding section are hereby increased to the extent of fifteen hundred dol-
lars in the case of officers in counties adjoining one or more cities of more
than twenty-five thousand inhabitants, whether such cities be within or
without this State or in the case of officers of any county having within
its boundaries a United States Marine Base, United States Army Base or
Camp, United States Naval Base or Camp, or part of an arterial highway
which crosses the State; provided that in no case shall the maximum
salary of any trial justice exceed the sum of nine thousand dollars.

2. § 14-52.1 of the Code of Virginia is hereby repealed.