CHAPTER 609

An Act to amend and reenact § 14-86, as amended, of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to the salaries of sheriffs and sergeants and their
deputies, and certain factors to be considered in fixing such salaries.

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Approved March 31, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 14-86, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 14-86. The annual salary of the sheriff of each county shall be
not less than thirty-six hundred dollars and not more than * eight thou-
sand five hundred dollars. The annual salary of the sergeant of each city
chartered prior to December one, ninteen hundred fifty-three shall be
not less than thirty-six hundred dollars and not more than * eight thou-
sand 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 con-
sideration the length of service of such sheriff, sergeant or deputy, the
population and area of the county or city for which he is elected or ap-
pointed, the number of persons committed to the jail thereof, the aggre-
gate number of days spent by prisoners in the jail thereof, the compen-
sation previously received by the sheriff or sergeant and each of their
full-time deputies, the amount of fees collected by such officer 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:

(1) 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 five hundred dollars per annum;

(2) In the counties of Bath, Charlotte, Culpeper, Floyd, King Wil-
liam, 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 five hundred dollars;
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(3) In the counties of Botetourt, Buckingham, * Loudoun, Lunen-
burg, Nelson, * Patrick, Shenandoah and Warren, 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;

(4) In the counties of Amherst, Fauquier, Caroline, Grayson, Greens-
ville, Isle of Wight, Prince Edward, Sussex, and Nottoway the salary of
each sheriff shall be not less than * four thousand dollars and not more
than * five 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, Orange, Pulaski, Rock-
bridge, Smyth, Southampton, Prince William and Wythe, the salary of
each sheriff shall be not less than * four thousand five hundred dollars
and not more than * siz 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 five hundred dollars and not more than * seven thousand
five hundred dollars per annum;

(7) In the counties of Augusta, Buchanan, Franklin, Lee, Nanse-
mond, 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 * eight thousand dollars per
annum;

(8) In the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Princess Anne and Nor-
folk the salary of the sheriff shall be not less than five thousand dollars
and not more than * eight 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 six hundred dollars
and not more than four thousand five hundred dollars per annum;

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

(12) In the cities of Richmond, Norfolk, Roanoke and Danville the
salary of each sergeant shall be not less than * five thousand * dollars
and not more than * eight 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 or two or more
judges of the same court of record, the Compensation Board, in its dis-
ng may make an additional allowance not to exceed one thousand

ollars.
2. This act shall be in effect on and after January one, nineteen hundred
fifty-seven.