CHAPTER 189

An Act to amend and reenact § 14-156, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, providing maximum compensation for justices of the peace
and other officers.

(H 320]

Approved March 6, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 14-156, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 14-156. The total annual compensation, exclusive of expenses
authorized by the board of supervisors or other governing body of the
county or the council of the city, of an officer mentioned in § 14-146, shall
not exceed the sums hereinafter named, to-wit:

In cities or counties having a population * in excess of one hundred
and fifty thousand such compensation of any such officer shall not exceed
seventy-five hundred dollars; with a population between fifty thousand *
and one hundred and fifty thousand, such compensation of any such officer
shall not exceed the sum of * six thousand dollars per annum; with a
population between twenty-five thousand and fifty thousand, such compen-
sation shall not exceed * five thousand dollars per annum; with a popula-
tion between fifteen thousand and twenty-five thousand, such compensation
shall not exceed * thirty-six hundred dollars per annum; provided, how-
ever, that in any county having a population in excess of twenty-two
thousand five hundred but not in excess of twenty-three thousand, such
compensation for a justice of the peace shall not exceed forty-five hundred
dollars; with a population below fifteen thousand, such compensation shall
not exceed * twenty-four hundred dollars per annum.