CHAPTER 286

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 14-182 and 14-186, as amended, of the
Code of Virginia, relating, respectively, to fees for services of judges
and clerks of courts not of record, and of justices of the peace in
criminal cases.

[H 353]

Approved March 12, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 14-132 and 14-136, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be
amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 14-132. Fees for services performed by the judges or clerks of
courts not of record in criminal actions and proceedings sh*]] be as follows
and such fees shall be included in the taxed costs:
_ (1) For issuing a warrant of arrest, or a warrant for violation of an
ordinance, including the issuing of all subpoenas, one dollar; provided,
that when such fee is collected from the defendant or other person for him,
such fee shall be one dollar and fifty cents.

(2) For issuing a search warrant, one dollar.

. (3) For trying or examining a case of misdemeanor, including swear-
ing witnesses and taxing costs, two dollars.

(4) For examining a charge of felony, including swearing witnesses
and taxing costs, two dollars.

For admitting any person to bail, including the taking of the
necessary bond, one dollar, which shall, notwithstanding other provisions
to the contrary, be collected at the time of admitting the person to bail,
but which shall in no case be paid out of the State treasury.

(6) For filing and indexing all papers connected with any criminal
action in a county or municipal court, twenty-five cents, which when
collected shall be transmitted to the clerk of the circuit or corporation
court with such papers in the manner prescribed by § 19-310, when such
papers are required by law to be transmitted to a court of record.

§ 14-136. A justice of the peace shall charge for services rendered
by him in criminal actions and proceedings the following fees only:

(1) For issuing a warrant of arrest, or a warrant for violation of
any ordinance, including the issuing of all subpoenas, one dollar; provided,
that when such fee is collected from the defendant or other person for him,
such fee shall be one dollar and fifty cents.

(2) For issuing a search warrant, one dollar.

(8) For admitting any person to bail, including the taking of the
necessary bond, two dollars, which shall, notwithstanding other provisions
to the contrary, be collected at the time of admitting the person to bail,
but which shall in no case be paid out of the State treasury.