CHAPTER 303

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8-204 and 19-1938, as amended, of the
Code of Virginia, relating to pay and mileage of jurors. CH 77]

Approved March 13, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 8-204 and 19-193, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be
amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 8-204. Every person summoned as a juror shall be entitled to
* five dollars for each day of attendance upon the court, and at the rate of
seven cents per mile for each mile of travel on each day of such attendance
by the most direct route in going to and returning from court. Such
mileage in no case shall exceed four dollars per day, except when jurors
have been summoned for the trial of a case provided for in § 8-198, in
which case the court may allow them their actual expenses in addition to
their per diem, such pay and mileage to be paid out of the county or cor-
poration levy.

When during the same day a person has served as a juror and he
is entitled to be paid out of the public treasury, and has also served as
a juror, under circumstances for which he is entitled to be paid out of the
county or corporation levy, the court shall divide the pay and mileage for
such day between the State and the county or corporation; and it shall be
the duty of the sheriff or sergeant at the term of the court during which
an allowance is made or has been made under this section, to furnish the
clerk of the court with a statement, showing the number and names of
the jurors in attendance upon the court, and the number of miles respec-
tively of travel. In every case the claim of the juror for attendance and
for mileage shall be verified by his affidavit. In cities, when the jurors
are summoned to attend courts held in such cities, jurors shall receive
for each day of attendance upon the court without serving upon a jury the
same pay and mileage as if they served upon a jury.

§ 19-198. Every person summoned as a juror in a criminal case
shall be entitled to * five dollars for each day of attendance upon the
court and mileage at the rate of seven cents per mile for each mile of
travel on each day of such attendance (except when they are kept to-
gether and their expenses are paid by the State) by most direct route in
going to and returning from court; but such mileage shall in no case ex-
ceed four dollars per day; provided that each juror summoned from one
county or city to try a criminal case in another county or city shall for
his services, receive his actual expenses in addition to his per diem. If the
same person attend as a juror in more than one criminal case on the
same day he shall receive compensation and mileage in only one case.
Amounts for attendance and mileage provided for in this section shall be
paid out of the State treasury except as hereinafter provided.

When during the same day a person has served as a juror for which
he is entitled to be paid out of the State treasury, and has also served as
a juror for which he is entitled to be paid out of the county or corpora-
tion levy, the court shall divide equally the pay and mileage for the day
between the State and county or corporation; and the sheriff of the
circuit or sergeant of the corporation or hustings court, at the term of
the court during which an allowance is made or has been made under this
section, shall furnish the clerk of the court with a statement showing the
number of names of the jurors in attendance upon the court and the
number of miles, respectively, of travel, as aforesaid. In every case the
claim of the juror for attendance and for mileage shall be verified by his
affidavit.