CHAPTER 371

An Act to amend and reenact § 14-68, as amended, of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to salaries of city treasurers. CH 195]

Approved March 29, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 14-68, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 14-68. The annual salaries of city treasurers under this article
shall be within the limits hereinafter prescribed, that is to say:

In cities of the second class having aggregate levies of less than one
hundred thousand dollars or populations of less than five thousand inhab-
itants such salary shall not be less than twenty-one hundred dollars nor
more than twenty-six hundred dollars.

In cities of the second class having aggregate levies in excess of one
hundred thousand dollars, but not in excess of one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars and populations in excess of five thousand inhabitants
such salary shall not be less than twenty-six hundred dollars nor more
than forty-two hundred dollars. .

In cities of the second class having aggregate levies in excess of one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars and populations in excess of five thou-
sand inhabitants such salary shall not be less than thirty-two hundred
dollars nor more than forty-two hundred dollars.

In cities of the first class having aggregate levies of not more than
four hundred and fifty thousand dollars such salaries shall not be less
than four thousand dollars nor more than forty-eight hundred dollars.

In cities of the first class having aggregate levies of more than four
hundred and fifty thousand dollars and not in excess of one million dol-
lars such salary shall not be less than five thousand dollars nor more
than six thousand dollars.

In cities of the first class having aggregate levies of more than one
million dollars and a population of not more than seventy-five thousand,
such salary shall not be less than five thousand dollars nor more than seven
thousand dollars, and when such population exceeds seventy-five thousand,
el less than six thousand dollars nor more than eighty-five hundred

ollars.

For the purposes of this section the term “aggregate levies” shall be
construed to include all local and state levies and local and State licenses
extended or assessed by the several commissioners of the revenue in their
respective cities for the year nineteen hundred fifty-five; provided that
in any city having a population in excess of ten thousand seventy but less
than eleven thousand three hundred and fifty and having aggregate levies
for the year nineteen hundred fifty-five of more than five hundred thou-
sand dollars but less than * nine hundred thousand dollars the annual
salary shall be within the limits of salaries for like officers in cities of the
first class having aggregate levies as above defined of more than four
hundred fifty thousand and not in excess of one million dollars.

On and after July one, nineteen hundred forty-eight the maximum sal-
ary applicable to each officer whose salary is prescribed by this section
shall be raised by twenty per centum for those officers who are authorized
by law to receive a maximum salary of forty-eight hundred dollars; and
by ten per centum and not to exceed five hundred dollars for those officers
authorized to receive a maximum salary in excess of forty-eight hundred
dollars but such increase shall not operate to raise any such salary by
more than one thousand dollars a year.