CHAPTER 425

An Act to amend and reenact § 14-181, as amended, of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to compensation of attorneys appointed to defend poor

persons.
{H 468]
Approved March 29, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 14-181, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted ag follows:

§ 14-181. When a judge of the circuit court of a county or city or a
corporation or hustings court of a city appoints an attorney to defend a
poor person charged with an offense that may be punishable by death,
or by confinement in the penitentiary for a period of more than ten years,
he may direct that * not to exceed one hundred * dollars shall be paid out
by the Commonwealth to the attorney so appointed to defend such person as
compensation for such defense, and when such person is charged with the
commission of a felony other than those mentioned the court may in its
discretion direct the payment of a sum not to exceed twenty dollars pay-
able as aforesaid. When such direction is entered upon the order book of
the court, the Commonwealth shall provide for the payment out of its
treasury of the sum of money so specified. If the defendant is convicted,
the amount allowed by the court to the attorney appointed to defend him
shall be taxed against the defendant as a part of the costs of the prosecu-
tion, and if collected, the same shall be paid to the Commonwealth.