CHAPTER 849

An Act to amend and reenact § 14-86, as amended, of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to the salaries of sheriffs and sergeants and their
deputies, and certain factors to be considered in fixing such salaries.

(H 69]
Approved March 29, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 14-86, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 14-86. The annual salary of the sheriff of each county shall be
not less than thirty-six hundred dollars and not more than eight thousand
five hundred dollars. The annual salary of the sergeant of each city char-
tered prior to December one, nineteen hundred fifty-three shall be not
less than thirty-six hundred dollars and not more than eight thousand
five hundred dollars. The annual salary of a full time deputy of a sheriff
or of a sergeant shall be not more than three-fourths of the compensation
fixed for the sheriff or sergeant of his county or city, as the case may be.

In fixing the salary of each sheriff and sergeant, and of each of their
full-time deputies, the Compensation Board shall take into consideration
the length of service of such sheriff, sergeant or deputy, the population
and area of the county or city for which he is elected or appointed, the
number of persons committed to the jail thereof, the aggregate number
of days spent by prisoners in the jail thereof, the compensation pre-
viously received by the sheriff or sergeant and each of their full-time
deputies, the amount of fees collected by such officers and such other
factors as the Compensation Board deems proper.

The salaries shall be fixed, as far as is consistent with the factors
hereinbefore required to be considered, according to the following schedule:

(1) In the counties of Amelia, Appomattox, Bland, Charles City,
Clarke, Craig, Cumberland, Essex, Fluvanna, Gloucester, Goochland,
Greene, Highland, James City, King George, King and Queen, Madison,
Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent, Northumberland, Powhatan, Rappahan-
nock, Richmond, Surry, Westmoreland and York, the salary of each
sheriff shall be not less than thirty-six hundred dollars and not more than
four thousand five hundred dollars per annum;

(2) In the counties of Bath, Charlotte, Culpeper, Floyd, King William,
Lancaster, Louisa, Page, Stafford and Spotsylvania, the salary of each
sheriff shall be not less than thirty-six hundred dollars and not more than
four thousand five hundred dollars;

(3) In the counties of Botetourt, Buckingham, Loudoun, Lunenburg,
Nelson, Patrick, Shenandoah and Warren, the salary of each sheriff shall
be not less than thirty-six hundred dollars and not more than four thou-
sand five hundred dollars per annum;

(4) In the counties of Amherst, Fauquier, Caroline, Grayson, Greens-
ville, Isle of Wight, Prince Edward, Sussex, and Nottoway, the salary of
each sheriff shall be not less than four thousand dollars and not more
than five thousand five hundred dollars per annum;
(5) In the counties of Alleghany, Albemarle, Bedford, Brunswick,
Campbell, Carroll, Dickenson, Dinwiddie, Frederick, Giles, Henry, Meck-
lenburg, Northampton, Prince George, Hanover, Orange, Pulaski, Rock-
bridge, Smyth, Southampton, Prince William and Wythe, the salary of
each sheriff shall be not less than four thousand five hundred dollars and
not more than six thousand five hundred dollars per annum; .

(6) In the counties of Accomack, Chesterfield, Halifax, Henrico,
Montgomery and Scott, the salary of each sheriff shall be not less than four
thousand five hundred dollars and not more than seven thousand five
hundred dollars per annum;

(7) In the counties of Augusta, Buchanan, Franklin, Lee, Nansemond,
Pittsylvania, Roanoke, Rockingham, Russell, Tazewell, Washington and
Wise, the salary of each sheriff shall be not less than four thousand five
hundred dollars and not more than eight thousand dollars per annum;

(8) In the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Princess Anne and Nor-
folk, the salary of the sheriff shall be not less than five thousand dollars
and not more than eight thousand five hundred dollars per annum;

(9) In the cities of Buena Vista, Norton and Williamsburg, the salary
of each sergeant shall be not less than three thousand six hundred dollars
and not more than four thousand five hundred dollars per annum;

(10) In the cities of Bristol, Charlottesville, Clifton Forge, Virginia
Beach, Fredericksburg, Hopewell, Martinsville, Suffolk, Radford, Staun-
ton, Winchester and Waynesboro, the salary of each sergeant shall not be
less than three thousand six hundred dollars and not more than five
thousand five hundred dollars per annum;

(11) In the cities of * Hampton, Lynchburg, Newport News, War-
wick, Petersburg and Portsmouth, the salary of each sergeant shall be
not less than four thousand five hundred dollars and not more than eight
thousand dollars per annum;

(12) In the cities of Richmond, Norfolk, Roanoke, Alexandria and
Danville, the salary of each sergeant shall be not less than five thousand
dollars and not more than eight thousand five hundred dollars per annum,
provided, however, that in counties or cities having a population of more
than ninety thousand and two or more courts of record or two or more
judges of the same court of record, the Compensation Board, in its dis-
eel may make an additional allowance not to exceed one thousand

ollars.