CHAPTER 236

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

[H 171]

Approved March 11, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

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

§ 14-181. When a judge of the circuit court of a county or city ora
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 fifty 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 * fifty dollars
payable 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 prosecution, and if collected, the same shall be paid to the Common-
wealth. An abstract of such costs shall be docketed in the judgment docket
and execution lien book maintained by such court.