CHAPTER 530

An Act to amend and reenact § 24-158 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to election or temporary appointment of additional justices of the
peace in counties and to the appointment of additional justices of the
peace in certain counties.

[H 524]

Approved March 31, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

i ; That § 24-158 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as
ollows:

§ 24-158. Whenever a circuit court shall be of opinion that the public
service requires a greater number of justices of the peace in any district
than those specified in the preceding section, and shall so enter of record
and designate the number of such additional officers, notice thereof shall
be published in such district, and at the next succeeding general election
for district officers, such additional officers shall be elected in the mode
prescribed for the election of district officers, and continue to be elected
at each succeeding general election of district officers until otherwise
ordered by the court. And it shall be lawful for the court to appoint officers
to serve until such additional officers are elected and qualified. Such
officers, whether elected or appointed, shall qualify and give bond as pre-
scribed for district officers. The court may, in its discretion, revoke the
order requiring such additional officers, such revocation to take effect at
the expiration of the terms of such officers.

In any county having a population of more than fourteen thousand,
nine hundred but not more than fifteen thousand, and in any county having
a population of more than twenty-five thousand but less than twenty-six
thousand, whenever a circuit court shall be of opinion that the public service
requires a greater number of justices of the peace in any district than those
specified in the preceding section, it shall be lawful for the court to appoint
such additional officers. Such officers when so appointed, shall qualify
and give bond as prescribed for district officers. The term of office of any
officer so appointed shall be from the date of his qualification until the
thirty-first day of December of the year in which the next succeeding gen-
eral election, following his appointment, is held for district officers. The
court may, in its discretion, revoke the order appointing or requiring such
additional officers, such revocation to take effect at the expiration of the
terms of such officers.