CHAPTER 20

An Act to amend and reenact § 37-75, as amended, of the Code of Virginia,
relating to fees and expenses of commitment of certain persons to
certain institutions.

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Approved February 12, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 37-75, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

37-75. The two physicians shall receive a fee of ten dollars each for
their services, except that such fee in the city of Richmond shall be fixed
by the governing body thereof in an amount not to exceed ten dollars. The
justice of the peace * or any special justice appointed in accordance
with the provisions of § 37-61.2 shall receive a fee of ten dollars for his
services. The officer making the arrest and summoning the commission
and witnesses shall receive the same fees as are allowed for like services
in a felony case. The witnesses regularly summoned before such commission
shall receive such compensation for their attendance and mileage as is
allowed witnesses summoned to testify before grand juries. The justice
and each physician shall receive like mileage. All expenses incurred,
whether such person be committed to any State hospital or colony or not,
including the fees, attendance and mileage aforesaid, shall be paid by the
county or city of which such person was a legal resident at the time of
such commitment; provided, that if such person’s residence is not estab-
lished in the State of Virginia, costs shall be paid by the State, and
provided that if any such person, at the time of commitment, be confined
in any State supported institution, such fee shall be paid by the State.
Any such fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the ex-
amination of any person under the provisions of §§ 37-61 to 37-65, when
paid by any county, city or the State, shall be recoverable by such county,
city or the State, from the person so examined, or from his estate, or from
the person at whose request the proceedings were instituted, in an ap-
propriate action or proceeding for such purpose; provided, no such fee or
costs shall be recovered from any person or his estate when he is found
sane or not subject to commitment under §§ 37-61 to 37-65.