An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-299, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to devices signalling intention to turn or stop and rules therefor.
Volume 1968 Law 99
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CHAPTER 227
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 14-185 and 14-187, as amended, of the
Code of Virginia, relating to payment of costs and allowances for
witnesses in certain trials.
[H 355]
Approved March 10, 1962
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 14-185 and 14-187, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be
amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 14-185. The party to whom a new trial is granted shall, previous
to such new trial, pay the costs of the former trial, unless the court enter
that the new trial is granted for misconduct of the opposite party, who,
in such case, may be ordered to pay any costs which seem to the court
reasonable. Such costs shall include the allowances to witnesses as pro-
vided in § 14-187. If the party who is to pay the costs of the former trial
fail to pay the same at or before the next term after the new trial is
granted, the court may, on the motion of the opposite party, set aside the
order granting it, and proceed to judgment on the verdict or award execu-
tion for the costs, as may seem to it best.
§ 14-187. A person attending as a witness under a summons not
covered by § 14-186, whether he be a witness from within or without the
State, shall have one dollar for each day’s attendance and seven cents per
mile for each mile beyond ten miles necessarily travelled to the place of
attendance and the same for returning, besides the tolls at the bridges and
ferries which he crosses or turnpike gates he may pass. On his oath an
entry of the sum he is entitled to and for what and by what party it is
to be paid shall be made: (1) When the attendance is before either house
or a committee of the General Assembly by the clerk of such house or
committee and (2) in other cases by the clerk of the court in which the
case is or the person before whom the witness attended except that when
the attendance was on behalf of the Commonwealth before a court * the
entry shall be made upon the minutes of the court in which the case is
or to whose clerk the certificates mentioned in * § 19.1-835 are trans-
mitted. A witness from without the State in any civil action may be
allowed the same mileage and attendance fee as any other witness in any
such action; provided, that no such sums for attendance and mileage shall
be allowed a witness from without the State, in any civil action, unless
the judge of the court shall determine and certify such witness to be a
material witness in the matter for which he appeared; and the court may
allow such mileage and attendance fee or any portion thereof as the court
may determine to be reasonable under the circumstances of the case. A
Witness summoned to attend in several cases may have the entry made
against either of the parties by whom he is summoned, but no witness shall
allowed for his attendance in more than one case at the same time.